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El Niño: Indonesia fire emissions in 2026 ‘on track’ to match record for this century
Print article Share Wildfires currently burning large swathes of land in Indonesia are on track to produce emissions on a par with the country’s most-intense fire season this century, according to experts. Data from the Global Fire Emissions Database reveals that, as of 7 September, fires in Indonesia produced 76m tonnes of carbon (MtC) in […]
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Environmental Review Before and After 9/11
As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, I dug out an article that I wrote two months after the event, “The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of the World Trade Center and the Fate of New York.” Here it is. Reading it for the first time in a quarter of a […]
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Revealed: England’s June 2026 heatwave sparked record demand for ambulances
Print article Share All the ambulance services in England experienced some of their busiest-ever days during this summer’s record-breaking June heatwave, according to data obtained by Carbon Brief. In June, temperatures climbed past 37C in parts of the country as authorities declared only the second ever “red” extreme heat warning. Four out of 10 NHS […]
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Katie Stein, CEO of ASAPP – Interview Series
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Katie Stein, CEO of ASAPP, is a seasoned technology and business executive with more than two decades of experience spanning corporate strategy, operations, digital transformation, and enterprise growth. Before joining ASAPP as CEO in August 2026, she served as CEO of Atain and spent eight years at Genpact, where she was Chief Strategy Officer and […]
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Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking Voice Models
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Google announced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking on September 15, 2026, a pair of live dialogue models rolling out across the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Gemini Enterprise, Search Live, Gemini Live, and Google Workspace. The models were introduced by Tom Ouyang, a principal engineer, and Malini Jaganathan, a member of […]
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NVIDIA Reports Early Production Results for DSX AI Factory Platform
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NVIDIA on September 15, 2026, published early production results for its DSX AI factory platform, including a Lambda validation that delivered a reported 24% more token throughput within a fixed power budget and a utility demand-response deployment running at its Eos AI factory, timed to the opening of the AI Infra Summit in Santa Clara. […]
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27,000 Adecco Group Employees Gain Access To Salesforce’s AI Teammate
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The Adecco Group announced the global rollout of Salesforce’s Agentforce Coworker across more than 40 countries on September 15, 2026, extending agentic AI into the daily workflows of 27,000 employees following a pilot in the UK and France. The company described Agentforce Coworker as Salesforce’s enterprise “AI teammate,” embedded directly in the platform and powered […]
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Ferrovalle Taps INFORM for AI Smart Yard at Mexico City Rail Hub
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INFORM announced on September 15, 2026, that rail freight operator Ferrovalle has selected its Syncrotess Optimization Plus software to run a Smart Yard automation initiative at its intermodal terminal in Mexico City, where the intermodal division handled around 550,000 TEUs in 2025. The announcement described the operation as one of Latin America’s largest inland intermodal […]
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Hydrogen and solar tackle peak power demand at recycling site
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GeoPura Hydrogen Power Units at Elsa Recycling’s Stockport facility. A recycling facility in Stockport has replaced two diesel generators with a combination of hydrogen power units, solar generation and grid electricity, in an attempt to meet peak power demand while reducing reliance on diesel. Elsa Recycling, which processes plastic, cardboard and paper waste, has replaced […]
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CIWM urges new direction on waste
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Automated sorting of waste for recovery and recycling. CIWM is calling for a long-term strategy to support investment in resources and waste infrastructure through the 2030s. A new policy briefing urges the Government to look beyond recycling and collections, and introduce measures to stimulate reuse, domestic reprocessing and resource security The Government should set out […]
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Waste sites face October deadline for mandatory digital reporting
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A tanker collects waste oil from a recycling facility in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. From 1 October, permitted and licensed waste-receiving sites in England and Wales will be required to report waste receipts digitally (image credit: James Hime / Shutterstock). Permitted waste facilities in England and Wales will have to record every load of controlled waste through […]
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Fixing California’s Electricity Prices: Q&A With GridLab’s Ric O’Connell
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Citizen science survey to assess summer impacts on UK and Irish rivers
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The River Idle in Nottinghamshire. The Big River Watch will gather observations of river conditions, pollution and wildlife. The impacts of summer drought, extreme heat and pollution on rivers across the UK and Ireland are to be assessed in a week-long citizen science survey organised by The Rivers Trust. From 18th – 24th September 2026, […]
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UK aviation emissions to be 50% higher than thought by 2050, government admits
Print article Share The UK government has slashed its hopes for electric planes and “sustainable aviation fuels” (SAFs), ahead of giving the green light to a third runway at Heathrow. An “ambitious” rollout of new technologies and efficiency upgrades will only cut flight emissions by a quarter over the next two decades, according to forecasts […]
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Guest post: How extreme heat is ‘creeping’ from summer into autumn and spring
Print article Share Extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate hazards, but no two heatwaves are the same. Heat extremes that happen outside of the peak summer months are often more dangerous because they can catch people off guard. Heatwaves that hit during the spring or the first heatwave of the summer are riskier […]
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Revealed: More than 1,000 NHS operations cancelled due to record UK heatwaves
Print article Share More than 1,000 operations at NHS hospitals were cancelled due to heat during the UK’s record May and June heatwaves, Carbon Brief can reveal. This includes 167 orthopaedic surgeries, such as knee and hip replacements, as well as heart, eye and skin cancer operations. At least 10 emergency surgeries – those for […]
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T. Rowe Price Expands Claude Across Investment Teams and Developers
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T. Rowe Price and Anthropic announced on September 10, 2026, the expansion of Claude across the asset manager’s investment organization. Portfolio managers and analysts are using Claude and Claude Cowork to support the firm’s research process, and its developers are adopting Claude Code to build tools for the investment process. The Baltimore-based firm presented the […]
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