Cropped 23 April 2025: Beef vs the Amazon; BRICS vs tariffs; Ag alphabet
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We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s fortnightly Cropped email newsletter. Subscribe for free here. Key developments Beef vs the Amazon COP30 LOOMS: Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil later this year, […]
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Analysis: Conservative election win could add 800m tonnes to Canada’s emissions by 2035
A Conservative victory over the Liberals in the Canadian election could lead to nearly 800m extra tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, according to Carbon Brief analysis. This amounts to the entire annual emissions of the UK and France combined. These extra emissions would cause around C$233bn ($169bn) in climate damages around […]
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US Sanctions Backfire: Huawei’s AI Chips Accelerate China’s Self-Reliance
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Huawei Technologies is preparing to mass-ship a pair of advanced artificial intelligence chips – the Ascend 910C and upcoming Ascend 920 – marking a big moment in the global AI hardware arena. These new chips are poised to fill a void left by U.S. export restrictions that have curbed China’s access to top-tier AI accelerators […]
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Column: Protecting Clean Energy Tax Credits Is Essential To Virginia
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The post Column: Protecting Clean Energy Tax Credits Is Essential To Virginia appeared first on Energy Innovation.
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The ‘Download More Labels!’ Illusion in AI Research
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A common view in current machine learning research is that machine learning itself can be used to improve the quality of AI dataset annotations – particularly image captions intended for use in vision-language models (VLMs). This line of thinking is driven by the high cost of human annotation, and the added burden of supervising annotator […]
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UK’s first at-scale EV battery recycling and refining plant begins construction in Plymouth
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Once constructed, the Plymouth plant will produce intermediate battery materials. (The plant is titled “ACT3” within the group’s published scale-up pathway). Lithium-ion battery recycling technology firm Altilium says it has commenced construction of the UK’s first at-scale EV battery recycling facility with integrated chemical refining capabilities, located in Plymouth, Devon. The group claims a first […]
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How Are Water Projects Monitored for Long-Term Success?
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Keeping clean water flowing long-term takes more than just starting a project—it requires regular monitoring. Experts track data on water quality, sediment, and fish to check for harmful substances like low oxygen levels. This helps protect the environment and ensures the project is working. Local water committees help with day-to-day oversight. They fill out checklists, […]
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Cities on hills and shimmering lakes: A daughter’s Earth Day tribute 🌎
Climate Solutions // ISSUE # 105 // HOTHOUSE Sometime back in 2022, when Michael Coren was still building Hothouse with me, he once remarked how I seem to just ‘see’ things—from editorial taste or direction to business ideas. Others have commented on how I seem able to put words to things that make the intangible […]
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“Periodic table of machine learning” could fuel AI discovery
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MIT researchers have created a periodic table that shows how more than 20 classical machine-learning algorithms are connected. The new framework sheds light on how scientists could fuse strategies from different methods to improve existing AI models or come up with new ones. For instance, the researchers used their framework to combine elements of two […]
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3D modeling you can feel
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Essential for many industries ranging from Hollywood computer-generated imagery to product design, 3D modeling tools often use text or image prompts to dictate different aspects of visual appearance, like color and form. As much as this makes sense as a first point of contact, these systems are still limited in their realism due to their […]
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Sentra Secures $50M Series B to Safeguard AI-Driven Enterprises in the Age of Shadow Data
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In a landmark moment for data security, Sentra, a trailblazer in cloud-native data protection, has raised $50 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to over $100 million. The round was led by Key1 Capital with continued support from top-tier investors like Bessemer Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures, Standard Investments, and Munich Re Ventures. […]
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Next-Gen Phishing: The Rise of AI Vishing Scams
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In cybersecurity, the online threats posed by AI can have very material impacts on individuals and organizations around the world. Traditional phishing scams have evolved through the abuse of AI tools, growing more frequent, sophisticated, and harder to detect with every passing year. AI vishing is perhaps the most concerning of these evolving techniques. What […]
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Andy Nightingale, VP of Product Marketing at Arteris – Interview Series
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Andy Nightingale, VP of Product Marketing at Arteris is a seasoned global business leader with a diverse background in engineering and product marketing. He’s a Chartered Member of the British Computer Society and the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and has over 35 years of experience in the high-tech industry. Throughout his career, Andy has held […]
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Guest post: Why hydrogen cars are being outsold by Ferraris
Hydrogen has long been hyped as the “Swiss army knife” of the energy transition, but today – despite billions in investment – it largely remains limited to niche industrial applications. In a new review article, published in Nature Reviews Clean Technology, we look at where hydrogen could plausibly become competitive – and the applications where it is unlikely […]
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Inside a Texas Showdown Over Cities’ Role in Adapting to Climate Change
Photo by nader saremi on Unsplash Texas’ Third Court of Appeals will hear arguments tomorrow, April 23, 2025, in a case that cuts to the core of how state and local governments coexist. In Texas v. City of Houston, City of San Antonio, and City of El Paso, a group of Texas cities is challenging […]
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Project to convert organic waste into commercial goods gets extra £700k of government cash
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Tim Miller, project lead of the Biochar CleanTech Accelerator An Aston University project which converts material such as factory waste into heat, power and other commercially valuable bioproducts is to be extended for another year and receive an extra £700,000 of government support. The Biochar CleanTech Accelerator is part of the West Midlands Innovation Accelerator […]
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NVIDIA Issues Hotfix for GPU Driver’s Overheating Issue
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Yesterday NVIDIA rushed out a critical hotfix to contain the fallout from a prior driver release that had triggered alarm across AI and gaming communities by causing systems to falsely report safe GPU temperatures – even as cooling demands quietly climbed toward potentially critical levels. In NVIDIA’s official post around the hotfix release, though only […]
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New report explores recyclable materials for PCBs
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Conventional printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing is wasteful, harmful to the environment and energy intensive. This can be mitigated by the implementation of new recyclable materials and technologies, which have the potential to revolutionize electronics manufacturing, explains Thomas Bithell of market intelligence firm IDTechEx, in a new report. During research interviews for the report “Sustainable […]