New EU rules aim to stop the destruction of unsold clothes and shoes
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Clothing enters the residual waste stream (in Germany, in this case) The European Commission has adopted new measures under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) to prevent the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear. The rules will cut waste and environmental impact while levelling the playing field between brands and retailers already […]
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Latvian firm secures €930K and contracts with ESA and NATO to generate electricity on the Moon
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Latvian startup Deep Space Energy has raised €350K in pre-seed funding from investors, in addition to €580K in public contracts and grants from the European Space Agency (ESA), NATO DIANA, and the Latvian government. The funding will support a further move towards commercialisation of the group’s novel radioisotopic generator The pre-seed funding round was led […]
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How to Hire Dedicated Development Teams: A Step-by-Step Guide for Eco-Focused Founders
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When your product has a green heartbeat, whether it’s a carbon-tracking app or an AI-enabled waste-sorting platform, every delay in shipping code feels like a delay in helping the planet. That’s why more climate-tech founders, project managers, and sustainability-driven executives look beyond in-house recruitment and partner with focused, fully staffed engineering units. You’ve probably heard […]
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AI algorithm enables tracking of vital white matter pathways
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The signals that drive many of the brain and body’s most essential functions — consciousness, sleep, breathing, heart rate, and motion — course through bundles of “white matter” fibers in the brainstem, but imaging systems so far have been unable to finely resolve these crucial neural cables. That has left researchers and doctors with little […]
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Sabin Center Submits Amicus Brief to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
On Monday, February 9, 2026, the Sabin Center submitted an amicus curiae brief to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court) in the matter of the Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States with Respect to the Climate Change Crisis. The brief explains how climate science can help inform […]
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Group launches carbon footprint reports to help the lighting industry manage CO2 emissions
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Sustainable lighting expert Recolight has announced new CO2 emission reports to help lighting producers, and their customers to monitor and reduce the carbon footprint associated with their waste lamp and luminaire collections. This initiative provides detailed assessments of the carbon emissions associated with every lighting waste collection managed by the group. To deliver these reports, […]
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One third of all new cars registered in January were electric or hybrid
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Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) accounted for nearly one-third of all new car registrations in January 2026, an independent transport research organisation has reported, marking what seems a significant milestone in consumer acceptance. According to data published by New AutoMotive, an independent transport research organisation focused on accelerating the shift […]
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3 Questions: Using AI to help Olympic skaters land a quint
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Olympic figure skating looks effortless. Athletes sail across the ice, then soar into the air, spinning like a top, before landing on a single blade just 4-5 millimeters wide. To help figure skaters land quadruple axels, Salchows, Lutzes, and maybe even the elusive quintuple without looking the least bit stressed, Jerry Lu MFin ’24 developed […]
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G7 ‘falling behind’ China as world’s wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025
The G7 major economies “f[e]ll notably behind China and the rest of the world” in 2025 as the amount of wind and solar power being developed reached a new high, according to Global Energy Monitor (GEM). A new report from the analysts says that the amount of wind and large-scale solar capacity being built or […]
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Congressional ‘Grid Reliability’ Bill Is Like Duct Tape On A Cracked Dam
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IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy
The “undervaluing” of nature by businesses is fuelling its decline and putting the global economy at risk, according to a major new report. An assessment from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) outlines more than 100 actions for measuring and reducing impacts on nature across business, government, financial institutions and civil […]
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Anti-nature rhetoric damaging voter confidence in Labour, says poll
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Image credit: FotoField / Shutterstock.com A new poll published on 4 February appears to reveal that Labour’s rhetoric on nature is damaging the confidence of voters across both the right and left. (Words: The Wildlife Trusts) According to the poll, carried out by Savanta,1 nearly a third of Reform voters (28%) and Green voters (28%) […]
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A hidden tax on green packaging? UK companies face £1.2bn recycling bill as compliance costs soar
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Environmental policy specialists at compliance expert Ecoveritas have warned the UK manufacturing sector is facing increasing uncertainty around recycling, as new analysis shows the cost of complying with government-backed regulations is soaring by millions of pounds every year. Ecoveritas, which has advised major British manufacturers on environmental regulations since 2003, has warned that current regulations […]
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Study: Platforms that rank the latest LLMs can be unreliable
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A firm that wants to use a large language model (LLM) to summarize sales reports or triage customer inquiries can choose between hundreds of unique LLMs with dozens of model variations, each with slightly different performance. To narrow down the choice, companies often rely on LLM ranking platforms, which gather user feedback on model interactions […]
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Call for Presentations: Second Conference on Attribution Science and Climate Law
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Columbia Climate School are pleased to invite submissions for the Second Conference on Attribution Science and Climate Law, to be held at Columbia University in New York City on June 10–11, 2026. This interdisciplinary conference will bring together researchers, scholars, and practitioners to examine the evolving […]
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“This is science!” – MIT president talks about the importance of America’s research enterprise on GBH’s Boston Public Radio
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In a wide-ranging live conversation, MIT President Sally Kornbluth joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan live in studio for GBH’s Boston Public Radio on Thursday, February 5. They talked about MIT, the pressures facing America’s research enterprise, the importance of science, that Congressional hearing on antisemitism in 2023, and more – including Sally’s experience as a […]
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Sabin Center and Local Government Partners File Comment Letter in Light-Duty CAFE Standards Rulemaking
Photo by Denys Nevozhai on Unsplash On December 5, 2025, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published a proposed rule to weaken its Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards for Model Years 2022 to 2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, referred to as the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Rule III or SAFE Rule III. […]
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DeBriefed 6 February 2026: US secret climate panel ‘unlawful’ | China’s clean energy boon | Can humans reverse nature loss?
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Secrets and layoffs UNLAWFUL PANEL: A federal judge ruled that the US energy department “violated the law when secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who rejected the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on […]