Direct Li-ion recycling advances poised to reshape the battery materials market
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Conrad Nichols, a senior energy storage technology analyst at market intelligence firm IDTechEx, previews some of the key findings from a new report. The Li-ion battery (LIB) recycling market has continued to grow rapidly through players establishing new partnerships, securing supply deals, and gathering large volumes of funding. Key players have also persisted with constructing […]
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How synthetic turf is supplying fresh water in South Africa
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The installation has been undertaken by the Cruyff Foundation, which has a declared aim of supporting sporting endeavours for children and young people with special needs. A project in South Africa is using a form of synthetic turf to enable freshwater recycling, in what seems a novel attempt to solve two problems at once: drought […]
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How to Interpret Your XGBoost Model: A Practical Guide to Feature Importance
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One of the most widespread machine learning techniques is XGBoost (Extreme Gradient Boosting).
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Making Sense of Text with Decision Trees
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In this article, you will learn: • Build a decision tree classifier for spam email detection that analyzes text data.
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Guest post: Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop
Last year, China started construction on an estimated 95 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity, enough to power the entire UK twice over. It accounted for 93% of new global coal-power construction in 2024. The boom appears to contradict China’s climate commitments and its pledge to “strictly control” new coal power. The fact that […]
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AI-driven continuous water monitoring system to be adopted by Yorkshire Water
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The Ilkley river Testing, inspection, and certification firm SOCOTEC UK and Ireland has secured a contract with Yorkshire Water—in partnership with UnifAI Technology—to deploy AI-powered, continuous water quality monitoring across 20 inland bathing sites. The initiative, funded through Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge, is one of 16 innovation projects sharing over £42 million.1 Under the scheme, […]
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Analysis: England’s most ethnically diverse areas are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat
Neighbourhoods in England that are home to the most minority-ethnic people are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat than the least diverse areas, according to Carbon Brief analysis. People with the lowest carbon footprints – who therefore contribute less to climate change – are also more likely to live in areas that experience […]
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UK SMEs could unlock £94 billion a year by tackling project inefficiencies, says digital skills expert
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A seemingly bracing call to action has been issued to UK SMEs by a digital skills training provider: Adopt better project management practices or continue losing billions annually through inefficiencies and informal working methods. The Coder’s Guild has compiled data from a number of industry sources which appears to reveal that poor project delivery and […]
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Harmonizing Sources, Hardening Duties – Inside the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
The International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s release of its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States with Respect to Climate Change marks a watershed moment, not just because of what the court says about climate obligations, but also because of how it says it. In responding to the legal question posed to it, the ICJ does […]
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Fossil-fuelled heat has caused tropical birds to decline by ‘up to 38%’ since 1950s
An uptick in heat extremes, driven by human-caused climate change, has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis. The study combines ecological and climate attribution techniques to trace the fingerprint of fossil-fuelled climate change on declining wildlife populations. It shows that an increase in […]
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COP experts: How could the UN climate talks be reformed?
This year marks a decade since nations successfully negotiated the Paris Agreement, a landmark treaty that has been the guiding force for international climate politics ever since. Yet, with another round of negotiations looming at COP30 in November, there has been growing discontent with the UN climate process. Critics say the talks are not doing […]
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Environmental health trade group calls for extra resources to help tackle issue of empty homes
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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is calling for extra resources to help environmental health teams deal with the blight of empty homes as communities report rises in unoccupied housing, and landlords threaten to leave the market. This follows a BBC investigation which has highlighted an increase in the prevalence of empty homes and […]
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Adler & Allan acquire engineering and environmental services group E&E Group
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This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Adler & Allan. Leading environmental services provider Adler & Allan has acquired engineering and environmental services group, E&E Group. According to the group, the acquisition significantly enhances Adler & Allan’s comprehensive environmental services offering, expands its nationwide operational footprint, and increases its exposure to blue […]
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UK geothermal potential revealed by new platform and interactive map
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A geothermal drilling rig. A new government-funded geothermal initiative, which includes an interactive map, has launched to help decision makers assess the geothermal potential across the UK. Geothermal technologies, which use heat from the ground, have the potential to decarbonise heating and cooling, playing a role in the energy transition to net zero emissions in […]
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Turned down renewables could have powered all Scottish Homes in H1 2025
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Wind power on Stornoway. Northern Scotland alone accounted for over 86% of GB’s curtailed volume, curtailing 4TWh of wind energy at a cost of over £116m, said the report. A new report reveals that over 5.5TWh of clean electricity was turned off across Great Britain and Ireland in the first half of 2025, costing consumers […]
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Biogas industry calls for recognition of biomethane as a Net Zero fuel within UK ETS in open letter to Ed Miliband
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The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) alongside leading businesses from UK industry and the biogas sector, has written to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband MP, calling for the urgent recognition of biomethane as a Net Zero fuel. The letter warns that failure to act swiftly risks jeopardising […]
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7 Pandas Tricks for Time-Series Feature Engineering
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Feature engineering is one of the most important steps when it comes to building effective machine learning models, and this is no less important when dealing with time-series data.
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Grok’s Share and Claude’s Leak: 5 Things We Can Learn From System Prompts
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The foundational instructions that govern the operation and user/model interaction of language models (also known as system prompts) are able to offer insights into how we — as users, AI practitioners, and developers — can optimize our interactions, approach future model advancements, and develop useful language model-driven applications.