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Rule Britannia: Can the UK Set Global AI Standards?

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The government, which invited input, says it hopes to publish a plan by the end of the year, and Mitchell says heightened standards for AI are badly needed. Could national standards repair the damage? Complicated questions, but ones that even some tech companies—who could be on the receiving end of regulatory change—support asking.

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Galp and Northvolt establish JV for lithium conversion plant in Portugal; initial annual capacity of 35,000 tons of lithium hydroxide

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As part of the agreement, Northvolt will secure an offtake for up to 50% of the plant’s capacity for use in its battery manufacturing. The projects should fit within Galp’s decarbonization path as well on its capital allocation guidelines, as per announcements at the company’s latest Capital Markets Day.

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EPA issues final actions to cut methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to reduce emissions of methane-rich landfill gas from new, modified and reconstructed municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, updating standards that were issued in 1996. Currently, methane’s effect on climate change are also of concern.

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We Need to Decarbonize Software

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s climate-change conference, to discuss the urgent need to lower emissions. The W3C’s Sustainable Web Design Community Group released a draft of its Web sustainability guidelines , with both tactical and technical recommendations for business and product strategy, user-experience design, Web development, and hosting and infrastructure.

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EEA: Water Use Unsustainable in Many Parts of Europe

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Looking to the future, Europe's water woes are likely to be exacerbated by climate change, which is predicted to increase both the frequency and severity of droughts. Furthermore, as water levels fall, so does water quality, as there is less of it available in which to dilute pollutants.

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EPA proposes settlement agreements to address GHG emissions from power plants and petroleum refineries; issues final rules on GHG permitting framework

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Several states, local governments and environmental organizations had sued EPA over the agency’s failure to update the pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants and petroleum refineries, two of the largest source categories of GHG pollution in the United States. Transport Rule and New Source Performance Standards for criteria.

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WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

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WHO has been monitoring household air pollution for more than a decade and, while the rate of access to clean fuels and technologies is increasing everywhere, improvements are not even keeping pace with population growth in many parts of the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. g/m 3 (for PM 10 ) and 10 ?g/m g/m 3 (for PM 2.5 ).

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