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The California trap: when batteries work too well

An interesting paradox from California: battery storage there has fulfilled its mission so perfectly that it is now threatening its own economy....
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Do wind turbines really kill that many birds?

Wind farms are often labeled as “bird shredders”. However, two new studies show that the reality is different....
Do wind turbines really kill that many birds?
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Decarbonization of supply chains: start asking “how will we profit from it?”

An interesting article by Toby Newman (CEO of Secaro) on ESG Today describes how, over the past five years, companies' motivations to decarbonize supply chains have fundamentally changed — and …
Decarbonization of supply chains: start asking “how will we profit from it?”
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Oil defined the geopolitics of the 20th century. Critical minerals will define the 21st.

Analysis from pressenza maps how the energy transformation shifts the global center of power from fossil fuels to critical minerals — lithium, copper, nickel, cobalt, graphite and rare earths....
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Is sustainability financially worthwhile?

The World Economic Forum published an article about the Project ROI 2025 study, which analyzed 640 academic studies over the past 10 years. The conclusion is clear: when sustainability is …
Is sustainability financially worthwhile?
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The UK is introducing its own standards for sustainability reporting

The United Kingdom has published new UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), which are based on the global ISSB standards (IFRS S1 and S2)....
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India launched its own central portal for trading carbon credits.

At the Prakriti 2026 conference in New Delhi, Indian Energy Minister Manohar Lal presented the Indian Carbon Market Portal – a central platform for registration, monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of industrial enterprises' emissions. Sharp trading is set to start within four months....
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Danish scientist counted insects on the same front glass, same route, under the same conditions – 20 years in a row. In the twentieth ro...

In Germany volunteers placed traps in 63 nature reserves. Not on farms – on protected land. Same methodology, 27 years. The total mass of flying insects fell by 76%. In the middle of summer, when the peak season should be, by 82%. Monitoring in 2020–2021: no recovery....
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The Korean association KITA warns about the impacts of the CBAM mechanism on Korean exports to the EU from 2031.

A new study by the Korean association KITA (Korea International Trade Association) points out the real impacts of the CBAM mechanism, which the EU introduced from January 2026, on carbon‑intensive imports – steel, aluminium, cement or fertilizers. From 2028 it is set to expand to engineering, electronics or medical devices....
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Norwegian sovereign fund sets new rules: companies must manage nature-related risks

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) — the manager of the world’s largest sovereign fund, which owns ~1.5% of the shares of all listed companies globally (~7,200 firms) — has just published its “Nature Expectations”....
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Tropical peatland fires have reached a 2000‑year maximum. And humans may be responsible.

A new study published in Global Change Biology (University of Exeter) analyzed carbon in peat layers across four continents and reconstructed the fire history over the past 2,000 years....
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Chinese automaker BYD introduced a technology that further advances electric car charging technology.

Blade Battery 2.0 in combination with FLASH chargers (1,500 kW) charges an electric car from 10% to 70% in just 5 minutes. From 10% to 97% in 9 minutes. Even at –30 °C it can reach 80% capacity in 12 minutes....
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