Washington DC’s OSSE releases an AI model policy for school staff use
The District of Columbia's Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) released an AI model policy for staff use...
Alberta invests $20 million in carbon capture, hydrogen and land reclamation projects
The Government of Alberta announced on 31 August 2026 that it is putting 20 million Canadian dollars, delivered through Emissions...
Fervo Energy signs a 396 MW enhanced geothermal power deal with Google for a Utah data centre
Fervo Energy announced on 1 September 2026 that it has signed a 396 megawatt power purchase agreement with Google, which...
China’s CO2 emissions fell 1% in the second quarter of 2026 as oil use dropped 9%, Carbon Brief analysis finds
China's carbon dioxide emissions fell 1 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2026, according to an...
APA expert report says educational technology engagement is not the same as learning
The American Psychological Association published the "APA Expert Report on Children's and Adolescents' Learning with Educational Technology" on Thursday 3...
US energy storage installations reached a record 20.2 GWh in the second quarter of 2026
The United States installed 20.2 gigawatt-hours of energy storage between April and June 2026, the largest quarter ever recorded. The...
UNEP accepts the world will overshoot 1.5°C and sets out what a return would take
The United Nations Environment Programme published a report on 2 September 2026 that treats climate overshoot as a settled outcome...
New York City is set to ban student-facing AI from 2-K through eighth grade
New York City Public Schools is expected to publish its final artificial intelligence policy on Wednesday 2 September 2026, and...
OpenAI expands ChatGPT for Teachers to 55 more US school systems and pushes free access to 2028
OpenAI has added 55 school systems across 20 states to ChatGPT for Teachers, the free workspace it built for American...
Indonesia’s B50 biodiesel target needs up to 8.55 million hectares of land conversion, Nature Sustainability study finds
Meeting Indonesia's B50 biodiesel target will require between 4.85 and 8.55 million hectares of land conversion, according to a study...
Only 5% of EU ship tonnage was recycled in Europe over seven years, new capacity report finds
European shipowners sent 706 vessels for dismantling between 2019 and 2025, and only 153 of them went to a European...
Stanford brief grades AI tutoring by how much human contact it keeps
The phrase "AI tutor" covers four different products, and the AI tutoring evidence behind them is not the same in...
UK heat pump grant applications reach 8,150 after oil switch top-up
British households filed 8,150 applications for a heat pump grant in July 2026, the highest monthly total since the Boiler...
Germany heads for its first annual climate target miss, Agora Energiewende says
Germany is on course to break its annual greenhouse gas budget for the first time since the Federal Climate Change...
Renewable energy investment holds at $327.5bn as co-located solar and storage sets a record
Global renewable energy investment reached $327.5 billion in the first half of 2026, level with the preceding six months but...
NYC schools software freeze holds as AI policy misses the start of term
Principals in the largest school district in the United States still cannot buy educational software, eight weeks after Chancellor Kamar...
Australia’s emissions fall to 455.6 Mt as record wind generation displaces gas
Australia emissions for the year to March 2026 are estimated at 455.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, a fall...
University of Chicago bars AI from its Social Sciences Core and makes classes device-free
The University of Chicago's Social Sciences Collegiate Division has barred generative AI from the Social Sciences Core sequences that every...
Spain moves to make data centres back 80% of every hour with new renewables
Spain's Council of Ministers agreed on 25 August 2026 to fast-track a draft royal decree that would tie new data...
Plug-in solar becomes legal across Great Britain from 27 August
Plug-in solar devices became legal to buy and use in England, Wales and Scotland on 27 August 2026, when two...
TerraBlaster raises $12.5m to map soil nutrients in real time with Mars rover laser technology
California-based TerraBlaster announced a $12.5 million seed round on 25 August 2026 to commercialise real-time soil nutrient mapping using laser-induced...
New Jersey proposes a 10-year home battery incentive of up to $200 per kW for 150 MW of storage
Staff at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities issued a straw proposal on 17 August 2026 targeting up to...
MIT committee reports AI can produce credible solutions to almost any undergraduate assignment
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology published the report of its Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and...
US Department of Energy selects seven critical mineral and battery projects for $500 million
The US Department of Energy announced $500 million for seven selected projects to expand critical mineral and material processing, battery...
AWS opens Student Rewards, committing more than $500m to cloud and AI training for university students
Amazon Web Services launched Student Rewards on its AWS Builder Center platform on 20 August 2026, describing the programme as...
AEMO 2026 ESOO: 40 GW pipeline pushes Australia’s first reliability gap out to 2030-31
The Australian Energy Market Operator published its 2026 Electricity Statement of Opportunities on 25 August 2026, reporting a pipeline of...
Natural capital investment sits below 0.2% of institutional portfolios, report finds
Natural capital accounts for 4 to 5 per cent of global GDP but less than 0.2 per cent of institutional...
Mafix raises $5.4m to speed up enhanced rock weathering on farmland
Mafix, a startup built on chemistry developed at Stanford University, announced on 20 August 2026 that it had raised $5.4...
Tropical study maps 7.49 million square kilometres where natural forest regeneration pays off
Researchers led by the University of Queensland have mapped the costs and the carbon and biodiversity gains of natural forest...
Purdue begins AI graduation requirement in every undergraduate degree programme
Purdue University announced on 19 August 2026 that every undergraduate starting this autumn must complete AI-focused coursework to graduate. The...
