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UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre

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Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’Business live – latest updatesBritain’s most polluting power plant could soon power the country’s largest datacentre under a £20bn deal to build AI infrastructure on the site of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire.The power plant’s FTSE

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Google search has gone from being very handy to useless | First Dog on the Moon

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Google’s AI summary is punching a huge hole in their own profits – is this good?Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading…

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A new wave of electric ferries is here in the US. Some even fly

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Replacing diesel-powered ferries with electric vessels could reduce emissions and improve air quality Cutting through New York Harbor in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, the small white boat we were riding on caught the attention of passengers aboard a nearby sightseeing ferry.“It’s quite a curiosity at the moment,” Eric Laakmann, the chief executive

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Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks

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Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against themA summer of extreme heat, entire villages obliterated in Nepal, a super El Niño breaking records, Exxon publicly saying we may reach 3C by 2050 – could it possibly be any worse?How about throwing

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UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups

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Investigation finds dozens of ministers and civil servants moved into AI roles as government developed datacentre expansion plansThe UK’s policy on datacentres and AI was developed without any meetings with environmental groups, an investigation has found.The nonprofit organisation Spotlight on Corruption said a “considerable revolving door” shaped the government’s development of “AI growth zones”, a

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At New York Climate Week 2026, MIT connects with a global network

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Each year, Climate Week NYC brings together more than 100,000 people in more than 1,000 events across the city to discuss climate challenges, explore solutions, and spur action. Participants come from industry, academia, philanthropy, nonprofits, government, and finance and venture capital. And this year, the mix included a strong, cross-campus presence from MIT.The MIT community

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Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws criticism

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Company imitates reflection of sun from mirrors, prompting pushback from some scientists, environmentalists and California localsLocals in a rural area of California were recently startled to see dazzlingly bright light shining down from nearby mountains at night, illuminating a swathe of the desert below.Unbeknown to them, the strange nocturnal illumination was the latest step in

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Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom

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BBC series deliberately uses ‘more organic’ shots to assure viewers animals are not AI-generated, producers sayThe David Attenborough-narrated series Blue Planet III deliberately includes cloudier, less polished footage to counter AI fakery and assure viewers it is “authentic”, its producers have said.Nearly a decade after Blue Planet II shone a light on plastic pollution, and

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Burnham to reveal plans for AI unit to tackle wildfires after scorching summer

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PM will also announce funding for specialised protective gear and the deployment of military aircraftThe UK government is to create an AI Cobra unit to spot wildfires after this year’s record-breaking summer saw devastating blazes across the country.The country experienced its hottest-ever summer this year, with prolonged dry periods and extreme heat fuelling wildfires that

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‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

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Company ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest pushBehind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the

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