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Community-led data tool to help build picture of river health in Thames Basin Citizen scientists at Thames21’s training session at Hackney Marshes (image credit: Thames21).
Environmental charity Thames21 has launched a new online dashboard that – for the first time – brings together key datasets on river health gathered by citizen scientists across London ...

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Comment: Why predictive intelligence is non-negotiable for UK water Ryan Pearson is head of business development at Metasphere, a Grundfos company.
By Ryan Pearson of water technology firm Metasphere.
The Independent Water Commission’s (IWC) Final Report, delivered in July 2025, is being called the water sector’s 21st century “Great Stink” moment.
For ...

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Government awards £181k to four sustainable aviation fuel innovators The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded £181,000 through the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Clearing House to four UK innovators: Avioxx, Clean Planet Technologies, Green Lizard Technologies, and Zero Petroleum.
The funding will accelerate the testing, certification, and commercialisation of ...

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Biochar is emerging as a key material with uses in clean water, carbon capture and... Biochar1 has long been valued for improving soil health. A new review explores the fact that it is also rapidly evolving into a powerful multifunctional material with the potential to tackle some of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges, from ...

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Waste heat from data centres could heat over 3.5 million UK homes A data centre in Slough
Projected growth in data centres will produce enough waste heat to warm millions of homes in the UK by 2035 – if the infrastructure is in place to take advantage of it, according to new research.
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UK must become the next ‘Green AI superpower’ says AI trade group A report, produced by UKAI, the country’s only trade association for AI businesses, argues that Britain has a clear opportunity to lead the next phase of global artificial intelligence by becoming the world’s foremost hub for Green AI. This includes ...

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Record wasted wind could have powered every home in London in 2025 Over 12 Terawatt hours (TWh) of clean electricity was turned off across Great Britain and Ireland in 2025 due to grid constraints, reveals a new report from energy market analysis provider Montel EnAppSys. This could have met the combined electricity ...

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Project characterizes constructed soils to determine suitability for urban landscape planning Lauren Porter is working with samples from building sites in Munich and Ausgburg (image credit: Astrid Eckert / TUM).
In urban areas, soil is often moved in opposite directions: on the one hand, excavated material is removed from construction sites and ...

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Ferries trade group warns of urgent need to deliver green shipping corridors Entry gate to interior of car ferry traveling from Portsmouth to Fishbourne as it departs from the English coastline.
Interferry, a global trade association for the ferry industry, has warned that ferry operators are facing rising costs under the EU Emissions ...

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Environmental monitoring expert listed in Sunday Times 2026 top 100 tech companies (Left to right) Matt Dibbs, Tim Wilson and Andrew Scott, directors of Meteor Communications.
The environmental technology company Meteor Communications has been included in the 2026 edition of The Sunday Times 100 Tech, Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies, published on 16 ...