Facebook parent Meta is seeking developers that can bring nuclear reactors online starting in the early 2030s to support data centers and communities around them.
Why it matters: Meta is joining Amazon, Google and other tech giants in turning to nuclear generation to fuel energy-thirsty AI data centers with zero-carbon electrons.
Why it matters: The court's advisory opinion will be nonbinding. But vulnerable nations — led by Vanuatu — see it as a potential boost to efforts to hold big greenhouse gas emitters accountable, compared to the COP process.
Environmental intelligence firm Kayrros is rolling out a large language model (LLM) to allow the public to pinpoint methane-emitting facilities, the company first told Axios.
Why it matters: The new "methane GPT" allows users to ask plain-language questions and get answers from the company's Methane Watch map for free.
General Motors is selling its stake in a new battery plant that was built with government incentives.
Why it matters: GM partners with South Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution through a joint venture called Ultium Cells, which currently produces batteries at factories in Warren, Ohio and Spring Hill, Tennessee.
Three of the biggest investment firms in the world were sued by 11 states last week, in a case that not only could transform the way trillions of dollars is managed, but could also hobble global efforts to transition to a sustainable level of carbon emissions.
Why it matters: Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, along with 10 of his colleagues, is attempting to use the U.S. judicial system to forcibly derail the global consensus that investors can and must play an important role in the transition to a net-zero world.
Emerging research points out how much scientists have yet to learn about human-caused climate change — and raises the possibility that they, along with policymakers, are underestimating some risks lurking ahead.
Why it matters: The studies and media comments from scientists illustrate that the Earth's climate system — made up of the oceans, land and atmosphere — may no longer be behaving as it used to.
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