11+ hour, 28+ min ago   (506+ words) Berkeley’s restrictions on foods and drinks displayed at store checkouts were associated with lower soda sales after the rule became enforceable, a new study found. Overall candy sales did not show a comparable decline. The research published in The Lancet…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (674+ words) Global greenhouse gas emissions from petrochemical production could rise by about 50% between 2023 and 2050 under a business-as-usual scenario, according to a new study. Its facility-level analysis also identifies a concentration of emissions that could help governments and companies decide where to…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (599+ words) The World Bank Group estimates that expanding water reuse for industrial and drinking-water supplies could create up to $340 billion in investment opportunities by 2040. For factories, the decision depends on the cost of producing reliable water at the quality their processes…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (895+ words) A data center can take one to three years to build, but the grid infrastructure needed to power it may take five to 15 years. That difference helps explain why access to electricity, rather than land or computer chips, is delaying…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (906+ words) Giving households free electricity for short periods encouraged them to use more power when renewable generation was abundant, field experiments in Great Britain and Spain found. This could help grids use more wind and solar electricity that might otherwise go…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1226+ words) Global electricity demand from data centres rose by 17% in 2025, compared with 3% growth in electricity use overall, according to the International Energy Agency. Yet the main obstacle for many proposed AI facilities is not the world’s total supply of power. It…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1041+ words) The research by Arturo Garcia of Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and Sang-Ho Lee of Chonnam National University was published in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management on 22 May 2026. It offers a more useful question than the familiar debate over…...