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Google announced on Nov. 2 that it will provide USD 160 million to develop shared water infrastructure in Malaysia's Negeri Sembilan state, supporting its planned data center operations and expanding local water supply.

Announced on 22 October at the UN biodiversity conference COP17 in Armenia, the project seeks to raise at least CNY 10 million (USD 1.4 million) through a bond to be issued by the Qinghai branch of the People’s Bank of China.

After years of contact, Foxconn’s interest in vehicle emissions and decarbonization led to its partnership with Pace CCS.

Nike, French shipping group CMA CGM and Vietnamese port operator Gemadept have launched a fully electric inland barge service in Vietnam, aiming to reduce emissions from cargo transportation between Ho Chi Minh City and the Cai Mep port area.

Singapore became the first ASEAN country to pass a law punishing firms responsible for unhealthy air quality within its borders over a decade ago. But no charges have been brought, prompting legal experts and advocacy groups to call for updates.

Singapore is accelerating efforts to diversify its energy supply, announcing new projects in geothermal energy, energy storage, low-carbon technologies and power infrastructure as Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) opened on Oct. 26.

Incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reelected on Oct. 25 in a surprise defeat of his far-right rival who had promised to remove “environmental obstacles” in the Amazon rainforest.

As scientists and dozens of nations call for major reductions in plastic production, the plastics industry continues to push pyrolysis — dubbed chemical or advanced recycling — as a primary solution to the global plastic waste crisis.

Isometric has introduced an insurance framework developed with global insurance broker Marsh that allows reforestation project developers to reduce their contributions to carbon credit buffer pools, potentially improving project revenues.

A Chinese firm is deploying data servers to the sea for natural cooling. Experts say more information on their environmental impacts is needed before expansion