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From 17 September, every proposed Scottish data center above 50 megawatts requires an Environmental Impact Assessment. The direction converts an emerging set of energy, water, carbon and community concerns into evidence that must shape projects before consent.
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China’s HJ 1478-2026 standard narrows routine pollution-hazard checks toward higher-risk hidden infrastructure while making leak detection, fixed checklists, remediation ledgers and inspection cycles more specific for key regulated facilities.
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Conama has approved three linked national measures covering non-potable reuse of treated sewage, risk-tiered aquaculture licensing and updated effluent controls, joining water supply alternatives to pollution prevention and regulatory information.
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New guidance shows how England’s Nature Restoration Fund will let qualifying developers replace specified project-level mitigation with a levy, while Environmental Delivery Plans ration capacity and Natural England carries delivery and enforcement responsibility.
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Chile's Scientific Advisory Committee on Climate Change presented four reports on health, circular economy, the water-energy-food nexus, and the ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus from July 7 to 10, 2026.
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