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Data Center Generators Need a Diesel Plan Before Storms

DOE has again cleared PJM to call on data center generators this week, and East Coast diesel stocks sit 20% to 30% below normal. Runtime is the figure to test.

Hydro-Québec Cutoffs Test New England Power Contracts

A court fight over hydropower that stopped flowing during January's cold snap gives corporate buyers reason to check what their own contracts pay when imported clean power goes missing. …
Environment

C.H. Robinson-RXO Deal Reshapes Freight Brokerage Market

C.H. Robinson’s RXO deal could expand carrier access and tech reach. It may also reduce competition and increase integration risk for major shippers.

Landfill Cleanup Plans Should Weigh Toxicity, Review Finds

A review of more than 100 landfill studies finds the highest pollutant readings are not always the most hazardous, a gap that can misdirect cleanup spending.
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USGBC and NOMA began a first-year collaboration on green building careers as data show 49% of licensure candidates but 21% of architects are people of color.
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Kendra MacDonald, CEO, Ocean Supercluster.
How AI Can Turn Ocean Data Into Sustainability Results
Drawing on her work leading Canada's Ocean Supercluster, Kendra MacDonald explores how AI helps ocean businesses measure sustainability impacts, reduce emissions and build stronger cases for investment.
Infrastructure
Greener Pharma Manufacturing Faces the Scale-Up Test
ETERNAL shows how pharma can cut solvents, energy and waste. The next test is whether those gains can hold up at commercial manufacturing scale.
Technology
Kentucky Power TeraWulf Deal Adds $100M in Bill Credits
Kentucky Power's amended TeraWulf contract doubles Muskie to 1 GW, adds $100M in residential credits and has the developer cover Big Sandy financing costs.
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According to a PIRG report on vape waste, fires in waste facilities caused by disposable vape devices cost at least $95 million each year in the United States alone.
Washington, DC -- With temperatures spiking across the country this summer, top American cities are no longer waiting for the federal government to save them. They are using their own resources, plus …
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Bangladesh Power Cuts Show Which Suppliers Keep Running

Bangladesh's gas crisis shut hundreds of factories while self-powered suppliers kept going. Buyers need to know which group holds their winter orders.

Low EU Gas Storage Shifts Winter Costs to Industrial Buyers

EU gas storage started October at 72%, down from 83%. Regulators expect supply to hold, but unhedged industrial volumes face the market price all winter.

Court Tosses Lobster Suit Over Seafood Watch Red Rating

A federal appeals court ordered dismissal of a Maine lobster defamation suit over a Seafood Watch rating, leaving buyers to own how they apply such ratings.

PJM Demand Response Rules Now Reach Overnight Hours

PJM's all-hours demand response rule starts June 2027. Accreditation jumped to 92%, but facilities must now price 4 a.m. calls with a 30-minute response clock.

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Emissions + Pollution
Aether Fuels has validated its integrated synthetic jet fuel process. Project Beacon will test whether the technology can scale reliably and economically.

Batteries + Grids
ABTC can export up to $100 million in recycled black mass. The move highlights a growing gap between U.S. battery recycling and refining capacity.
Waste Management
Fashion brands are joining forces to expand supplier access to clean energy. Financing and emissions reporting remain critical challenges to their success.

Clean Energy
Ameren Missouri's 20-year plan keeps two Labadie coal units running to 2042 and adds about 10.6 GW of gas as signed large-customer demand reaches 2.8 GW.
Water Management
Clean-fuel technology is advancing, but investment is slowing. Regulatory uncertainty and weaker demand threaten shipping's 2030 emissions targets.

Oil + Gas
A Vermont housing project is testing utility-funded geothermal infrastructure. The model could lower upfront costs while reshaping gas utility roles.
Research
Supply Chain
From February 18, 2027, EV and industrial batteries above 2 kWh need a digital passport for the EU market, and supplier data gaps already shape orders.
Europe's packaging rules have applied since August 12, so buyers need conformity papers and PFAS data from suppliers before February penalties begin.
High-mileage EVs show lower inspection failure rates than petrol cars. The findings raise new questions about fleet lifecycles, resale values and battery health.
Utilities
The grid got through Fern and Gianna without shedding load, yet plant outages matched 2025 and emergency orders added supply. Budget cuts should weigh both.
Pennsylvania's first BEAD awards send $448 million to 50 counties, and the state says local permitting will now decide how fast networks reach rural sites.
Missouri's 2026 State Energy Plan proposes nuclear loans, a possible state nuclear authority and conditional cost recovery as Ameren plans 1,200 MW of nuclear.
Recycling
St Austell Brewery reports a 49% drop in total waste since 2023 after standardizing bins, training staff and auditing results across its 45 managed pubs.
U.S. manufacturing growth is driving hazardous waste demand. A new study estimates billions in economic losses if treatment capacity fails to keep pace.
More than £7bn is committed to UK batteries, but serious supply-chain gaps persist. Refining, factory delays and 2035 demand could test the sector’s next phase.
Manufacturing
EnerVenue External Shot
EnerVenue is scaling battery production in China. Its 30-year nickel-hydrogen technology promises lower lifetime costs, but commercial performance remains unproven.
EPA is nearing a PFAS discharge rule for chemical makers while pushing its metal-finishing PFAS rule to February 2027, and platers should track both.
Green steel is emerging, but buyers and producers are often far apart. RMI’s book-and-claim model could connect demand with cleaner production without delivery.
Packaging
EPA pushed stricter refrigerant limits for new supermarket and cold-storage systems to 2032, yet interim caps, California rules and the HFC phasedown remain.
Updated EU guidance shows why paper certification alone may not prove origin or deforestation claims that procurement teams still need to verify.
New EU consumer rules restrict vague green claims, offset-based carbon-neutral labels, and unsupported future environmental promises beginning September 27.
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