EPA finalized Butte's lead cleanup amendment last week, and the pattern it reveals about approved standards is what executives should track next.

EPA lowered Butte's residential lead cleanup level from 1,200 to 456 ppm, and thousands of previously cleared properties are getting a second look.

Kikkoman chose Jefferson, Wisconsin over 63 other Midwest sites largely for water quality, but its opening does not disclose the plant's own water use.

U.S. ethanol exports hit a record in 2025, but USDA's new trade outlook skips forecasts, leaving exporters exposed to shifts in Canada, the UK and Brazil.

Fish may be more sensitive to antidepressants than human models suggest. The finding may reshape how water utilities and regulators assess pharmaceutical risks.

Yara's new Sluiskil carbon capture facility can handle 800,000 tons of CO2 annually, linking Dutch ammonia production with Norwegian storage.

Cargill's latest co-development push shows how food makers are using ingredient expertise and pilot testing to accelerate complex product reformulation.

A new executive order directs the USDA to expand interstate meat sales, strengthen competition, and support small and regional processing capacity.

Enphase is taking its microinverter model into commercial storage. The IQ Battery C80 scales to 2 MWh for solar, demand management and grid programs nationwide.

GEF is putting $140M behind a major drought resilience program for 2026-2030. The plan targets water risk, land degradation and long-term preparedness globally.

Record sulfur prices and tighter global supply are raising phosphate fertilizer costs as U.S. farmers face growing sulfur needs in their fields.

Store brands give retailers more control over how rising supplier costs for ingredients, packaging and freight move from the factory to the shelf.

Grupo Bimbo expanded regenerative agriculture to more than 500,000 hectares in 2025 while advancing water reuse, electrification and waste reduction.

Kimberly-Clark is testing hesperaloe as a potential tissue fiber. The move could reduce wood-pulp use while adding a new option to its supply chain at scale.

AI growth is forcing data centers to rethink power, cooling, and water. Energy Concepts says Plato5X could move more infrastructure on site to ease grid delays.

Spain’s first HRS system pasteurizes 220 metric tons of digestate daily. Heat recovery may cut thermal demand and support fertilizer reuse for regional growers.

A new UN methane strategy says agriculture and waste systems will require major operational changes alongside fossil fuel reductions to meet 2030 goals.

Nebraska's trade mission to Japan and the Philippines promoted low-carbon ethanol, carbon capture, and energy exports beyond traditional agriculture.

AI could help orchard robots stay on course. A new system combines drone imagery and LiDAR to cut mapping drift and improve autonomous field operations on site.

A Hefei, China study finds urban trees and shrubs each add different pollutants, nitrogen, phosphorus, organic carbon, to rainfall passing through canopies.