The revised Ocean Investment Protocol, published Sept. 21, asks central banks and supervisors to assess ocean-related financial risk.

New IRS and ownership scrutiny on battery suppliers reaches beyond factory location to control and materials. Early checks can protect credits and schedules.

Utilities plan record grid spending through 2030, but Illinois and Michigan cases show regulators testing project evidence before it reaches customer bills.

Noria Energy is bringing single-axis tracking to floating solar with Airon. The system aims to deliver more output from the same project footprint on the water.

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.

Peabody moved Wyoming coal to Vietnam through Mexico's Port of Guaymas, testing a Pacific export route that still lacks disclosed costs or contracts.

A global assurance standard takes effect in December 2026, but oversight of the firms validating ESG disclosures still varies sharply by provider and country.

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.

Cristine Schulz, Kimberly-Clark Professional's sustainability director, answers hard questions about Thrive's landfill-diversion accounting and traceability.

TurboGen has named former NYC Mayor Eric Adams to its advisory board. His role will focus on U.S. customers, partnerships and commercial market growth efforts.

K Shipbuilding and Lloyd's Register are developing a 50,000 deadweight ton ethanol fueled tanker, testing whether ethanol can work for medium range routes.

Buried inside EPA's power plant repeal is a proposal asking whether the agency has authority to regulate power-sector emissions at all under Section 111.

Trump revoked the 2009 Chesapeake Bay framework and told EPA to press states on stormwater fees, shifting restoration coordination risk downstream.

Researchers are testing a process that turns arsenic mine waste into high-purity metal. It could limit cleanup risks while creating a fresh source for industry.

Arkansas is putting another $8 million into the Grand Prairie project, a decades-long effort to shift eastern Arkansas farms off a declining aquifer.

A Brown University study finds veterans 20 to 39 carry higher PFAS levels than civilians the same age, exposing a gap in the VA's testing policy.

Companies disclosed $339 billion in water-related risk through CDP, but only 5% have set an internal water price, a gap that is starting to close.

Desalination has always traded a water problem for an energy one, but energy recovery devices and solar integration are shrinking that trade fast.

Circularity begins long before materials are removed from a building. By asking better questions during specification, organizations can reduce waste, improve resilience, and protect long-term value.

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