Battery risks are rising in hazardous settings as systems scale. Intrinsically safe monitoring helps reduce exposure and improve uptime.
A new global coalition aims to define sustainability standards for AI data centers as energy and water pressures intensify worldwide.
NGO scorecards and ESG rating agency methodologies have quietly become business risk infrastructure. Most sustainability teams don't know how they're being scored.
The disclosure system was built to capture what companies believed about themselves — their goals, their trajectories, their commitments. It was not built to verify them.
EPA finalized new pesticide limits today, but a January 2026 analysis of 700 tolerance decisions found the agency applies its child safety factor only 15% of the time.
UNSW's new $5 million research hub aims to prevent a supply chain crisis by tackling Australia’s fast-approaching solar waste problem and accelerating recycling infrastructure.
Employees aren't just participating in Earth Day programs anymore — they're using them to decide whether their company's sustainability values are real or staged.
Earth Day didn't change corporate America by asking nicely. It changed it by making inaction visible — and 56 years later, that same dynamic is still at work.
The 2026 Environment+Energy Leader Awards recognize 80 winning submissions across energy, environment, and operations. Full winners list announced Earth Day.
Coral reefs are declining at an alarming rate worldwide. New efforts in East Africa show how partnerships and technology can deliver measurable restoration.
Data centers using 20 megawatts or more would need state approval, decade-long grid contracts, and quarterly water reporting under Vermont's new bill.
Trump is setting aside a diplomatic rift with South Africa to protect one thing — U.S. access to rare earths.
The environmental commitments your biggest customers made publicly are now showing up in your contract renewal.
Heat-tolerant enzymes are moving closer to industrial use. New structural insights show how proteins can stay stable and active in extreme conditions.
A $66 billion market shift in food service packaging is being driven by regulation and major buyer mandates.
Environmental accountability has crossed into finance and law. Boards still routing ESG through comms are exposed in ways that go well beyond reputation.
Energy Vault enters Japan with an 850 MW storage pipeline and local team. The move targets grid demand and builds a long-term foothold in a complex market.
North Carolina is directing $215 million to 66 water infrastructure projects, with most funds rebuilding systems damaged by Hurricane Helene.
In agriculture, materials, transport, and heavy manufacturing, absolute emissions haven't fallen at the required pace. The gap isn't about ambition — it's about structural constraints
Greenhushing — deliberately downplaying environmental goals to avoid scrutiny — is growing. But regulators in the EU and UK are now targeting silence as well as overstatement.