Durham's Society 5.0 model shows how integrated infrastructure intelligence is becoming a material factor in corporate investment and workforce decisions in 2026.
The Hormuz closure did not create new risk in corporate energy portfolios. It made visible the risk that was already priced at zero.
Colorado SB 102, which would have required data centers to pay full grid costs and meet emissions targets, was voted down unanimously May 11. Other states are hitting the same wall in 2026.
A Rice University PNAS study links El Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole climate patterns to armed conflict onset in drought-exposed regions, with implications for supply chain and operational risk planning.
Interconnection delays are creating PPA delivery shortfalls that finance teams did not model. The cost of sourcing replacement power is showing up as unexplained energy budget variance in 2026.
ISO New England's 2026 CELT Report adds its first behind-the-meter battery forecast and flags a winter peak timing problem tied to heat pump adoption growth through 2035.
Four months of rainfall deficiencies have pushed water storage and soil moisture to critical levels across eastern Australia, with record lows recorded in New South Wales.
The cost of not investing in climate health systems is quantifiable, and the financial return on investing in them is exceptionally high.
Ohio SB 103 is now law, letting natural gas utilities offer alternative rate plans to large industrial users consuming over 1.2 million Mcf annually.
Nine Florida schools earned Melbourne's 2026 ECO School Awards for integrating sustainability, conservation, recycling, and habitat programs into campus life and community engagement.
Scope 3 emissions in supplier networks are outpacing facility-level efficiency gains. New data and GHG Protocol revisions are raising the stakes for sustainability leaders in 2026.
A 40,000-acre hyperscale data center and power generation campus cleared its first regulatory hurdle in northern Utah this week.
New Mexico launched a public dashboard to monitor its 50-year water action plan as the state faces a projected 750,000 acre-foot shortage
California's geothermal planning bill AB 526 died in Appropriations in 2025. A companion CEQA bill was vetoed. Here is where California's in-state geothermal strategy stands now.
The federal BFPP defense protects brownfields buyers from CERCLA liability, but state programs differ significantly. What EHS and legal teams need to understand before acquisition.
Organizations that haven't conducted a systematic PFAS exposure assessment are making that decision by default, and the cost of finding out later is rising.
Minnesota SF4504 would allow customers to install small plug-in solar devices without utility interconnection agreements, fees, or approval. Here is what the provision covers.
California’s $20M Project Nexus has completed construction on the first U.S. solar-covered irrigation canal, measuring water savings, power generation, and maintenance cost reductions simultaneously.
Environmental groups and lawmakers are challenging the Trump administration's offshore wind lease buyout deals, citing clean energy setbacks, job losses, and unresolved legal questions.
The GHG Protocol's Land Sector and Removals Standard takes effect January 2027. Its carbon opportunity cost methodology could significantly alter how biomass emissions are reported.