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Red Metals is investing $70 million in a North Charleston copper rod plant launching Q4 2026, targeting shorter lead times for electrical infrastructure and advanced manufacturing buyers.

Permitting delays are stranding pre-development capital and driving carry costs higher. CFOs evaluating energy and infrastructure projects need to treat permitting uncertainty as a front-end financial risk.

Steel, copper, and grid material costs have reset project economics across clean energy and infrastructure. Finance teams holding 2022-era models need to close the gap before H2 capital decisions land.

Canovation and CANPACK are preparing CanReseal for pilot-line use. The project tests whether resealable aluminum cans can fit existing production.

Wisconsin settled its PFAS enforcement case against Tyco Fire Products, requiring a $10M trust fund payment, replacement wells, and 20 years of groundwater monitoring in Marinette County.

South Africa has enacted one of the most ambitious sustainability disclosure frameworks on the African continent. What the framework requires and what most companies can actually produce are two different things.

Massachusetts health officials are testing air quality at Uxbridge High School after multiple teachers were diagnosed with breast cancer.

GHG Protocol updates would require hourly-matched renewable energy procurement. Companies built on annual RECs or cross-border certificates face a disclosure credibility problem.

Water risk is becoming a business issue for agriculture-linked companies. A new Bluerisk guide sets out practical steps to strengthen supply chain resilience.

Contrails.org has launched open data for airlines. The tool shows where contrails form, helping teams target warming cuts without sweeping fleet changes.

Scope 3 emissions represent 75% of most corporate footprints, but 79% of companies say supplier data is their top challenge. That gap is widening as mandates tighten.

For decades, infrastructure decisions have often prioritized upfront cost over long-term performance. Yet as climate-related disruptions, aging assets, and increasing financial pressures reshape the risk landscape, resilience has become a business imperative rather than a design preference. The question facing today's infrastructure leaders is no longer whether they can afford to invest in resilience—but whether they can afford not to.

Utilities are rethinking customer programs as grid tools. Coordinated flexibility can cut peaks, support reliability and ease pressure on new capacity.

Gasmet’s GT7000 Tellus brings multi-gas FTIR analysis to fixed setups. It supports teams tracking emissions, CO₂ purity and process change.

The Army Corps of Engineers Far East District just earned the Army Safety Star after seven years of work. What that process requires puts the Longview disaster in sharper context for EHS leaders.

A 900,000-gallon white liquor tank implosion at Nippon Dynawave's Longview mill killed 11 workers on May 26. Federal investigators are on site as scrutiny mounts over the facility's safety record.

Investors call corporate water risk disclosure unfit for decision-making yet keep relying on it. As regulatory pressure builds and water stress accelerates, that tolerance is ending.

As organizations face increasing pressure to manage water resources more efficiently, Amazon is highlighting its approach to water stewardship through a new online resource that details the company's efforts to reduce consumption, expand water reuse, and replenish water resources in communities where it operates.

FireRock’s turf shift cuts water demand. It also keeps more tee times open as desert golf operators rethink winter overseeding.

A UK consortium validated a floating hydrogen hub delivering 5MW of clean shore power to docked ships with no grid connection, cutting years off typical port electrification timelines.

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