California and Texas are tying data center growth to power, water and infrastructure costs as states impose tough new requirements on large loads.
EPA approved updated Alabama procedures for reviewing transportation emissions, mitigation commitments and Birmingham-area air-plan conformity decisions.
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.
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.
North Carolina's $455 million PFAS settlement adds a $135 million reserve to protect cleanup obligations that outlast the underlying lawsuit itself.
The House will vote this week on H.R. 9340, testing bipartisan support for making large data centers pay the full grid costs required to serve them.
A DFARS rule expanding to cover the entire magnet supply chain collides with the possible expiration of China's export controls just weeks earlier.
Massachusetts is now tying new data center permits to clean energy, water, environmental, and community-benefit requirements for projects over 25 MW.
California's 2027 SB 253 reporting cycle will raise the stakes for emissions data as Scope 3 reporting begins and third-party assurance takes hold.
New EU consumer rules restrict vague green claims, offset-based carbon-neutral labels, and unsupported future environmental promises beginning September 27.
A new executive order directs the USDA to expand interstate meat sales, strengthen competition, and support small and regional processing capacity.
Michigan HB 6247 would establish a 200-day carbon storage permit process while creating clearer rules for monitoring, closure and Class VI oversight.
A House bill would add AI model origin to the technology supply chain conversation as data centers face mounting power and grid capacity constraints.
Understaffed permitting agencies are becoming as important to site selection as tax incentives, with air permits now waiting years for a reviewer.
California SCR 180 advances toward a final Assembly vote, backing carbon-intensity standards for hydrogen use across hard-to-electrify industrial sectors.
Federal regulators rejected Montana's attempt to change how legal costs can be awarded in coal mining disputes under the state's SMCRA program.
Indiana House Democrats want lawmakers to open their own NIPSCO review, adding a legislative track alongside the governor's regulatory investigation.
Pennsylvania will withhold data center permits unless developers pay their own power costs, secure local approval and meet new GRID Requirements.
Contracted water supply can overstate what facilities and suppliers can reliably access, creating a gap in site, acquisition and supply-chain diligence.