A Ninth Circuit ruling strengthens Central Valley Project contract certainty for water districts while leaving businesses exposed to annual water supply risk.

Data center growth is drawing fresh scrutiny from nearby communities. Health, noise, water use and power demands are now central to project approvals and zoning.

Kimberly-Clark is testing hesperaloe as a potential tissue fiber. The move could reduce wood-pulp use while adding a new option to its supply chain at scale.

Corporate energy buyers using standard PPA templates across U.S. power markets may be carrying different grid risks under seemingly identical contract terms.

AI growth is forcing data centers to rethink power, cooling, and water. Energy Concepts says Plato5X could move more infrastructure on site to ease grid delays.

Spain’s first HRS system pasteurizes 220 metric tons of digestate daily. Heat recovery may cut thermal demand and support fertilizer reuse for regional growers.

Nassimi is linking upholstery materials to reforestation and social support. Its partnerships fund tree planting and help women rebuild their lives after abuse.

Viridi's RPS 150 finished live-grid testing at ORNL. The project examined how well energy storage works with grid controls under changing real-world conditions.

Finance leaders face new capital risk: the July 4 tax credit deadline passed while a court fight over the solar and wind safe harbor rules remains unresolved.

A $5.8B Dresden chip expansion is putting water infrastructure in focus. Gradiant delivered ultrapure and recycled water systems three months early.

Michigan's updated brownfield law adds project milestones, capital investment checks, and clawback provisions before developers receive state tax incentives.

More than 12,000 claimants have filed for payment through SCE's Eaton Fire settlement fund, even as Edison discloses 2,000 lawsuits and $1.3 billion in losses.

A Hefei, China study finds urban trees and shrubs each add different pollutants, nitrogen, phosphorus, organic carbon, to rainfall passing through canopies.

Tanzania plans a cross-border natural gas pipeline serving Uganda and Kenya, expanding regional energy infrastructure and industrial fuel access.

New ratings-agency data shows most transmission projects miss their schedules over land and right-of-way disputes, not capital or equipment shortfalls.

USDA's NRCS found irrigation upgrades to Colorado's centuries-old acequia systems will adversely affect historic properties, opening a mitigation process.

Cigarette butts still lead coastal litter totals. Disposable vapes and nicotine pouches now add batteries, plastics and hazardous residues to this waste stream.

Intel is cutting Data Center Group jobs even as AI infrastructure spending is set to reach $487 billion in 2026, per IDC, as electricity demand keeps rising.

Maryland's Supreme Court vacated a $25,000 fee award in a records case that exposed secret Frederick County talks with Amazon over data center rezoning.

Ireland's CRU now requires data center developers to prove a credible renewable energy plan before connecting, replacing a broad regional grid approach.