The permit application looked straightforward. Then someone pulled the facility's discharge history and the timeline moved. That is happening more than most operations teams realize.
IQAir's 2025 World Air Quality Report finds global air quality worsened, monitoring data gaps widened, and only 13 countries met WHO PM2.5 guidelines last year.
Primo Brands launches watershed stewardship funds in California and Texas, using community-led grants to support conservation, flood resilience, and water resource management.
Electric vehicles are being tested as flexible grid resources. New pilots show how EVs can supply backup power and help manage peak demand.
The enforcement actions and regulatory moves that defined Q1 2026 are a direct preview of where water compliance pressure concentrates in Q2.
After years of legislative delays, Wisconsin's Senate approved two bipartisan bills releasing $125M for PFAS remediation—expanding community grants and well programs.
The Flathead Wild and Scenic River draft plan is under scrutiny for overlooking non-boating users, agency impacts, and declining bull trout.
The global water and wastewater treatment market is expanding at 7% annually. Technology — membranes, AI, IoT — is driving the growth.
Strikes on desalination plants in Bahrain and Iran expose how deeply the Gulf depends on water infrastructure — and how vulnerable it is.
LADWP hosted a community reservoir walk honoring Women’s History Month and the 101st anniversary of Mulholland Dam while highlighting Los Angeles’ water infrastructure legacy.
A Maryland bill advancing in the Senate would restrict PFAS levels in sewage sludge applied to farmland and require monitoring and mitigation plans for wastewater systems.
Virginia’s SB651 could expand the state’s underground transmission pilot program, raising questions about cost-sharing, project eligibility, and impacts on local utilities and ratepayers.
The New Orleans City Council has paused key community solar project deadlines while Entergy New Orleans reviews its Direct Transfer Trip standards — with updated guidance due by late April 2026.
Strikes on Gulf ports and the Strait of Hormuz are throttling oil, LNG, and freight movement. Here's what operations and procurement leaders need to know now.
Massachusetts and Illinois lead the 2025 USGBC green building rankings as data centers, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing push LEED adoption into new territory.
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe and Idaho have reached a settlement ending decades of litigation and locking in water access certainty for cities, farms, and industrial operators.
BLM proposes to reinstate a terminated Earthstone Permian oil lease in Eddy County, NM, at a 20% royalty — above the IRA floor for federal onshore leases.
Air conditioning demand is set to surge by 2050. That growth could rival major national emissions, tightening the link between cooling, equity, and climate risk.
Nebraska assumes full NEPA authority for highway projects, shifting environmental review control from FHWA to the state and accelerating timelines.
Interior reopens 2.1 million acres in Alaska’s Dalton corridor, advancing state land entitlement and expanding energy development access.