Core Natural Resources subsidiary CONSOL Innovations was selected for a DOE grant to pilot rare earth element recovery from Pennsylvania coal waste.

Ireland could owe up to $30 billion (€26 billion) by 2030 for missing EU climate targets, new fiscal modeling shows, with costs rising after 2030.

Curtailment orders, discharge limits, and insurance exposure are the water liabilities confronting industrial operations already built and operating in stressed basins.

Chain length may shape how PFAS move through water and respond to treatment. For utilities, that means monitoring and removal strategies need sharper focus.

MediSun and Yanrun are launching a Singapore JV for brine recovery. The move targets industrial water reuse markets facing tighter rules.

Speakers at London Climate Action Week said cities, businesses, and regional coalitions are increasingly driving climate action ahead of COP31.

World Athletics' 2026 midpoint review shows what happens when sustainability stops being a pledge and becomes a contractual deliverable embedded in event hosting requirements.

Colorado CDPHE is accepting applications for its Environmental Justice Grant Program, funding up to 10 projects in pollution-impacted communities.

Many organizations entered 2026 expecting normalization. Q2 suggests the second half will be defined by adaptation rather than recovery.

A new University of Wyoming project highlights how DOE increasingly views coal plants as platforms for critical minerals, water savings, and carbon capture.

Smart hydrants are giving utilities a sharper view of aging networks. McWane’s iHydrantPlus supports leak detection, pressure monitoring and faster response.

The UK announced a $63.5 million critical minerals investment, funding rare earth magnet manufacturing, recycling projects, and a new industry demand aggregation platform.

The EEA's 2025 bathing water report shows 85% of EU sites rated excellent, but river quality lags and new EU rules expand monitoring for PFAS and microplastics.

EHS, facilities, procurement, and sustainability each left something unresolved in Q2. Here is what each function needs to close before the second half starts.

Silicone hull paint beat copper coatings in European tests. The findings could reshape antifouling choices for boatyards, marinas and paint suppliers.

Vale reports a 25% productivity gain at its AI-integrated Conceição 2 plant in Brazil, with a 40% increase in direct reduction pellet feed output and a 26% drop in iron lost to waste.

The BLM approved initial infrastructure for the Dewey-Burdock uranium project, advancing a long-debated in-situ recovery development in South Dakota.

Mitsubishi Electric and VTT are preparing a direct ocean capture system for coastal trials. The work could test seawater's role in scalable carbon removal.

A federal appeals court declined to halt a North Carolina water permit for the Mountain Valley Southgate pipeline, reinforcing agency discretion in environmental reviews.

TerraCycle’s NLR deal adds regulated waste capacity. The move gives business customers broader recycling and compliance support.