Consumer Reports detected no PFAS above its threshold in 18 baby wipe brands. No federal standard requires manufacturers to test or disclose PFAS content in personal care products.
Pennsylvania has addressed less than 2% of its documented inventory of orphaned and abandoned wells, each one a potential source of methane emissions, groundwater contamination, and safety risk.
A federal class action filed May 28 against EMR Advanced Recycling in Camden, NJ cites more than a dozen fires since 2020, repeated NJDEP violations, and displacement of over 100 families.
Switch Bioworks is testing microbial fertilizer in Midwest corn fields. The trials will show whether engineered microbes can support nitrogen delivery at scale.
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.
Massachusetts health officials are testing air quality at Uxbridge High School after multiple teachers were diagnosed with breast cancer.
Contrails.org has launched open data for airlines. The tool shows where contrails form, helping teams target warming cuts without sweeping fleet changes.
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.
Ameresco's Phase 1 manhole rehab in Mesquite, TX shows how cities are managing inflow and infiltration compliance risk as EPA enforcement on wastewater systems tightens heading into summer.
Regulators want data with a documented chain of custody. Assurance providers want controls, not commitments. Most corporate sustainability programs were not built for any of those three things.
USEFULL has launched its first senior living reuse program at The Glen. The model replaces disposable takeout boxes with tracked steel containers.
Companies calibrating their compliance posture against federal enforcement trends are missing where exposure is actually accumulating in 2026, because state environmental and safety agencies are not following the federal lead.
Most facilities do not know their permits have drifted out of alignment with actual operations until an inspector arrives, and the penalties waiting at that point have increased significantly.
Waste is moving from disposal cost to business asset. Circular systems can turn plastics, sludge and organics into energy, materials and resilient supply chains.
The regulatory framework for industrial radiography involves multiple federal and state agencies, dose limits that carry criminal exposure if violated, and compliance failures specific enough that inspectors arrive with a checklist most field crews have never read.
The October 2026 TSCA reporting deadline and July TRI filing date are pulling PFAS into active regulatory scrutiny. Most facility programs are not ready for what follows the filings.
While administrative civil cases are resolving more leniently, criminal enforcement produced its highest defendant count since fiscal year 2016 and resulted in forfeiture exceeding $1 billion in illegal proceeds.
The exposure most EHS teams are carrying right now is not from failing operations. It is from the inability to demonstrate that operations are succeeding.
EPA's industrial stormwater permit expired February 28 with no replacement finalized. Facilities operating under administrative continuance are fully inspectable heading into summer storm season.