Bangladesh Power Cuts Show Which Suppliers Keep Running

Bangladesh's gas crisis shut hundreds of factories while self-powered suppliers kept going. Buyers need to know which group holds their winter orders.

Kentucky Power TeraWulf Deal Adds $100M in Bill Credits

Kentucky Power's amended TeraWulf contract doubles Muskie to 1 GW, adds $100M in residential credits and has the developer cover Big Sandy financing costs.

Greener Pharma Manufacturing Faces the Scale-Up Test

ETERNAL shows how pharma can cut solvents, energy and waste. The next test is whether those gains can hold up at commercial manufacturing scale.

Court Tosses Lobster Suit Over Seafood Watch Red Rating

A federal appeals court ordered dismissal of a Maine lobster defamation suit over a Seafood Watch rating, leaving buyers to own how they apply such ratings.
EU gas storage started October at 72%, down from 83%. Regulators expect supply to hold, but unhedged industrial volumes face the market price all winter.

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How AI Can Turn Ocean Data Into Sustainability Results
Drawing on her work leading Canada's Ocean Supercluster, Kendra MacDonald explores how AI helps ocean businesses measure sustainability impacts, reduce emissions and build stronger cases for investment.
PJM Demand Response Rules Now Reach Overnight Hours
PJM's all-hours demand response rule starts June 2027. Accreditation jumped to 92%, but facilities must now price 4 a.m. calls with a 30-minute response clock.
German Data Center Renewable Rule May Shift to 2030
Companies renewing colocation or cloud capacity in Germany are signing contracts that must work whether the 2027 renewable mandate holds or slips to 2030.
According to a PIRG report on vape waste, fires in waste facilities caused by disposable vape devices cost at least $95 million each year in the United States alone.
Washington, DC -- With temperatures spiking across the country this summer, top American cities are no longer waiting for the federal government to save them. They are using their own resources, plus …

Winter Grid Reliability and 2027 Resilience Budgets

The grid got through Fern and Gianna without shedding load, yet plant outages matched 2025 and emergency orders added supply. Budget cuts should weigh both.

Synthetic Jet Fuel Moves Closer to Commercial Scale

Aether Fuels has validated its integrated synthetic jet fuel process. Project Beacon will test whether the technology can scale reliably and economically.

Gulf Lease Sale Proposal Offers 80.4 Million Offshore Acres

Interior's proposed BBG4 offshore sale offers 80.4 million Gulf acres at a 12.5% royalty, with bids due in March and state comments open until December 8.

Forest Management Could Cut Boreal Wildfire Carbon Losses

Deciduous boreal stands lose less than half as much carbon as conifers when they burn, and early fire suppression could keep more carbon in the ground.

New York facilities have been logging 2026 emissions since January for state reports due in 2027, whatever happens to the federal reporting program.

ABTC can export up to $100 million in recycled black mass. The move highlights a growing gap between U.S. battery recycling and refining capacity.
Fashion brands are joining forces to expand supplier access to clean energy. Financing and emissions reporting remain critical challenges to their success.

Ameren Missouri's 20-year plan keeps two Labadie coal units running to 2042 and adds about 10.6 GW of gas as signed large-customer demand reaches 2.8 GW.
Clean-fuel technology is advancing, but investment is slowing. Regulatory uncertainty and weaker demand threaten shipping's 2030 emissions targets.

A Vermont housing project is testing utility-funded geothermal infrastructure. The model could lower upfront costs while reshaping gas utility roles.
From February 18, 2027, EV and industrial batteries above 2 kWh need a digital passport for the EU market, and supplier data gaps already shape orders.
Europe's packaging rules have applied since August 12, so buyers need conformity papers and PFAS data from suppliers before February penalties begin.
High-mileage EVs show lower inspection failure rates than petrol cars. The findings raise new questions about fleet lifecycles, resale values and battery health.
Pennsylvania's first BEAD awards send $448 million to 50 counties, and the state says local permitting will now decide how fast networks reach rural sites.
Missouri's 2026 State Energy Plan proposes nuclear loans, a possible state nuclear authority and conditional cost recovery as Ameren plans 1,200 MW of nuclear.
California's first SB 253 emissions reports are due November 10, while proposed 2027 assurance and Scope 3 rules land in budgets companies are freezing now.
St Austell Brewery reports a 49% drop in total waste since 2023 after standardizing bins, training staff and auditing results across its 45 managed pubs.
U.S. manufacturing growth is driving hazardous waste demand. A new study estimates billions in economic losses if treatment capacity fails to keep pace.
More than £7bn is committed to UK batteries, but serious supply-chain gaps persist. Refining, factory delays and 2035 demand could test the sector’s next phase.
EnerVenue is scaling battery production in China. Its 30-year nickel-hydrogen technology promises lower lifetime costs, but commercial performance remains unproven.
EPA is nearing a PFAS discharge rule for chemical makers while pushing its metal-finishing PFAS rule to February 2027, and platers should track both.
Green steel is emerging, but buyers and producers are often far apart. RMI’s book-and-claim model could connect demand with cleaner production without delivery.
EPA pushed stricter refrigerant limits for new supermarket and cold-storage systems to 2032, yet interim caps, California rules and the HFC phasedown remain.
Updated EU guidance shows why paper certification alone may not prove origin or deforestation claims that procurement teams still need to verify.
New EU consumer rules restrict vague green claims, offset-based carbon-neutral labels, and unsupported future environmental promises beginning September 27.
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