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Meta-Backed Solar Tests the Strength of Project Financing

Meta's solar PPA helps Zelestra secure $350M for an Indiana project. But mine reclamation costs and financing risks could test the model's durability.

NextEra Louisiana Battery Would Serve Undisclosed Large Load

NextEra's proposed 500 MW Louisiana battery would serve part of an unnamed 330-360 MW customer's needs. A data center link remains unconfirmed.
Environment

Scope 3 Supplier Requests Hit Thin Data Ahead of 2027

California finalized its first-year climate rules this week, and Scope 3 follows in 2027. Few suppliers hold measured data, so buyers need sharper requests.

Oil-Fired Winter Hours Test Heat Pump Emissions Accounting

New England ran mostly on oil during January's cold snap. With Scope 2 rules under revision, electrifying companies should model their coldest hours.
Business
C.H. Robinson’s RXO deal could expand carrier access and tech reach. It may also reduce competition and increase integration risk for major shippers.
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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.
Infrastructure
Britain's Grid Buffer Leaves Company Energy Budgets Exposed
NESO expects a 5.5 GW power margin this winter. Last January's jump in gas-fired output shows why British sites should budget for their worst week.
Technology
Storm Recovery Plans Need a Cyberattack Test This Winter
Grid security officials warn that storms magnify attacks, and CISA flagged active PLC exploitation this year. Facilities should test both together.
Company Updates
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 …
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Governments

Arizona Staff Conditionally Backs Yearly Southwest Gas Rates

Arizona staff back annual base-rate updates for Southwest Gas, with approval limits and a wider earnings band. Hearings begin December 7.

Wastewater Plants Could Unlock More Biogas Capacity

U.S. wastewater plants could process more organic waste. Economics, feedstock supply and methane controls will determine which projects can scale.

Aviation Roadmaps Overshoot Planetary Limits

A new study finds aviation fuel roadmaps breach climate and biosphere limits through 2050. Corporate SAF buyers should ask what sits behind a carbon claim.

Michigan Opens Red-Dyed Fuel to Farm and Logging Trucks

Michigan now lets vehicles with farm or wood harvester plates run dyed diesel on public roads. The order does not waive state fuel taxes or settle federal ones.

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

Batteries + Grids
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.
Waste Management
A review of more than 100 landfill studies finds the highest pollutant readings are not always the most hazardous, a gap that can misdirect cleanup spending.

Clean Energy
A court fight over hydropower that stopped flowing during January's cold snap gives corporate buyers reason to check what their own contracts pay when imported clean power goes missing. …
Water Management
Fashion brands are joining forces to expand supplier access to clean energy. Financing and emissions reporting remain critical challenges to their success.

Oil + Gas
DOE has again cleared PJM to call on data center generators this week, and East Coast diesel stocks sit 20% to 30% below normal. Runtime is the figure to test.
Research
Supply Chain
Bangladesh's gas crisis shut hundreds of factories while self-powered suppliers kept going. Buyers need to know which group holds their winter orders.
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.
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.
Utilities
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.
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.
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.
Recycling
High-mileage EVs show lower inspection failure rates than petrol cars. The findings raise new questions about fleet lifecycles, resale values and battery health.
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.
Manufacturing
EnerVenue External Shot
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.
Packaging
Europe's packaging rules have applied since August 12, so buyers need conformity papers and PFAS data from suppliers before February penalties begin.
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.
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