New 2025 research and a shelved EPA study add fresh evidence on fireworks pollution, as U.S. cities split over drone alternatives for July 4, 2026.

As skilled trades shortages narrow the contractor pool, procurement teams face a workforce constraint they didn't create and can't negotiate their way out of.

California’s SB 343 update gives cartons fresh labeling clarity. New MRF data shows stronger sortation, but recovery work remains.

Costa Rica's experience illustrates what happens when environmental protection is treated as an economic design problem rather than a compliance obligation

PJM has issued multiple grid reliability alerts as extreme heat pushes electricity demand toward a potential summer record across the Mid-Atlantic.

NEENAH, Wis., and Issaquah, Wash. — The J. J. Keller Center for Market Insights and COSTHA (Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles) today announced the release of a new …

With median interconnection timelines approaching five years, facilities teams are redesigning project sequencing around a queue that most enterprise plans never accounted for.

CFOs entering Q3 face a triage question: which infrastructure-dependent projects can actually execute on their original timelines, and what changes next.

AI plans often stall before models ever run. OpsGuru’s AWS lakehouse aims to help enterprises turn fragmented data into governed AI-ready systems.

A peer-reviewed study in The Cryosphere is the first to directly attribute a major Antarctic glacier's retreat to human-driven warming, with effects projected to continue for centuries.

Senior energy officials from Qatar, the U.S., Nigeria, and Algeria are urging the EU to clarify methane rules before 2027 import requirements begin, warning of rising supply disruption risk.

Tariff volatility, critical mineral concentration and supplier concentration have shifted the sources of procurement leverage heading into Q3 2026.

Infrastructure constraints on power, water and permits are structural, not cyclical. Executives still planning around their resolution are planning for an environment that doesn't exist.

For many commercial customers, electricity is one of the largest recurring operating expenses. It affects budgets, margins, facility operations, and long-term planning. Yet many businesses still …

The D.C. Circuit unanimously upheld the EPA's 2024 PM2.5 soot standard on June 26, rejecting the Trump administration's bid to abandon the rule. EPA said it is reviewing the decision.

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

UPS is investing $48 million in temperature-controlled freight facilities while expanding AI-powered logistics to support growing pharmaceutical demand.

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

Operators cannot control power demand growth, infrastructure upgrade timelines, permitting contest rates or capital selectivity. What they can control is how early those realities enter their planning

Grid queues, water access, permitting risk and capital timing are converging on the same projects. That is changing how executives plan for Q3.