DOE selected Duke Energy for up to $96 million in federal funding for reliability upgrades at coal-fired power plants in Kentucky and North Carolina across three sites.
Permitting delays are stranding pre-development capital and driving carry costs higher. CFOs evaluating energy and infrastructure projects need to treat permitting uncertainty as a front-end financial risk.
Steel, copper, and grid material costs have reset project economics across clean energy and infrastructure. Finance teams holding 2022-era models need to close the gap before H2 capital decisions land.
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.
Global climate reporting relies on emissions data collected under different methodologies, standards, and frameworks, making cross-border comparisons more difficult than many assume.
Vermont's governor vetoed H.727, the Vermont Sustainable Data Centers Act, on May 28. The House failed to override the next day, leaving the state reliant on existing regulatory tools.
GHG Protocol updates would require hourly-matched renewable energy procurement. Companies built on annual RECs or cross-border certificates face a disclosure credibility problem.
The Army Corps of Engineers Far East District just earned the Army Safety Star after seven years of work. What that process requires puts the Longview disaster in sharper context for EHS leaders.
Tier 1 buyers are discovering that subcontracted compliance failures move up the liability chain faster than most procurement frameworks were designed to handle.
A New York FOIL lawsuit challenges wildlife data redactions in a nearly 2,000-acre solar project siting file, testing how far renewable energy agencies can shield environmental records.
OSHA's FOM is a public document that tells you exactly what a compliance officer does from the moment they arrive on site, and most EHS teams prepare for inspections without ever reading it.
OSHA extended its Heat National Emphasis Program through April 2026 and is actively citing through the General Duty Clause, producing over $2 million in heat-related penalties in 2024.
The fifth annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference closed in Anchorage on May 21 with the clearest public accounting yet of where the Alaska LNG project actually stands.
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.
Idaho's April trade mission to Japan and Micron Technology's accelerated Boise fab timeline are positioning the state inside the semiconductor and AI supply chain buildout reshaping U.S. industrial geography.
OSHA's enforcement priorities have shifted, inspection weighting has evolved, and heat illness citations are expanding without a finalized federal standard, leaving many EHS programs misaligned with how inspections are actually being conducted in 2026.
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.
The numbers coming out of that program are not trending in a good direction, and the state's public dashboard is now one of the more detailed occupational disease tracking tools available anywhere in the country.
Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, and West Virginia filed coordinated lawsuits against Institutional Shareholder Services, alleging the firm embedded ESG mandates into proxy recommendations while marketing itself as a neutral financial advisor.
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.