When the first-quarter numbers on America's data center backlash arrived this spring, they showed that at least 20 proposed data centers were canceled after local opposition in the first three months …

AI-powered safety tools are gaining adoption across industrial sectors, but fragmented EHS, contractor, HR, and operations data may be limiting their effectiveness.

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 …

Smart meters and distributed solar are reaching clinics, factories, and households faster than utilities and regulators can align on cyber readiness. Drawing on World Bank sector assessment practice, Lior Tabansky argues coordination has to come before the next rollout wave — not after.

Environmental self-disclosure has evolved from a compliance checkbox into a strategic risk-management tool that shapes deal valuation, indemnity structures, and transaction certainty. Here's how EPA, DOJ, and state audit policies factor into M&A decision-making.

Water availability alone doesn't determine data center viability. Learn how NPDES permitting and Clean Water Act thermal discharge requirements can affect site selection, project timelines and cooling system design.

In the 2024 through 2025 delivery year, PJM's capacity auction cleared at 28.92 USD per megawatt-day . The 2025 through 2026 auction increased drastically to 269.92 USD, and the 2026 through 2027 …

Climate solutions remain far smaller than the problem they aim to solve. Brent Constantz argues that only gigaton-scale carbon removal and storage efforts can credibly restore the climate.

When NV Energy chose to divert power to newly built data centers, Liberty Utilities was left with less than a year to find a new electricity source for 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents. The real culprit isn't data centers — it's a centralized grid that wasn't built for modern energy demands, and a decade of missed opportunities to build local generation capacity.

Fines for non-compliant buildings are no longer a future risk — they're accruing now. Boston's BERDO 2.0 charges $1,000 per day, New York's Local Law 97 is penalizing excess emissions per ton, and D.C.'s first compliance cycle is closing. For most building owners, the path forward isn't replacement — it's connecting what's already there.

Congestion costs in PJM topped $3 billion in 2025 and may double again this year — and those costs show up directly in electricity bills. Dynamic line ratings won't solve the underlying infrastructure gap, but they can take a meaningful bite out of congestion while the grid expansion the country needs catches up. The problem is that most regulators don't yet understand how.

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is 80 percent complete, with first oil exports targeted for October. The final river and wetland crossings now underway are, by the project's own assessments, the most ecologically consequential phase — and the damage, once done, cannot be undone.

ISO 14001 is getting its most significant update in a decade, with new requirements effective April 2026 and a compliance deadline of April 2029. The changes are more complex than they appear — and organizations that wait to start preparing will feel it.

For decades, infrastructure decisions have often prioritized upfront cost over long-term performance. Yet as climate-related disruptions, aging assets, and increasing financial pressures reshape the risk landscape, resilience has become a business imperative rather than a design preference. The question facing today's infrastructure leaders is no longer whether they can afford to invest in resilience—but whether they can afford not to.

As supply chain sustainability programs mature, many organizations are discovering that the biggest obstacle is no longer setting goals—it is finding people with the skills to execute them. From Scope 3 emissions tracking to supplier engagement and regulatory compliance, the capabilities that drive results often look less like traditional sustainability expertise and more like core procurement and supply chain management.

Reusable cup systems are showing up at more stadiums and festivals than ever — but strong sustainability intentions keep running into the same wall: operations. Without the right infrastructure, even well-funded reuse programs struggle to get cups back.

Sustainability has never been more operationally relevant — or more politically contested. For the leaders who spent the last 20 years embedding it into business strategy, brand identity, and revenue models, that contradiction defines the moment they now face.

A record 800 gigawatts of renewable capacity came online in 2025. Behind that number is a fundamental shift in how business leaders are thinking about energy — less as a utility bill, and more as a source of competitive risk.

Germany celebrated the shutdown of its last nuclear reactors in April 2023 as a moral victory. The nuclear exit was framed as a triumph of environmental responsibility: proof that a modern industrial nation could renounce 'dangerous' technologies and lead the world toward a cleaner future. A new analysis suggests the opposite happened.

Water is increasingly shaping where companies invest, how facilities operate, and whether growth plans hold. What was once treated as a regional or environmental issue is now emerging as a national economic variable with direct implications for reliability, cost, and long-term resilience.