Energy repricing, selective capital flows, regulatory expansion, and infrastructure constraints are converging. What executive teams must reassess before Q2 budgets solidify.
Is food security now defense infrastructure? The White House’s DPA activation for phosphorus raises strategic and health implications.
Uneven enforcement of PFAS standards, methane rules, and climate disclosure laws is increasing financial and insurance exposure.
A new standardized cybersecurity assessment aims to strengthen resilience and supplier assurance across the global semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem.
The EAGLES consortium and newcleo will jointly develop the LEANDREA lead-cooled fast reactor demonstrator in Belgium, targeting commercialization in the 2030s.
A proposed $1.6B CHIPS Act package for USA Rare Earth highlights how semiconductor resilience is shifting upstream into materials, data, and domestic manufacturing.
Supply pressure and permitting constraints are driving renewed interest in wastewater and by-product streams as supplemental sources of recoverable materials.
American Resources’ EMCO has begun receiving 2026 shipments of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, supporting domestic preprocessing and refining of critical battery materials.
A House committee has advanced legislation that would allow limited flexibility in Clean Air Act offset requirements for certain manufacturing and critical mineral facilities.
Enforcement, export controls, forced labor rules, tariffs, and data demands reshaped global trade compliance in 2025. Here’s where pressure materialized.
Intel’s latest disclosures show how treating water, air, and chemical compliance as fixed planning inputs—rather than afterthoughts—can reduce regulatory volatility and execution risk.
OECD analysis shows semiconductor supply chains remain concentrated, shaping timelines for industrial automation, energy infrastructure, and transportation projects
Duke Energy has submitted an early site permit application to the NRC for potential nuclear development near Belews Creek in North Carolina.
Pax Silica unites U.S. partners to strengthen AI supply chains, expand semiconductor capacity, and reduce coercive dependencies across critical technologies.
The AI in environmental sustainability market will reach $53.9B by 2031, driven by regulation, corporate climate targets, and advances in machine learning and IoT.
IAEA launches a pilot SMR regulatory school as countries strengthen safety frameworks, build technical capacity, and prepare for next-generation nuclear projects.
Veolia’s acquisition of Clean Earth doubles its U.S. hazardous-waste footprint and expands PFAS and advanced treatment technologies across a nationwide network.
AI servers could consume 245 TWh of power and over 1 billion m³ of water by 2030, making energy and water the real bottlenecks in the race to scale artificial intelligence.
Japan’s new ISHL rule allowing substitute chemical names will force U.S. exporters to revamp SDS systems and could influence OSHA’s next update.
Westinghouse and Energy Alberta partner to explore deploying an AP1000 reactor in Alberta, signaling the province’s potential entry into nuclear energy.