Sustainability Soundbites from E+E Leader

New England ran mostly on oil during January's cold snap. With Scope 2 rules under revision, electrifying companies should model their coldest hours. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/oil-fired-winter-hours-test-heat-pump-emissions-accounting,143711 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environme...

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/meta-backed-solar-tests-the-strength-of-project-financing,143590 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.envi...

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/nextera-louisiana-battery-would-serve-undisclosed-large-load,143710 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environm...

Arizona staff back annual base-rate updates for Southwest Gas, with approval limits and a wider earnings band. Hearings begin December 7. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/arizona-staff-conditionally-backs-yearly-southwest-gas-rates,143604 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyleader....

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/britains-grid-buffer-leaves-company-energy-budgets-exposed,143591 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environment...

Grid security officials warn that storms magnify attacks, and CISA flagged active PLC exploitation this year. Facilities should test both together. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/storm-recovery-plans-need-a-cyberattack-test-this-winter,143498 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyl...

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/aviation-roadmaps-overshoot-planetary-limits,143494 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyleade...

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/michigan-opens-red-dyed-fuel-to-farm-and-logging-trucks,143478 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.enviro...

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/data-center-generators-need-a-diesel-plan-before-storms,143477 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environ...

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.  https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/hydro-qubec-cutoffs-test-new-england-power-contracts,143476 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, vis...

U.S. wastewater plants could process more organic waste. Economics, feedstock supply and methane controls will determine which projects can scale. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/wastewater-plants-could-unlock-more-biogas-capacity,142751 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyleader....

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/ch-robinson-rxo-deal-reshapes-freight-brokerage-market,142750 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyl...

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/landfill-cleanup-plans-should-weigh-toxicity-review-finds,143475 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environ...

USGBC and NOMA began a first-year collaboration on green building careers as data show 49% of licensure candidates but 21% of architects are people of color. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/usgbc-and-noma-partner-on-green-building-career-access,143382 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmen...

Bangladesh's gas crisis shut hundreds of factories while self-powered suppliers kept going. Buyers need to know which group holds their winter orders. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/bangladesh-power-cuts-show-which-suppliers-keep-running,143367 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environment...

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/low-eu-gas-storage-shifts-winter-costs-to-industrial-buyers,143366 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environme...

ETERNAL shows how pharma can cut solvents, energy and waste. The next test is whether those gains can hold up at commercial manufacturing scale. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/greener-pharma-manufacturing-faces-the-scale-up-test,142749 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyleader.c...

A federal appeals court ordered dismissal of a Maine lobster defamation suit over a Seafood Watch rating, leaving buyers to own how they apply such ratings. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/court-tosses-lobster-suit-over-seafood-watch-red-rating,143281 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmen...

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/kentucky-power-terawulf-deal-adds-100m-in-bill-credits,143202 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environ...

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/pjm-demand-response-rules-now-reach-overnight-hours,143201 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.enviro...

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. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/winter-grid-reliability-and-2027-resilience-budgets,143200 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentene...

Aether Fuels has validated its integrated synthetic jet fuel process. Project Beacon will test whether the technology can scale reliably and economically. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/synthetic-jet-fuel-moves-closer-to-commercial-scale,142748 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenerg...

Interior's proposed BBG4 offshore sale offers 80.4 million Gulf acres at a 12.5% royalty, with bids due in March and state comments open until December 8. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/gulf-lease-sale-proposal-offers-80-million-offshore-acres,143103 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.envir...

Deciduous boreal stands lose less than half as much carbon as conifers when they burn, and early fire suppression could keep more carbon in the ground. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/forest-management-could-cut-boreal-wildfire-carbon-losses,143102 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmenten...

Before approving a capital freeze, boards can ask which projects carry legal deadlines, what a miss would cost and who owns each deferral as winter nears.   https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/board-questions-before-a-capital-freeze-on-regulated-assets,143010   Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.envi...