Sustainability Soundbites from E+E Leader

PJM and Talen Energy have filed at FERC to extend the Brandon Shores and H.A. Wagner reliability-must-run agreement to May 2031, citing transmission delays driven largely by data center load growth. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/maryland-coal-plant-extension-to-2031-tied-to-data-center-load,129806 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news...

Supplier audits confirm today's compliance. They were not built to assess whether a supplier's operating environment is becoming more fragile. That gap is now a strategic liability. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/the-environmental-risks-supplier-audits-were-never-built-to-find,129804 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and p...

Twenty-one percent of supply chain leaders still operate without real-time visibility into disruptions affecting their suppliers. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/when-your-most-critical-supplier-becomes-a-liability,129801 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyleader.com . Follow us...

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. https://www.environmente...

AI growth is reshaping data center design. A new framework gives operators a clearer path for managing power, cooling and uptime. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/ai-data-centers-face-a-new-power-and-cooling-test-in-2027,129179 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyleader.com . Follo...

Connecticut DEEP opened two urban and community forestry grant programs totaling $1.23 million, with August 2026 application deadlines and a note that future federal funding is not expected soon. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/connecticut-opens-123m-in-forestry-grants-with-august-deadlines,129800 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news an...

Consumer Reports detected no PFAS above its threshold in 18 baby wipe brands. No federal standard requires manufacturers to test or disclose PFAS content in personal care products. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/baby-wipes-test-pfas-free-but-no-disclosure-standard-exists,129718 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit o...

Companies that map their full supply chain typically find more than they expected: hidden concentration, environmental exposure several tiers deep, and risk that travels farther than anyone modeled. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/what-companies-find-when-they-map-their-entire-supply-chain,129717 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and...

The data is better than it has ever been. It is also revealing something uncomfortable: visibility and control are not the same thing. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/supply-chain-visibility-is-not-control-the-gap-is-now-a-liability,129706 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyleade...

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. https://www.environmenten...

SolarEdge Nexis is gaining ground through new financing approvals. The move could help installers offer solar and storage with fewer sales barriers. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/solaredge-nexis-clears-us-financing-test-for-homes,129177 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyleader...

A 344-foot timber roof is putting snow safety into focus at Vancouver’s PNE Amphitheatre. The project shows why planning for weather starts before installation. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/snow-safety-shapes-vancouvers-new-timber-amphitheatre-roof,129176 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.env...

Pennsylvania has addressed less than 2% of its documented inventory of orphaned and abandoned wells, each one a potential source of methane emissions, groundwater contamination, and safety risk. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/pennsylvania-plugged-400-orphaned-wells-more-than-27000-remain,129506   Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news an...

A federal class action filed May 28 against EMR Advanced Recycling in Camden, NJ cites more than a dozen fires since 2020, repeated NJDEP violations, and displacement of over 100 families. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/camden-class-action-targets-emr-scrapyard-over-fires-and-emissions,129488 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and pr...

Organizations that can demonstrate command over their value chain emissions are differentiating themselves in procurement decisions and investor conversations in ways that organizations relying on estimates cannot match. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/supply-chains-are-under-pressure-now-they-have-to-prove-clean-too,129395 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all o...

The market is rewarding assets that have already cleared permitting, interconnection, and financing. Everything else is waiting longer and competing harder for what remains. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/what-a-paused-capital-cycle-looks-like-from-the-inside,129394 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website a...

Switch Bioworks is testing microbial fertilizer in Midwest corn fields. The trials will show whether engineered microbes can support nitrogen delivery at scale. Switch Bioworks is testing microbial fertilizer in Midwest corn fields. The trials will show whether engineered microbes can support nitrogen delivery at scale. Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's...

Chloride ions from seawater are drawing new battery research attention. Early solid-state work could support future grid storage beyond lithium. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/chloride-batteries-move-closer-to-grid-scale-storage-project,128893 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergy...

DOE's Idaho Operations Office approved a preliminary safety analysis for Oklo's Aurora reactor under the Reactor Pilot Program, a staged federal framework for advanced nuclear deployment. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/doe-approves-oklo-aurora-safety-analysis-under-pilot-program,129349 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and...

States that voted for President Trump in 2024 accounted for 74% of all solar capacity installed during the quarter, with TX, FL, OH, IN, MI, AZ, and MS ranking among the top ten states for new additions. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/solar-and-storage-took-91-of-new-us-grid-capacity-in-q1,129348 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news an...

Tariffs, permitting, financing, and policy uncertainty are each stalling projects in 2026. They look the same from a distance. The right response to each one is completely different. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/not-every-paused-energy-project-is-pausing-for-the-same-reason,129259 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, vi...

A Verdantix survey of 350 energy leaders found energy price volatility is now the top obstacle. Companies treating resilience as backup power are carrying growing competitive exposure.   https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/energy-resilience-is-a-board-strategy-most-firms-have-a-backup-plan,129257   Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and p...

Skytree and Lingezegen Energy are bringing direct air capture into Dutch greenhouses. The project could make fossil-free CO₂ a practical crop input. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/direct-air-capture-enters-dutch-greenhouse-co-supply-chains,128892 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentene...

Colorado River storage is shrinking. Businesses face tighter water planning, higher supply risks and fewer buffers against dry years. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/colorado-river-storage-crunch-tests-southwest-water-planning,128890 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader's news and programs, visit our website at www.environmentenergyleader.com...

Ohio's House passed H.C.R. No. 35 63-32 on June 9, urging Congress to reform federal energy permitting and citing a 2,000-gigawatt interconnection backlog and NEPA timelines near four and a half years. https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/ohio-house-urges-congress-to-reform-federal-energy-permitting,129174 Support the show Thanks for listening! For access to all of E+E Leader'...