A new 35-year study of the Brazilian Amazon presents a stark message for businesses and policymakers: local deforestation, not just global climate change, is responsible for the majority of regional rainfall loss—especially during the critical dry season. Covering 29 regions across the Brazilian Legal Amazon, the study reveals that around 74% of the 21-millimeter decline in...
Federal Approval and Energy Dominance On August 29, 2025, the DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management issued Order No. 5238-A, allowing Commonwealth LNG to export up to 9.5 million metric tons per year (equivalent to 1.21 billion cubic feet per day) from its planned facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. “Finalizing this authorization moves us closer...
The Middle East waste-to-energy (WtE) market, valued at $1.78 billion in 2024, is projected to reach $2.48 billion by 2033, expanding at a CAGR of 3.7% as regional governments accelerate landfill reduction and clean energy goals, according to a new Grand View Research analysis. The United Arab Emirates leads the sector, capturing nearly 47% of 2024 revenue, followed closely...
A California-based startup, Circularity Fuels, is making headway in an area long considered economically unviable: turning agricultural waste into a reliable source for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). With more than 20,000 large-scale livestock farms in the U.S. generating nearly a trillion pounds of manure each year—and less than 6% of them capturing the resulting biogas—the untapped...
Peak Energy’s passive sodium-ion battery system cuts costs, reduces fire risk, and onshores key manufacturing Peak Energy has shipped the first-ever grid-scale sodium-ion energy storage system (ESS) to the U.S. electric grid, launching a new era in battery innovation. The company’s fully passive, gigawatt-hour-scale system eliminates moving parts, slashes operational costs, and removes components responsible for most...
A new solar development in Sicily is redefining how mid-sized corporations access renewable energy. Autodesk, IDEXX Laboratories, Synopsys, and an unnamed fourth participant have collectively secured 30 MW of clean energy from the Catania Solartrack project, a 50 MW facility currently under development by Aquila Clean Energy EMEA in eastern Sicily. The agreement, brokered through Sustainability Roundtable...
Whole Foods Market and Mad Agriculture have launched a landmark initiative to reconstruct native ecosystems across American farmland, beginning in the Lowery Creek Watershed in Wisconsin. The “biodiversity highway” aims to create connected corridors of climate-resilient habitats that restore biodiversity, strengthen soil and water health, and increase the resilience of the U.S. food system. “Teaming up with...
Two of the world’s largest food and ag companies are working to rewire the way corn is grown across Iowa. PepsiCo and Cargill have launched a long-term initiative to implement regenerative agriculture practices across 240,000 acres in the state by 2030. Iowa, the top U.S. corn-producing state, plays a central role in the companies’ shared supply chain—Cargill...
Spotted lanternfly season is back in Pennsylvania. The polka-dotted, gray-and-red-winged adult insects make their appearance each July and tend to hang around until December. It’s an unwelcome summer ritual that started in 2014 when the invasive pests were first detected in the U.S. The Conversation U.S. talked to Flor Acevedo, an assistant professor of entomology at Penn State...
A new field trial at Republic Services’ Sunshine Canyon Landfill in Sylmar, California, is putting microbes to work in a bid to curb methane emissions and control odors. Developed by Windfall Bio, this approach uses naturally occurring soil microorganisms — referred to as “mems” — that consume methane while also breaking down hydrogen sulfide and other odor-causing...
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