Environmental Issues News

NANNING, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--From September 17 to 19, the 4th China-ASEAN Meteorological Cooperation Forum kicked off in Nanning, Guangxi. Decision-makers, experts, and scholars from meteorological and hydrological departments of China and ASEAN countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia, as well as from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), universities, enterprises, and research institutions, gathered to discuss regional meteorological coope...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research published today by Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor and a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), reveals that while there is widespread acknowledgment of climate risks, organizations are not conducting comprehensive cost-benefit analyses to justify further adaptation investments. This is resulting in significant gaps between the outcome of climate risk assessments and adaptation strategies. Marsh’s 2025 Climate Adaptation Surv...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intelligent power management company Eaton was recently awarded a multi-million-dollar project to deliver grid modernization solutions for Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) in Washington state. Over the next four years, Eaton will help the utility implement smart grid technology across its 6,000-mile distribution system to improve visibility and control capabilities, reduce outage duration and mitigate wildfire risk. Eaton is providing intelligent contr...

BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The advice, commissioned by T&E and Opportunity Green, shows that countries are obliged to include emissions from aviation contrails in their NDCs....

OYAMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gigaphoton joins Japan’s Moonshot R&D Goal 10, developing excimer lasers for PLD to support fusion reactor superconducting tech....

WALPOLE, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Plastics Pact (USPP) is celebrating five years of bringing together companies, nonprofits, governments, and innovators to tackle one of the nation’s most urgent sustainability challenges: creating a circular economy for plastic packaging. Since its founding in 2020, the USPP has united every segment of the plastics value chain around ambitious, shared goals—turning vision into action and demonstrating that real progress is possible through collaboration...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ochsner Interests, Inc. today announced development of a blockchain-enabled pilot in Texas in partnership with two competitive retail electric providers. The initiative is designed to enable direct customer ownership of utility-scale clean energy generation, targeting 500 megawatts of capacity and 50,000 participating customers. The pilot will record project output on a distributed ledger to provide transparent settlement and streamlined financing. By integrating struct...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mirion (NYSE: MIR), a leading provider of advanced radiation safety solutions, has signed a partnership agreement and practical arrangements with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the nuclear field, to cooperate in the area of radiation detection and measurement. Through this collaboration, Mirion’s advanced instrumentation and profound understanding of ionizing radiati...

SIGNAL HILL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Patriot Environmental Services Brings Turnkey Industrial Services Capabilities to Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida....

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Engine, a non-profit incubator and accelerator that supports Tough Tech companies solving the world’s most challenging problems, today announced the return of Tough Tech Week. Taking place October 27-31, 2025 in the Boston-Cambridge area and beyond, this week-long activation of the Tough Tech ecosystem brings together founders, investors, researchers, policymakers and enterprise leaders to confront critical challenges, exchange insights, and accelerate bre...