Environmental Issues News

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The need for bold, innovative thinkers capable of addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges has never been greater. For the past decade, through the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award, the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) has identified those changemakers early in their careers, giving them recognition, resources and a platform to advance their work. Tonight, UCLA celebrated the award’s 10th anniversary, reco...

LOS MOCHIS, Mexico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This initiative of planting 220 native cactus plants involved a year of work, including collecting cuttings from local scrubland plants, rooting and caring for them in a nursery, preparing them for removal, and transporting them for planting in Pacifico Mexinol’s conservation area. All 22 growers who make up this Farming Learning Community (CAC), including five women and 17 men, participated alongside Pacifico Mexinol’s local staff during a day of planting....

LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the two-year anniversaries of Hurricanes Helene (Sept. 26, 2024) & Milton (Oct. 9, 2024) making landfall arrive this fall, the Arbor Day Foundation has planted almost 7 million of the 10 million trees it pledged to communities and forestlands in states impacted by hurricanes. Passing the two-thirds mark comes less than two years into what was announced as a five-year commitment. The Foundation announced the pledge in October 2024, days after Helene and Mil...

MILL VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council (NASRC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to facilitate the transition to natural refrigerants, has opened registration for five Natural Refrigerant Training Events through R-TRADE, NASRC’s nationwide workforce development initiative. The free events will provide practical, expert-led training for refrigeration technicians at every level of experience with CO2 and propane technologies. Programming includes c...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zelestra, a global, multi-technology, customer-focused renewable energy company, has closed $350 million in green financing credit facilities for the 203 MW Reclamation Solar project in Gibson County, Indiana. The close takes Zelestra past $1 billion ($1.14bn) in project financing raised in the US in 2026, which is putting more than 800 MW of new solar into construction for its customers across the country. The credit facilities were provided by Canadian Imperia...

LAKELAND, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As Publix celebrates National Seafood Month, the company continues its long-standing commitment to advancing sustainable seafood by donating nearly $100,000 to Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) in 2026 alone, bringing its total contribution to the organization to more than $1.2 million.Now in its 16th year, Publix’s collaboration with the nonprofit highlights the company’s environmental stewardship and responsible sourcing efforts. SFP works with the seafoo...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Onterris (NYSE: ONT), a global environmental solutions company solving complex challenges for planet and progress, today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin visited its Portland, Maine office last week to discuss proven, innovative, and American-designed and fabricated treatment technologies that make the removal of PFAS from drinking water more affordable and sustainable. The visit focused on one of the most...

LAFAYETTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Outdoor asset intelligence company Torch Systems, raises $11.5 million to bring AI-powered monitoring to critical infrastructure....

LEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research will deploy advanced instruments to study how differences in land surfaces impact the formation and intensity of energy-disrupting storms....

LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Arbor Day Foundation’s Impact Fund has invested in two organizations working to reshape how communities prevent, detect, and recover from wildfire. The investments in Vibrant Planet and Convective Capital mark a new front in the Foundation’s long-standing commitment to helping forests and communities recover from disaster, extending that work upstream to help reduce the severity of wildfires before they start. “Wildfires in the U.S. and around the world are b...