A wonky accounting device is becoming an essential part of climate strategies Read the full story at Trellis. Environmental attribute certificates aggregate demand for low-carbon products to boost the spread of emerging technologies. 

2 top drivers of corporate sustainability, according to leaders Read the full story at Trellis. Making sustainability central to business strategy is the strongest signal of sustainability leadership, according to experts. Demonstrating measurable impacts and actions is critical to building trust.…

How an AI-powered waste system generates biochar carbon credits Read the full story at Trellis. AI scanners and compressed air jets separate organic material from household waste, readying it for processing into biochar. 

Case Study: Catching Hidden PFAS-Like Structures With pfasID Download the case study. PFAS management is often treated as a matter of compliance: check the lists, confirm whether a chemical appears, and move forward if it doesn’t. But as PFAS definitions evolve and regulatory frameworks struggle…

Green Chemistry and Sustainable Science: a Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12 Download the ebook. New York has been transitioning to updated New York State Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS), based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). As members of the Green Chemistry…

Plate to Planet Curriculum The Plate to Planet Unit teaches students in grades 3-5 how food production and food decisions impact our environment. The resources feature detailed connections to NGSS life and physical sciences as well as crosscutting concepts.

The great climate vibe shift of 2025 Read the full story at Canary Media. In 2025, energy ​“dominance” and ​“abundance” entered the lexicon, while ​“climate change” was pushed out.

EPA plans to give 11 coal plants a free pass on toxic ash disposal Read the full story at Canary Media. The Environmental Protection Agency plans to let 11 coal plants dump toxic coal ash into unlined pits until 2031 — a full decade later than allowed under current federal rules. The move tosses a…

The ‘shades of grey’ in research integrity—Researchers admit to questionable research practices that they do not perceive to be serious Entradas, M., Feng, Y., & Sousa, I. C. E. (2026). The ‘shades of grey’ in research integrity—Researchers admit to questionable research practices that they do not…

The potential for seed rescue and secondary dispersal in rattlesnakes Acevedo, M., Salywon, A. M., Blackwell, S. A., Hodgson, W. C., Hughes, Z. S., Davis, M. A., & Schuett, G. W. (2026). The potential for seed rescue and secondary dispersal in rattlesnakes. Royal Society Open Science, 13(1),…

From model collapse to citation collapse: Risks of over- reliance on AI in the academy Read the full story from Times Higher Education. The way GenAI surfaces sources for literature reviews risks exacerbating the citation Matthew effect, writes David Joyner. Here, he offers ways to prevent…

Ducommun Aerostructures [Kansas State Pollution Prevention Institute Intern Case Study] Download the case study. Company background Ducommun, founded in 1849 in Santa Ana, California, employs 2,500 people to provide manufacturing and engineering services to aerospace, defense and industrial…

4 details you should include in news stories about risks to public health and safety Read the full story at The Journalist's Resource. These details, sometimes missing from news coverage, will help your audiences gauge their level of risk in potentially hazardous situations. 

Microplastics in Food Waste Recycling Download the fact sheet. Microplastic contamination is a persistent challenge in food waste recycling. No technology or processing strategy is inherently free from contamination risk. Microplastics can enter agricultural soils through composts, digestates,…

How Bugaboo is pushing low-emissions strollers forward Read the full story at Trellis. The lifespan of a stroller is as fleeting as a childhood. Even if used by more than one family, strollers ultimately land in a dump. Recycling infrastructure doesn’t exist. Bugaboo is an outlier in the industry…

Why Patagonia picked a materials scientist to lead sustainability Read the full story at Trellis. Officially, Patagonia doesn’t have a chief sustainability officer. Reducing the environmental impact of the apparel company’s products is everyone’s job. But materials scientist Matt Dwyer became the…

A new tool could help track deep-sea mining activity Read the full story at Inside Climate News. As demand for critical minerals surges around the world, countries are debating whether to mine the untapped deep-sea reserves of cobalt, copper and manganese, miles below the surface. But a growing…

Google data centers will bring nuclear power back to tornado country Read the full story at Inside Climate News. A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear plant. With Google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby data centers, will extreme weather threaten the reactor’s…

A bibliography of genAI-fueled research fraud from 2025 Read the full post from Sharon Kabel. Have you ever thought to yourself, “Boy, I hate all of these stupid AI tools and bots and add-ons. I wish I had a bibliography with 50 carefully arranged references, each one showing a different way AI is…

AI-generated commentaries and letters to the editor of peer-reviewed publications: Editors and authors beware! Foo, C. Y. S., Potter, K., Wright, A. C., Evins, A. E., Donovan, A. L., Levy, S., Cather, C., & Mueser, K. T. (2025). AI-generated commentaries and letters to the editor of peer-reviewed…

Scientists create robotic rabbits to fight invasive Burmese pythons in Florida Read the full story at Science Clock. In the humid, sawgrass-laden expanse of the Florida Everglades, a new kind of predator has emerged to hunt the hunters. While they appear to be ordinary marsh rabbits, these…

In scientific publishing, who should foot the bill? Read the full story at Undark. Publishers often charge authors to publish their publicly-funded research. Will a federal crackdown make a difference?

Under the ice: What winter means for your pond Read the full post from University of Illinois Extension. The cold of winter has settled in, and the plants and wildlife in your pond are quietly adjusting to the season’s challenges. Beneath the surface, your pond is undergoing two major physical…

ChemFORWARD introduces the Chemical Hazard Data Trust: A new global utility for safer chemistry ChemForward recently announced the introduction of the Chemical Hazard Data Trust, a groundbreaking public interest initiative designed to transform access to reliable chemical hazard information and…

Shifting water infrastructure decisions to local governments could accelerate housing, advocates say Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive. A new WOTUS definition proposed by the EPA would give builders relief from federal permitting delays, but environmental groups warn it could leave cities…

Factory farms in Iowa generate 110 billion pounds of manure per year. No one tracks where it’s going. Read the full story at Inside Climate News. Manure management planning could prevent fertilizer pollution. But an antiquated system isn’t doing enough to track manure, a former state employee says.

Academic journals’ AI policies fail to curb the surge in AI-assisted academic writing He, Y., & Bu, Y. (2025). Academic journals’ AI policies fail to curb the surge in AI-assisted academic writing (Version 1). arXiv.  Abstract The rapid integration of generative AI into academic writing has…

Utah leaders are hindering efforts to develop solar despite a goal to double the state’s energy supply Read the full story at ProPublica. Operation Gigawatt: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared last year that the state would double energy production in the next decade using an “any of the above”…

How to spot AI hallucinations like a reference librarian Read the full story at Card Catalog. ChatGPT doesn’t lie, exactly. It pattern matches. When you ask for a “cited article about remote work productivity,” it knows what citations look like. Author name, year, compelling title, respectable…

These LGBTQ+ scientists are making fieldwork safer Read the full story from the National Wildlife Federation. For many scientists who identify as LGBTQ+, fieldwork in remote areas can bring threats. A cohort of young professionals is committed to improving safety.

Researchers who use generative AI to write papers are publishing more Read the full story at Chemical & Engineering News. Researchers who are using generative AI to write scientific papers are publishing a significantly higher number of studies, a new analysis finds (Science 2025, DOI:…

AI may upend online studies critical to social science Read the full story in Science. The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) may sound the death knell for a tool social scientists have increasingly come to rely on: online studies. Researchers who use surveys, games, and other…

Amid a battery boom, graphite mining gets a fresh look in the US Read the full story from the Associated Press. Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense…

States say they need more help replacing lead pipes. Congress may cut the funding instead. Read the full story at Inside Climate News. The Senate is taking up a spending package passed by the House of Representatives that would cut $125 million in funding promised this year to replace toxic lead…

Behind the growing fascination with emissions intensity Read the full story at Trellis. Why Procter & Gamble, Stanley Black & Decker and Thermo Fisher Scientific use metrics that contextualize emissions reductions in relation to other business goals.

How subtle word choices can undermine a scientific climate message Read the full story at Anthropocene Magazine. See also: Juanchich, M., Teigen, K. H., Shepherd, T. G., & Sirota, M. (2025). Negative verbal probabilities undermine communication of climate science. Nature Climate Change, 15(12),…

How batteries, not natural gas, can power the data center boom Read the full story at e360. Tech companies are turning to natural gas to help power the growing number of A.I. data centers in the U.S. Jigar Shah, a former Energy Department official, explains how installing batteries instead can…

The end of an era of regulatory independence? Read the full story at The Regulatory Review. Since President Donald J. Trump took office, he and his Administration have taken unprecedented actions aimed at eroding the defining characteristic of certain regulatory agencies: independence from the…

Packaging laws taking effect in 2026 Read the full story at Packaging Dive. New year, new packaging requirements. In certain states, there are newly added parameters and restrictions governing packaging materials, labeling and types that have taken effect in January or will later in 2026. There…

Illinois offers $24M in grants for manufacturing training programs Read the full story at Manufacturing Dive. Illinois has made available $24 million in grant funding to establish six manufacturing workforce training programs at in-state community colleges, Gov. JB Pritzker announced this week.…

New EPA proposal would strip states’ and tribes’ authority to block oil and gas pipelines, other infrastructure projects Read the full story at Inside Climate News. The Trump Administration on Tuesday proposed a new rule aimed at speeding up and streamlining the permitting process for large energy…

For EPA pollution rules, the value of human health is changing Read the full story at Undark. The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going to stop tallying up the dollar value of lives saved and hospital visits…

The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means by Kaveh Madani, United Nations University The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce…

Antarctic penguins have radically shifted their breeding season – seemingly in response to climate change Read the full story in The Guardian and celebrate National Penguin Awareness Day. See also: Juarez Martinez, I., Kacelnik, A., Jones, F. M., Hinke, J. T., Dunn, M. J., Raya Rey, A., Lynch, H.…

2026 Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference seeks submissions The 30th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference (GC&E) is seeking abstract submissions. Submissions are open through Feb. 9. This year’s conference will be held in San Antonio from June 15–18. The program will consist of…

Boston’s century-old steam heat system is getting a low-carbon makeover Read the full story at Canary Media. Boston and Cambridge’s decades-old district energy system is being retooled to shift away from gas and toward heat pumps and electric boilers.

University of Rhode Island to use geothermal system after test success Read the full story at Utility Dive. The University of Rhode Island will heat and cool a new research building on its Narragansett Bay Campus using a geothermal well after a test showed it could reduce energy use, ease…

Packaging innovations: Amoon Spirits’ vodka stirs up a vortex Read the full story at Packaging Dive. Plus, 3 Tres Tequila stacks up its bottles, La Terra Fina cuts plastic in its quiche packaging and Sabert leans into PFAS-free compostables.

States must advance technology-neutral permitting to support clean energy Read the full story at ESG Dive. A competitive environment is necessary for rapid innovation and cost reduction as federal support evaporates, say Leila Banijamali and Zachary Millimet of permitting software company Symbium.

Adaptive reuse projects accelerate, driven by schools, offices Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive. Adaptive reuse projects, where buildings are converted to multifamily or other property types, are accelerating at a record pace, according to a report by property management software company…