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Building a Data-Driven Energy Strategy for Regulatory Change

A strong data foundation is key to navigating regulatory change in energy management. Energy and utility data, once seen mainly for compliance, now drive procurement, investor relations, and climate risk planning. Organizations must centralize and standardize data across platforms to avoid fragmentation, ensuring accessibility for decision-makers. Building flexibility into systems allows quick adaptation to evolving reporting frameworks like ENERGY STAR. By integrating compliance with cost savings, carbon reduction, and resilience, companies can turn regulation into strategic advantage. Importantly, accurate data should come before technology investments, ensuring tools truly support compliance and sustainability goals.

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How Energy and Sustainability Leaders Are Scaling Impact Through Innovation

2025 Environment+Energy Leader Award winners are scaling sustainability impact through innovation, AI, digital platforms, and retrofit technologies. Companies like Bidgely, Benchmark Gensuite, Carrier Abound, Infinitum, Uplight, and Trane are leveraging emerging tech to drive energy efficiency, smarter ESG reporting, and sustainable building management. Their efforts range from AI-powered workflows and energy-saving motors for data centers to behavior-driven energy programs and unified digital platforms for smart buildings. Looking ahead, the 2026 awards introduce new Startup categories—Disruptor, Planet, and Power—to spotlight early-stage companies pioneering bold solutions for climate, energy, and resource challenges.

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Ocean Shipping Has A Surprising Hidden Methane Problem

A new study by Chalmers University reveals that ships passing through shallow, methane-rich waters release significant bursts of methane, a greenhouse gas 28 times more potent than CO₂. The turbulence from ship propellers and seafloor pressure changes push dissolved methane from sediments into the atmosphere, with emissions up to 20 times higher than undisturbed areas. Container and cruise ships are the biggest contributors due to hull and propeller designs. This overlooked source means global shipping’s climate impact is being underestimated, underscoring the need for better monitoring and regulation of methane emissions in major shipping lanes.

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Saving Ladakh: Locals Lead Sustainable Tourism Drive

Ladakh is grappling with overtourism, which is straining its fragile ecosystem through overcrowding, pollution, and water shortages. In response, the remote village of Tar has pioneered a model of ecotourism that emphasizes longer stays, cultural exchange, and environmental care, reviving the village and offering a sustainable alternative. Local leaders like Lundup Dorjay and institutions such as the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives are advocating responsible travel and better regulation, while the government introduces electric and hydrogen buses to reduce emissions. Tar’s success shows that tourism can sustain livelihoods while safeguarding Ladakh’s natural and cultural heritage.

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Souped-Up Crisis: How Climate Change Heats Up Kitchen Staples

Climate change is driving up food inflation in India by disrupting the production of key kitchen staples—tomato, onion, and potato (TOP crops). Extreme heatwaves and erratic rainfall over the past five years have slashed yields, damaged crops in fields and storage, and triggered sharp price spikes, with vegetable inflation reaching up to 42% in 2024. Small farmers are hit hardest due to limited storage and transport infrastructure. Experts recommend climate-resilient crop varieties, stronger supply chains, weather-based price forecasting, and social protections to safeguard both producers and consumers from climate-driven food crises.

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Questions of Climate Change, Preparedness, and Losses as Floods Ravage Punjab and Himachal

Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have been devastated by record-breaking rainfall, the heaviest in decades, leading to overflowing rivers, dam releases, and widespread flooding. Punjab has lost 30 lives, seen 1,400 villages inundated, and 1.48 lakh hectares of crops destroyed, while Himachal reported 310 deaths and damages of nearly ₹3,000 crore. Experts attribute the crisis to climate change intensifying western disturbances alongside the monsoon, but also to poor preparedness, unregulated construction, deforestation, and faulty development models. Governments are demanding massive relief packages, while critics accuse state authorities of negligence, underscoring the urgent need for climate-resilient planning.

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