Worldwide: Energy and Natural Resources

Kentucky's Senate Bill 57 establishes a comprehensive Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program, offering grants up to $25 million to utilities and partners for securing federal permits to construct advanced nuclear facilities. The legislation creates a detailed framework for eligibility, cost recovery, and forfeiture provisions while positioning Kentucky to develop a nuclear energy ecosystem through strategic incentives and regulatory support.

The EPA’s Water Reuse Action Plan 2.0 (“WRAP 2.0”) is a non-regulatory federal initiative relaunched in April 2026. Its goal is to accelerate treated wastewater reuse across industries...

As utilities modernize their grids with distributed energy resources, digital operations, and IoT devices, cybersecurity has evolved from a technical concern into a strategic business risk that directly impacts operational reliability, regulatory compliance, and customer trust.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will host a webinar on May 7, 2026, presenting the Risk Assessment Committee's final opinion and the Socio-Economic Analysis Committee's draft opinion on the proposed restriction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The session will cover hazards, emissions, risks, alternatives, and socio-economic impacts, with a live Q&A period for stakeholders to engage with ECHA experts on this significant regulatory development.

The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) published for public comment its draft 2026 reissuance of the Upland Finfish Hatching and Rearing General Permit (Permit), which governs wastewater...

Alexandra Dunn, President and CEO of CropLife America, joins this discussion to explore critical challenges facing the crop protection industry.

In this special Eyes on Washington miniseries, energy attorneys Elizabeth Craddock and Jim Noe provide insights on the potential trajectory of a second Trump Administration in relation to oil and gas policies.

Kentucky's Senate Bill 57 establishes a comprehensive Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program, offering grants up to $25 million to utilities and partners for securing federal permits to construct advanced nuclear facilities. The legislation creates a detailed framework for eligibility, cost recovery, and forfeiture provisions while positioning Kentucky to develop a nuclear energy ecosystem through strategic incentives and regulatory support.

The explosive growth in demand for data center capacity has created one of the most active infrastructure financing markets in recent memory.

In this special Eyes on Washington miniseries, energy attorneys Elizabeth Craddock and Jim Noe provide insights on the potential trajectory of a second Trump Administration in relation to oil and gas policies.

Kentucky's Senate Bill 57 establishes a comprehensive Nuclear Reactor Site Readiness Pilot Program, offering grants up to $25 million to utilities and partners for securing federal permits to construct advanced nuclear facilities. The legislation creates a detailed framework for eligibility, cost recovery, and forfeiture provisions while positioning Kentucky to develop a nuclear energy ecosystem through strategic incentives and regulatory support.

The Trump administration invokes the Defense Production Act of 1950 to dramatically expand America's natural gas infrastructure, including pipelines, processing facilities, storage systems, and LNG export terminals.\