Key Takeaways NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Dominion Energy in an all stock transaction valued at about $67 billion. The combined business is expected to become the world’s largest regulated electric utility by market capitalization once the deal closes. The merger would extend NextEra’s regulated footprint across key eastern states…

Promoting a new era of regional cooperation, a new declaration is calling for urgent, coordinated action to cut air pollution and protect public health across Latin America and the Caribbean. Emerging from the 2nd WHO Global Conference in air pollution and health in March 2025, this Initiative strengthens links between health policy and environmental justice…

Air quality remains Europe’s greatest environmental health risk, recognising that it has improved significantly over the past two decades for most regulated pollutants, as acknowledged in the European Environment Agency (EEA) Europe’s Environment 2025 report (EEA, 2025b). This decrease is due to the implementation of EU, national and local legislation to reduce emissions of air…

The zones – known in France as ZFEs – were introduced to reduce harmful air pollution by limiting access for the dirtiest cars, vans and lorries in urban areas. The decision preserves one of President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship environmental measures at a time when the policy has become increasingly divisive, particularly among drivers who say…

Colorado’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Intensity Program continues to reshape how upstream oil and gas operators manage and report emissions. Rather than regulating total emissions alone, the state uses an intensity‑based approach, tying greenhouse gas output directly to production. With 2026 marking a key reporting year, operators should understand how the program works and where to…

April 4, 2026 – Air pollution is one of the most serious environmental threats to human health worldwide. In 2021, it caused 8.1 million deaths, an increase from 7 million recorded in previous studies. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, the infant mortality rate from air pollution is 100 times higher than in high-income countries….

The PJM Interconnection on Monday asked federal regulators to approve changes to its retail behind-the-meter generation rules as part of an effort to facilitate colocating generating resources with data centers. PJM also proposed three new transmission services for colocated loads — with the rates, terms and conditions for those services expected in a future filing…

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) released a preliminary long-term forecast projecting demand could reach 367,790 megawatts by 2032, more than four times the state’s all-time peak of 85,508 megawatts, set in August 2023. Last Wednesday, leaders of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) updated lawmakers…