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Vermont House Takes Up Senate Amendments To H.740 Greenhouse Gas Inventory And Registry Bill And Requests Conference Committee
In May 2026, the Vermont Legislature moved climate bill H.740, which would authorise a statewide greenhouse gas emissions inventory and registry, into House consideration of Senate amendments and conference negotiations. If enacted, this framework would enable new greenhouse gas emissions reporting and data submission requirements, particularly for fuel suppliers, so companies with Vermont operations should monitor the final bill text and subsequent Agency of Natural Resources rulemaking.
United StatesVermont Legislature Enrolls H.740 on Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Registry
Vermont lawmakers have enrolled H.740, expanding the state’s greenhouse gas inventory and registry by directing the Agency of Natural Resources to develop comprehensive emissions reporting rules, including for fuel suppliers, by July 2027. This signals forthcoming climate-related reporting and data-management obligations for fuel suppliers and other emission sources, and gives businesses limited time to prepare systems and governance for more granular greenhouse gas disclosures.
United StatesConnecticut Enacts Special Act 26-10 On Pesticide Reporting Modernization
Connecticut has enacted Special Act 26-10 (HB 5155), creating a legislative working group to design a modern, searchable database for pesticide sales and use reporting, with findings and recommendations due by January 2027. This signals likely future changes to how pesticide applications must be reported in the state, so applicators, farmers, retailers, and pesticide suppliers should monitor the group’s work and prepare for potential new data and IT requirements.
United StatesCalifornia Assembly Advances AB 2728 (Open and Transparent Water Data Act Amendments) To Third Reading
In May 2026 the California Assembly advanced AB 2728, which amends the state’s Open and Transparent Water Data Act to expand required ecological and hatchery datasets on the statewide water data platform and set a 1 August 2027 deadline for adding them. If enacted, this would materially improve water and fisheries data transparency for regulators and water managers, influencing future permitting, planning and environmental compliance decisions rather than imposing new direct reporting duties on individual dischargers.
United StatesChina MEE In‑Principle Approves 15th Five‑Year AI Action Plan for Ecological Environment Governance
In May 2026, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment in-principle approved a “15th Five-Year” action plan to expand the use of artificial intelligence in ecological and environmental governance. This signals a forthcoming national programme to scale AI-driven monitoring and decision support across pollution control, climate and ecological protection, likely increasing future expectations around environmental data, digital infrastructure and compliance capabilities for regulated sectors.
ChinaVermont Senate Moves H.740 Greenhouse Gas Inventory And Registry Bill To Third Reading
On 19 May 2026, the Vermont Senate moved climate bill H.740 on greenhouse gas inventory and registry to third reading following favourable committee reports and a 17–12 vote to order third reading. If enacted, the bill would empower the Agency of Natural Resources to impose comprehensive greenhouse-gas data reporting rules, particularly on fuel suppliers, and to build a statewide emissions database, signalling future compliance obligations for Vermont energy and emissions‑intensive businesses.
United StatesVermont Senate Orders Third Reading of H.740 on Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Registry
In May 2026, the Vermont Senate advanced House Bill H.740, a measure that would expand the State’s greenhouse gas inventory and registry and require a comprehensive emissions reporting programme if enacted. If adopted, it would empower the Agency of Natural Resources to mandate detailed fuel-supplier reporting, build new emissions data infrastructure, and create state-level climate reporting obligations ahead of a July 2027 rulemaking deadline.
United StatesTaiwan MoENV Announces Plan for Environmental Testing and Measurement Act
Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment has announced plans to draft an Environmental Testing and Measurement Act to centralise oversight of environmental testing and improve data quality, flagged in a press release on the 2026 Environmental Analysis Conference. If implemented, this framework would standardise accreditation, quality assurance and data reporting for environmental testing laboratories and related service providers, so affected organisations should monitor forthcoming drafts and timelines to anticipate compliance and system upgrades.
TaiwanArizona ADEQ Opens 30-Day Comment Period On Proposed 2026 Air Monitoring Network Plan
Arizona’s environmental regulator has opened a 30-day public comment period on its proposed 2026 statewide air monitoring network plan before sending it to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The final plan will shape how ambient air quality is monitored and evaluated across Arizona, so compliance and planning teams may wish to review and comment on any network changes that could affect how their operations are assessed.
United StatesNetherlands Publishes Q2 2026 Development Plans for Omgevingswet DSO Platform
The Netherlands has published its Q2 2026 development plan for the Digital System for the Environment and Planning Act (DSO), outlining feature, data and integration changes planned for the Omgevingsloket, Regels op de kaart and related services in the April–June 2026 PI-2026.2 cycle. While the plan does not itself create new legal obligations, it flags upcoming shifts such as asbestos notifications moving from the LAVS system into DSO by early 2027 and changes in collaboration, standards and API flows that permitting, IT and compliance teams should track for Dutch operations.
NetherlandsUNEP Expands Satellite Methane Alerts to Coal and Waste Sectors
UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory has expanded its satellite-based Methane Alert and Response System to cover coal mines and waste sites worldwide, while launching a coal methane database, a government response blueprint and new partnerships with major national oil companies. This does not directly change law but materially strengthens the data and accountability infrastructure for methane, signalling tighter future scrutiny and potential regulation of methane emissions in coal, waste and oil and gas value chains.
GlobalSpain: Region of Murcia Opens Consultation on Draft Decree on Shared Environmental Monitoring Systems
The Region of Murcia has launched a 15-working-day public consultation on a draft decree to improve the efficiency and shared use of environmental monitoring systems, following publication of the notice on 11 May 2026. Centralising and sharing monitoring infrastructure could change how environmental data are generated and accessed across sectors in the region, so affected stakeholders should review the draft and consider submitting comments within the consultation window.
SpainCalifornia AB 2728 Would Expand Open and Transparent Water Data Act Data Requirements
California is considering AB 2728 to expand the Open and Transparent Water Data Act by clarifying water management objectives and requiring more detailed fisheries and hatchery data to be made available on the statewide integrated water data platform by 1 August 2027. If enacted, this would concentrate more ecological and operational data in a single platform for regulators and water managers, increasing transparency and planning capability while primarily creating new data-delivery obligations for state and federal agencies rather than private water users.
United StatesCalifornia Assembly Places AB 2728 Water Data Bill on Appropriations Suspense File
In April 2026 the California Assembly advanced AB 2728 (Open and Transparent Water Data Act) by setting it for its first Appropriations Committee hearing and placing it on the committee’s suspense file. If enacted, the bill would expand statewide water data infrastructure and require public agencies to integrate additional ecological datasets by August 2027, improving transparency for water planning and environmental management.
United StatesFrance (ANSES) Takes Over Coordination of Green Data for Health (GD4H) Initiative
In April 2025, France’s ANSES assumed coordination of the Green Data for Health (GD4H) programme, a national initiative designed to link environmental datasets with health data and support integrated environmental health analysis. This strengthens France’s environmental health data infrastructure and signals a shift toward more data-driven risk assessment and potentially more stringent future policies on environmental exposures.
FranceCroatia Adopts Instruction On Waste Management Information System (e-ONTO)
Croatia has adopted a detailed instruction governing its national waste management information system (ISGO/e-ONTO), clarifying how waste producers, carriers, traders and treatment operators must record and share data on waste movements, storage and treatment from May 2026. This strengthens regulatory expectations for waste tracking and reporting, enabling automated oversight and cross-checks that will expose gaps in permits, incorrect classifications and non-compliant waste flows, and may drive upgrades to operators’ internal data and IT systems.
CroatiaCalifornia Air Resources Board Requires HARP EIM v2.3.0 for 2025 Point Source Emission Reporting
California’s Air Resources Board has released HARP EIM v2.3.0, bundling updated CEIDARS utility tables and database schema changes and making this version mandatory for 2025 point source emission inventory reporting. Air districts and facilities that submit California point source inventories will need to upgrade HARP EIM, apply the new NEI-to-AERMOD source-type crosswalk, and align QA/QC and Excel import workflows now to ensure 2025 submissions validate and are accepted without rework.
United StatesUS Congress Introduces ACCURATE Act To Establish Commission On Hazard Risk Assessment Tools
In April 2026, US lawmakers introduced the ACCURATE Act (H.R. 8407) to create a federal Commission on Hazard Risk Assessment Tools and set common standards for the data and models agencies use to map natural hazard risk. If adopted, the framework could reshape how flood, wildfire and other hazard maps are built and procured, affecting insurers, utilities, infrastructure planners and other sectors that rely on federally endorsed risk scores for investment, siting and resilience decisions.
United StatesDenmark Deploys VanDa Grundvand Platform For National Groundwater Monitoring
Denmark’s environmental authorities have brought the VanDa Grundvand digital module of the VanDa platform into full use for national NOVANA groundwater monitoring, centralising sampling workflows and automatic transfer of data into the Jupiter authoritative database since late 2025. This modernised infrastructure strengthens data quality, consistency, and interoperability across groundwater programmes, while leaving underlying monitoring scope and legal reporting duties unchanged so affected authorities and partner laboratories mainly need to adapt to the new digital workflows and StanLab-based ordering.
DenmarkPARC and JRC Strengthen Collaboration at Annual Meeting 2026
In February 2026, PARC and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre agreed a stronger collaboration roadmap on SSbD training, chemicals monitoring data, and implementation of the One Substance, One Assessment approach. This signals how key EU chemicals policy tools and data platforms will be operationalised over the next few years, helping companies anticipate future expectations for risk assessment, data sharing, and alternatives to animal testing.
European UnionThese are just a few of the most recent Environmental Data Infrastructure alerts. Foresight tracks every jurisdiction, every day — and surfaces only what affects your portfolio, with full citations and evidence.
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