This edition is centered around three main themes: safety, trucking, and the grid. While our top story tackles port safety after a ship struck the Brooklyn Bridge, we’re also examining recent major decisions the EPA has made about water contaminant levels. On the trucking side: CARB-copycat regulations face delays as states pull back on zero-emission mandates as the trucking industry grapples with wider tariff issues. With wildfires and extreme weather incidents increasing, grid hardening becomes more important than ever, but one state is going a bit further than just reinforcement.

   — Jennifer Ramsay