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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) (“Waste Connections” or the “Company”) today announced that Daniel L. Florness has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective April 1, 2026. “We are very pleased to welcome Dan to our Board,” said Ronald J. Mittelstaedt, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Dan is an accomplished executive with a wealth of experience in C-suite level leadership roles for a public company. He has intimate knowledge of servant leadershi...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, the world’s leading tech hub for the blue economy, today announced the appointment of businessman and philanthropist Jon Sutton Day to its Board of Trustees, effective March 31. A lifelong Angeleno, Day currently serves on the Board of Directors of the W.M. Keck Foundation, one of the nation’s largest philanthropic foundations supporting medical research, science and engineering, and educational programs. He is on the Foundation’...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For his and his company’s contributions to the advancement of the circular economy, John Shegerian, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of ERI, the nation’s leading material resource recovery, ITAD, and technology reuse and recycling provider, was presented with the Distinguished Service Award from the REMADE Institute at the 2026 REMADE Circular Economy Tech Summit & Conference in Washington, DC. Alongside Bill Davies of Davies Office, Shegerian was honored as one of...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Equilibrium Energy announces a strategic agreement with NRG Energy to deploy PowerOS, its AI-native operating system purpose-built for power companies...

LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This April, the Arbor Day Foundation is launching the Million Trees Project, assembling the world’s largest collection of personal tree stories as it plants 1 million new trees this spring season. “We’ve received thousands of photos and stories over the years of trees and the people who love them,” said Dan Lambe, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “From cherished oaks that shaded a childhood backyard to young saplings planted in honor of someone specia...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United States Steel Corporation (“U. S. Steel”) announced today that it has been named “one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®” for the fifth consecutive year by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. Being a 5-Time Honoree and the only honoree in the “Metals, Minerals, & Mining” category demonstrates U. S. Steel’s leadership in advancing business ethics and maintaining a model ethics and compliance...

ONTARIO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RE:CIRCLE Organics, a RE:CIRCLE Solutions company (formerly operating as RE:CIRCLE Ontario) and a leader in organic waste recycling, diversion strategies and feed production, today commented on the new California Air Resources Board ("CARB) climate regulations that are reshaping how companies measure, verify, and disclose emissions across their operations and supply chains. Management Commentary "We built TraceOS™ to bring transparency and accountability to env...

MANASSAS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prince William County Public Schools unveiled its new emissions-reducing propane school buses today at its Brentsville facility. The 62 Blue Bird Vision Propane buses are also the first from the company to come equipped with standard driver airbags. The propane buses were purchased from Blue Bird Bus Sales of Virginia. In collaboration with its corporate headquarters in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, the dealer provided a fully equipped 78-passenger propane school bus d...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Organic Potash Corporation (CNSX: OPC) (“OPC” or the “Corporation”) announces delisting. The Board of Directors of Organic Potash Inc. made the decision that the Company will voluntarily delist from CSE due to the inability to secure sufficient funding to continue operations. Despite extensive efforts by the Directors and Management to obtain financing for projects in Africa, the Company faced consistent resistance from potential investors. Unfortunately, no funding wa...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exowatt, a clean power company built for the AI era, today announced the opening of its new Austin, Texas office, timed with SXSW, marking a major milestone as the company accelerates deployment of sustainable power solutions to meet rapidly growing AI and data center demand. “We are witnessing a historic collision between the digital demand for AI and the physical reality of our power grid,” said Hannan Happi, CEO and Co-Founder of Exowatt. “Exowatt believes ene...