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Connecticut enacted SB 1292, requiring AI data center owners and operators to submit quarterly reports to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection on energy and water consumption. The law authorizes the commissioner to adopt regulations concerning water and energy efficiency standards for data centers. [Validation 2026-06-21: status -> 'died' per https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/ct/2025/bills/CTB00032345/.]

“Two years ago, if you think about our multipack packages, that’s our one ounce size in multipack servings, those packages were in another outer plastic. So we moved that from plastic into cardboard and recyclable cardboard,” he said.

That move alone was able to deliver 12 million pounds of plastic out of the environment, PepsiCo said

In April, Frito-Lay and Quaker Oats opened a new learning center for packaging innovation at Frito-Lay’s research and development headquarters in Texas, where it will field test, measure and analyze compostable packaging, aiming to make the process of testing products to certification-ready at least two to three times faster.

North Dakota's HB 1579, originally introduced to create a state siting process for large electricity users (50+ MW), was significantly amended — the siting process was stripped and replaced with a mandate for an interim legislative study on the impact of large energy consumers on the state's electrical grid. Passed House 89-3, Senate 46-0. Signed April 28, 2025. Signed into law on April 29, 2025.