I asked for examples, not platitudes.

And yet you only offered a misinformed platitude in the form of a question.

Google does all kind of new Java work (Golang contrary to myth, is just one of the languages Google uses for internal stuff, and niche at that), Amazon of course, most of Apple's backend services are Java, Twitter, AirBnB, Uber, LinkedIn, TripAdvisor, and tons of others use Java, and write green stuff in it all the time...

Uber back end is mostly Go.

Twitter, and they write some really good open source stuff too. If you're writing rpc services in java I'd almost argue you should default to considering Finagle:

https://twitter.github.io/finagle/

Pick random names out of Fortune 500 companies.

Java projects get done all the time.

Additionally, even though it isn't standard Java, I have plenty of new apps running on my pocket.