Park Service Erases Climate Facts at Fort Sumter, Where Civil War Began
"The historic site, on an island in South Carolina, could be inundated by rising seas in decades to come. A display on the threat has been removed."
Source: NYTimes, 01/23/2026
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Congress OKd Billions For EV Chargers. Four Years Later, Only 2% Is Spent.
"States have spent only 2 percent of the billions of dollars that the federal government set aside four years ago to build electric vehicle charging stations on U.S. highways." "President Donald Trump’s spending freeze added a speed bump to the slow rollout of a Biden program to build a nationwide network of EV chargers."
Source: E&E News, 01/22/2026"Sales of Antibiotics for Farm Animals Spiked in 2024"
"Though a direct cause is unknown, the jump renews concerns over antibiotic resistance and cuts to the federal agencies that work to reduce it."
Source: Civil Eats, 01/22/2026"House Public Lands Caucus Fails Test With Boundary Waters Vote"
"The House of Representatives voted 214 to 208 Wednesday to open up hundreds of thousands of federal acres to mining near the border of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness."
Source: Public Domain, 01/22/2026"Bureau of Land Management Revokes American Prairie Bison Leases"
"The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it is revoking grazing permits in Phillips County [Montana] that American Prairie had been using to sustain its herd of bison."
Source: Montana Free Press, 01/22/2026"Half of Fossil Fuel Carbon Emissions in 2024 Came From 32 Companies"
"As fossil fuel-based carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise to record levels, a new analysis shows that a majority of these emissions can be traced back to a shrinking number of large corporate entities."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/22/2026Calif. Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow
"The real estate website scrubbed the data under pressure from California’s real estate brokers and agents who were concerned about its impact on home prices. Neil Matouka thinks prospective buyers have a right to know."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/21/2026"An Alabama Mayor Signed an NDA With a Data Center Developer. Read It Here."
"The non-disclosure agreement was a major sticking point in a lively town hall that featured city officials, data center representatives and more than a hundred frustrated residents."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/21/2026Dems Seek Investigation of $3.5 Million Deal by Interior Official’s Husband
"House Democrats asked the Interior Department’s inspector general on Tuesday to investigate whether Karen Budd-Falen, the agency’s third highest ranking official, played a role in the federal approval of a lithium mine after her husband entered into a $3.5 million financial relationship with the mine’s developer."
Source: NYTimes, 01/21/2026"House Deploys Rule-Killing Law Against Biden Mining Curbs"
"Republicans this week are planning to use a rule-killing law to undo Biden-era restrictions on mining near more than 1 million acres of Minnesota wilderness."
Source: E&E News, 01/21/2026As Stone Countertops Kill Workers, GOP Seeks Protections for Manufacturers
"Sponsors of a new bill want to give the industry immunity from lawsuits brought by injured employees. That will kill even more workers, experts warn."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/21/2026"Trump’s Plan To Make Data Centers Pay For Power Plants Has Big Flaws"
"The Trump administration wants PJM Interconnection, the country’s biggest power market, to force data center developers to pay directly for the new power plants they need. It’s the latest attempt to curb skyrocketing energy costs for the roughly 67 million people PJM serves from Virginia to Illinois."
Source: Canary Media, 01/21/2026"Trump Admin Redirects Carbon Capture Funds To Prop Up Old Coal Plants"
"The Energy Department is planning to prop up old and shuttered coal plants using more than half a billion dollars that Congress originally set aside to advance carbon capture technologies and improve energy resiliency and environmental protection in rural areas."
Source: E&E News, 01/20/2026How EPA Ethics Officials Cleared Former Industry Insiders To Be Regulators
"Environmental Protection Agency ethics officials have interpreted impartiality guidelines in a way that has allowed several former industry insiders to oversee dramatic changes to chemical regulations, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show."
Source: Washington Post, 01/20/2026"World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law"
"An international agreement to safeguard marine life is now in effect. Known as the High Seas Treaty, it represents the first time that international waters, which lie outside of any country’s jurisdiction and cover nearly half the globe, can be protected."
Source: NYTimes, 01/20/2026
