"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, 01/21/2026
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As 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"How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change"
"Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance, its efforts have largely collapsed."
Source: NYTimes, 01/20/2026"Colorado’s Wolves In The Political Crosshairs As Trump Targets The State"
"A program to reintroduce the predators is essentially blocked, with Colorado leaders saying the state is being punished for jailing election denier Tina Peters."
Source: Washington Post, 01/20/2026"White House Told CBS To Run Trump Interview Unedited Or Get Sued"
"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News to air an interview with President Donald Trump in full or face a lawsuit, according to an audio recording of the exchange reviewed by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 01/20/2026"Zeldin Talks Data Centers, Permitting With House GOP"
"The EPA administrator discussed deregulation and energy demand over lunch with Republicans."
Source: E&E News, 01/20/2026Study Measures Unequal Toll Of Climate Change In Rio De Janeiro Favelas
"Michele Campos feels like crying every summer when temperatures in Rio de Janeiro climb above 40°C (100°F), heating up the cement that covers every corner of the favela of Chapeu Mangueira where she lives and making life unbearable in her windowless bedroom."
Source: Reuters, 01/20/2026"Pipeline Safety Enforcement Cut In Half In Trump’s First Year"
"The Trump administration slashed pipeline safety enforcement in 2025, bringing about half the average number of cases as in previous years."
Source: E&E News, 01/16/2026Trump DOJ Sues California Over Law Keeping Oil Wells From Homes, Schools
"The Trump administration is suing California over a law that creates a 3,200-foot buffer zone between new oil and gas wells and homes, schools, hospitals and parks."
Source: LA Times, 01/16/2026"Pentagon To Overhaul Independent Military Newspaper, Calling It ‘Woke’"
"The Defense Department said it plans to overhaul Stars and Stripes, the storied military newspaper that has long enjoyed editorial independence, to rid it of “woke distractions” and refocus coverage on “warfighting.”"
Source: Washington Post, 01/16/2026"Why Your Power Bill Is Spiking Faster Than A Nearby Data Center’s"
"As electricity prices climb, an unusual disconnect is emerging between what regular people pay — and what data centers pay."
Source: Washington Post, 01/16/2026
