Carbon Captured
"In the 1990s, even as they denied the reality of climate change, oil company executives were quietly funding research that favored climate fixes that would protect their businesses."
Source: ProPublica/Drilled, 06/26/2026
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Senate Farm Bill Leaves Out Contentious Policies. Dems Not Impressed.
"The legislation includes forestry and conservation provisions but steers away from issues like pesticide labeling and biofuels policy."
Source: E&E News, 06/26/2026Lawmakers Demand Answers Amid Ongoing Turmoil Over Reflecting Pool
"Congressional Democrats called for investigations Wednesday into renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the ongoing drama over the president’s problem-plagued, $16 million rehabilitation project continued to roil the capital."
Source: AP, 06/26/2026"DEQ Works Toward Impairment Designation For Big Hole River"
"The Big Hole River, a blue-ribbon fishery that’s become a focal point in a years-long debate over nuisance algae growth, is poised to receive an impairment designation."
Source: Montana Free Press, 06/26/2026Trump Admin Moves to Preserve Cells and DNA of Imperiled Species
"The Trump administration and a company that is promising to bring long-gone animals back from extinction announced a partnership on Thursday to preserve cells, tissue and DNA from threatened and endangered species."
Source: New York Times, 06/26/2026Dems Embrace ‘Climate Hushing’ -- A Mistake As The Midterms Loom?
"To some political pundits and Democratic strategists, one takeaway from the 2024 presidential election was clear: Don’t talk about climate change." "An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted the focus to energy affordability."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/25/2026"Internal Memo Orders Staff Not To Reveal Deaths In National Parks"
"The Interior Department’s guidance instructs parks staff not to confirm deaths, the severity of injuries or other details."
Source: Washington Post, 06/25/2026"Rare Suit Between Cookware Makers Centers on PFAS Toxicity Claim"
"The makers of popular cookware brands All-Clad and Farberware have launched an unusual legal fight against a rival whose products don’t contain “forever chemicals,” alleging the company’s ads falsely paint the presence of PFAS in its competitors’ products as toxic."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/25/2026"Bipartisan House Bill Would Ban Paraquat Pesticide"
"Lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill to federally ban the use of paraquat, an herbicide widely used in U.S. agriculture despite its potential health impacts."
Source: Civil Eats, 06/25/2026Trump Ally’s Rise in Colombia Could End Landmark Climate Policies
"Abelardo de la Espriella, the apparent winner of the presidential election, has vowed to expand oil, gas and mining production, alarming activists in the world’s deadliest country for environmental defenders."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/25/2026"An Influx of Climate Cash"
"Many philanthropists are backing away from climate giving. But one is writing very big checks." Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and founder of Bloomberg L.P., has announced $590 million in new environmental commitments in recent days."
Source: New York Times, 06/25/2026Trump DOE Announces $17.5 Billion In Loans For 10 New Nuclear Reactors
"The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers."
Source: AP, 06/24/2026Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate Site Shut by Trump Administration
"The database of federal global warming research recreates a website that was closed amid the administration’s broad retreat from climate science."
Source: New York Times, 06/24/2026Local Leaders Challenge Planned Biggest Data Center In California
"It would be the largest data center in the state; the parent company, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC describes it as a hyperscale facility, “designed exclusively for advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning operations.”"
Source: CalMatters, 06/24/2026Trump Blames Vandals for Reflecting Pool Problems. Documents Don't
"The documents do not indicate that the peeling blue coating and algae blooms were caused intentionally."
Source: New York Times, 06/24/2026
