"Trump Administration Moves to Accelerate AI Power Hookups"
"The Trump administration is pushing regulators to dramatically accelerate the process of allowing the booming data-center sector to connect to power grids."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/27/2025
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"Trump Claims ‘Wind Mills’ Kill Whales But Quietly Torpedoes The Science"
"The Trump administration has repeatedly blamed offshore wind farms for whale deaths, contrary to scientific evidence. Now the administration is quietly abandoning key research programs meant to protect marine mammals living in an increasingly busy ocean."
Source: Canary Media, 10/27/2025"Attorneys Allege Chemours Hid Emission Data From Public"
"Chemours’ air permit application to expand production at its Fayetteville Works plant excludes emissions data that should be disclosed to the public, environmental lawyers say."
Source: Coastal Review, 10/27/2025Russia Arrests Ukraine Biologist For Backing Curbs On Antarctic Krill Fishing
"A diplomatic row has erupted over the “illegal” detention of one of Ukraine’s scientists, who has been accused by the Kremlin of undermining Russia’s industrial trawling for krill in Antarctica."
Source: Guardian, 10/27/2025White House OKs More Oil And Gas Drilling In Alaska National Wildlife Refuge
"The Trump administration has approved more oil and gas drilling across Alaska’s Arctic national wildlife refuge (ANWR), prompting widespread criticism from environmental conservation organizations." "National Petroleum Reserve lease sales and permitting for road through Izembek wildlife refuge were also approved"
Source: Guardian, 10/24/2025"North Dakota Ranchers Say Trump’s Market Meddling Is Bad For Beef"
"Ranchers are pushing against a Trump administration proposal to import beef from Argentina, a move they say is causing chaos in the market."
Source: States Newsroom, 10/24/2025"In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes on Pace to Break a Record"
"The Trump administration stopped updating a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters. A group of scientists has revived it."
Source: NYTimes, 10/24/2025"‘Test Case’ For NEPA: Fast-Tracked Mine Reviews Fuel Outcry"
"BLM is narrowing reviews for proposed mining projects in states like Nevada and Utah. Critics say the agency is on shaky legal ground."
Source: E&E News, 10/24/2025"Congress Members Question Pentagon’s Delay in ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup"
"Three dozen members of Congress, including two Republicans, asked Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explain why the Pentagon has pushed back its cleanup of “forever chemical” contamination at nearly 140 military sites nationwide."
Source: NYTimes, 10/24/2025"A Pro-Dominion Grassroots Group Has Financial Ties — to Dominion"
"Supporters of the Virginia Energy Reliability Alliance were out in force at an air permit hearing last month for the utility’s controversial natural gas “peaker” plant in Chesterfield County. Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest utility, says it’s been “transparent” with regard to its support for the group."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/24/2025"Oil Firm TotalEnergies Made Misleading Green Statements, Court Rules"
"A French oil company engaged in “misleading commercial practices” about the scope of its environmental commitments, a court has ruled."
Source: Guardian, 10/24/2025Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIEHS
"Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/23/2025"Trump Demolishes White House East Wing"
"President Donald Trump’s move to demolish part of the White House to make way for a $250 million ballroom is eliciting outrage and calls for more oversight before any further changes are made."
Source: E&E News, 10/23/2025"From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy"
"As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages."
Source: NYTimes, 10/23/2025Anti-Science Bills Hit Statehouses, Ending Public Health Protections
"More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law."
Source: AP, 10/23/2025
