Trump Donor Harold Hamm’s Oil Company Announces Venezuela Deal
Trump donor Harold Hamm’s oil company Continental Resources announced a deal Wednesday to drill in Venezuela.
Source: The Hill, 09/17/2026
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House Passes Bill To Put Data Center Electricity Costs On Tech Companies
"The House on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at shielding Americans from increased electricity costs associated with data centers"
Source: The Hill, 09/17/2026"Climate Change Primed Nepal Glacier for Deadly Collapse"
"Climate attribution researchers say “there is absolutely no doubt” that decades of global warming set the stage for the deadly rock and glacier collapse on Langtang Lirung Mountain in Nepal."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/17/2026Miners Stake Claims Where Trump Slashed Bears Ears National Monument
"The first mining claims have been staked in areas that were formerly part of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument, after President Donald Trump issued an order in July shrinking it to less than 10 percent of its original size."
Source: Washington Post, 09/17/2026Bill Could Obstruct New Efficiency Standards for Appliances—and Repeal Old Ones
"The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources heard testimony Wednesday on the Energy Efficiency Reform Act. The new bill would make it much more difficult for the Department of Energy to update energy efficiency standards for home appliances like dishwashers, washing machines and boilers. It would also set a path for the department to backslide on existing energy efficiency mandates."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/17/2026Satellites Show Earth Lost More Than 12 Trillion Tons Of Ice In 47 Years
"About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report."
Source: AP, 09/17/2026Court Rules in Favor of Feds and Denver Water on Dam Expansion
"The decision allows Colorado’s largest water utility to triple a reservoir’s storage, despite concerns about diverting more water from the dwindling Colorado River."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/17/2026Park Service Quietly Awards Contracts For Trump’s East Potomac Golf Course
"The Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump’s planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 09/17/2026Greene: $6.20 Gas ‘Is Trump’s Fault’
"Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) blamed President Trump for rising gas prices amid the Iran war, calling high fuel costs “ridiculous.”"
Source: The Hill, 09/17/2026Annie Dillard, Meditative Author of ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ Dies at 81
"Annie Dillard, who as a young American writer walked into the woods and came out with a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the wonders and horrors of creation, the modern classic “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” died on Tuesday at her home in South Wellfleet, Mass. She was 81."
Source: New York Times, 09/17/2026An Environmental Defender Is Murdered Every Three Days
"Every three days someone is killed for defending nature."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/16/2026Kennedy Center Closes Its Doors Despite a Judge’s Order
"Simmering turmoil over the future of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts boiled over on Tuesday as the center abruptly closed to the public and President Trump threatened to cancel a planned $257 million renovation if his name was not returned to the front of the building."
Source: New York Times, 09/16/2026Florida Textbook Publishers Are Minimizing Or Removing Climate Change
"The words "climate change" are slowly being removed from textbooks in Florida and from the state's education standards."
Source: NPR, 09/16/2026Pollution Spikes After Trump Halted Global Air-Monitoring Efforts: Report
"Air pollution in dozens of cities rose after U.S. embassies stopped providing readings that had previously spurred local government action, a study found."
Source: Washington Post, 09/16/2026FEMA Could Still Lose More Jobs Despite Court Ruling
"A plan to halve the agency’s sprawling work force was illegal, a judge ruled. But the court is not blocking other FEMA cuts."
Source: New York Times, 09/16/2026
