"Border Wall Closes in on Big Bend"
"Residents and elected officials are speaking out against a proposed border barrier through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/20/2026
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Trump Climate Rollback Likely To Hit Poor, Minority Areas Hardest: Experts
"In a stretch of Louisiana with about 170 fossil fuel and petrochemical plants, premature death is a fact of life for people living nearby. The air is so polluted and the cancer rates so high it is known as Cancer Alley."
Source: AP, 02/20/2026To Fans, Fungi Are Freaky, Mystical, Overlooked. They Help Scientists Learn
"Jessica Allen crunched through fallen leaves among Manzanita trees hunting for something few have spotted before: the Manzanita butter clump — a rare and little-known yellow mushroom found, so far, only along North America’s Western coastlines."
Source: AP, 02/20/2026Environmental Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Repeal Of Landmark Climate Finding
"More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations."
Source: Guardian, 02/19/2026NIH’s Bhattacharya Will Also Run CDC While Trump Seeks Permanent Director
"National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya will also temporarily become acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an administration official said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 02/19/2026"Trump Taps Ex-RFK Jr. Aide To Lead National Science Foundation"
"President Donald Trump plans to nominate a former senior aide to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as director of the National Science Foundation."
Source: E&E News, 02/19/2026"Environmental Protest Group Says FBI Is Investigating It For Terrorism"
"Environmental group Extinction Rebellion said on Wednesday it was under federal US investigation and that some of its members had been visited by FBI agents, including from the agency’s taskforce on extremism, in the last year."
Source: Reuters, 02/19/2026"How The NRC Lost Its Independence"
"One year ago, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was an independent agency, setting safety standards without White House interference. Those days are over."
Source: E&E News, 02/19/2026"Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight"
"A D.C. utility had been working for weeks to repair a collapsed sewer line when the president blamed Maryland’s governor for the contamination on Monday."
Source: NYTimes, 02/19/2026"FDA Reverses Course And Will Review Moderna’s mRNA-Based Flu Shot"
"The Food and Drug Administration has reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine under a revised approach, company and federal officials said Wednesday."
Source: Washington Post, 02/19/2026"The Quest To Warn Everyone On Earth About Deadly Weather"
"In November 2025, a massive storm rolled across the lower Mekong River delta, dumping multiple inches of rain onto the wide, flat river plain that covers much of Cambodia."
Source: NPR, 02/19/2026What’s Behind Your Eye-Popping Power Bill? We Broke It Down By Region.
"The culprit depends on where you live — but it’s probably not data centers (yet)."
Source: Grist, 02/19/2026Climate Change Threatens Winter Olympics’ Future – And Snowmaking Has Limits
"Watching the Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace."
Source: The Conversation, 02/19/2026"Groups Sue Over Trump Effort To ‘Erase’ History, Science In National Parks"
"A coalition of scientific, preservation and historical groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration, arguing that the removal of information about civil rights, climate change and other topics at multiple national parks amounts to illegal censorship."
Source: Washington Post, 02/18/2026"Bayer Proposes $7.25 Billion Class Action Settlement In Roundup Litigation"
"In a bold bid to put costly US Roundup litigation behind it, Bayer on Tuesday announced a $7.25 billion proposed class action settlement for users of its glyphosate-based weed killing products who have cancer now or develop cancer in the next several years, with average awards ranging from $10,000 to $165,000."
Source: The New Lede, 02/18/2026
