Data Center Developers Asked Trump For An Exemption From Pollution Rules
"Though the companies weren't granted exemptions, their requests illustrate the data center industry's desperate quest for energy."
Source: Grist, 02/26/2026
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"Tracing Bayer’s Ties To Power In Trump’s Washington"
"From lobby firms to top officials, a look at how Bayer built access and secured favors"
Source: US Right to Know, 02/26/2026"As Electric Bills Rise, Trump Says Tech Companies Should Pay More"
"The president said he had negotiated a deal with tech giants to cover the energy costs of data centers, but offered few details. Experts said such pledges could prove difficult in practice."
Source: NYTimes, 02/26/2026Surgeon General Pick Casey Means Grilled On Vaccines, Pesticides In Hearing
"Casey Means, Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, faced senators’ questions about her stance on vaccines, pesticides and RFK Jr.’s agenda."
Source: Washington Post, 02/26/2026Federal Judge Rejects DOJ Request To Search Wash Post Reporter’s Devices
"A federal judge rejected the Department of Justice’s demand to continue its search of a Washington Post reporter’s phone and other electronic devices for information that might help an FBI investigation into the leaking of classified information."
Source: Politico, 02/26/20266.5 Million In Somalia Face Acute Hunger Due To Drought: Government And UN
"About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, the government and the United Nations said on Tuesday, sounding the alarm days after the U.N.'s food agency warned that food aid could grind to a halt by April without new funding."
Source: Reuters, 02/25/2026"Trump To Announce Data Center Energy Deals During State Of The Union"
"President Donald Trump will announce during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night that his administration has struck agreements with major tech companies to make them shoulder a greater share of the energy cost burden associated with data centers."
Source: Politico, 02/25/2026Northeast Digs Out From Big Snowstorm That Disrupted Flights And Schools
"Millions across the northeastern United States on Tuesday contended with treks to school and work as they dug out from a major — and in some areas record-breaking — storm that blanketed the region with snow, canceled flights, disrupted transit and downed power lines."
Source: AP, 02/25/2026Brown Water And Boil Notices: Small Towns Struggle With Failing Water Systems
"The water looked like coffee as it ran from the tap. Even simple chores like laundry and dishwashing became nearly impossible, the water running like a medium roast brew from the faucet into the sink of Donald Wood’s home, staining clothes and appliances."
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 02/25/2026"EPA Official Touts Controversial TSCA Reforms"
"A top US regulatory official on Monday championed controversial chemical review reforms that critics say will support industry interests while weakening protections against toxic chemicals for the public."
Source: The New Lede, 02/25/2026Judge Rules That Exxon May Sue Calif. AG For Defamation Over Recycling
"The federal judge rejected the California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s request to dismiss Exxon Mobil’s lawsuit accusing Bonta of defamation for criticizing Exxon Mobil’s advanced plastics recycling initiatives."
Source: Reuters, 02/25/2026"Virginia House Delays Action on Bill Banning Paraquat"
"A bill banning the pesticide paraquat died last week in the Virginia House of Delegates after the chamber’s Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee voted 22-0, with little explanation, to carry the measure over to next year for consideration."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/25/2026"Massie Seeks To Undo Trump’s Pro-Glyphosate Executive Order"
"At least one Republican lawmaker is formally pushing back on President Trump’s effort to boost a controversial herbicide, glyphosate, that’s reviled by supporters of the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement."
Source: The Hill, 02/25/2026"Trump Changes To Black History Exhibits Spark Fears Of Self-Censorship"
"President Trump, who has eyes on the nation’s 250th birthday this summer, says historical sites focus too much on the issue of slavery instead of the “success” of the country. His administration has been accused of whitewashing the history of slavery at Smithsonian Institution facilities and National Park Service sites, including recently the President’s House in Philadelphia."
Source: The Hill, 02/25/2026"This Tiny Tracker Monitors Monarch Migration"
"Monarch butterflies that hatch in the spring and early summer live fast and die young at only two to six weeks. But those that emerge in late summer can survive six to nine months. That’s long enough to migrate thousands of miles south for the winter and start the return north the following spring to breed."
Source: Living on Earth, 02/25/2026
