Trump DOI To Pay 2 More Companies To Walk Away From Offshore Wind Leases
"The Trump administration announced two more payouts Monday for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development."
Source: AP, 04/28/2026
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"Shrunken Offshore Energy Regulator Faces An Outsize Challenge"
"A new agency for offshore energy development that’s seen its workforce shrink in recent years — and is targeted for funding cuts next year by the Trump administration — will be taking on a quickly growing portfolio of responsibilities."
Source: E&E News, 04/28/2026"ICE Planning Facility For Children And Families On Pfas-Contaminated Site"
"Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a detention facility for children and their families on one the nation’s most Pfas-contaminated sites, which also serves as a hub for the president’s deportation program."
Source: Guardian, 04/28/2026Global Oil Crisis Has Changed Fossil Fuel Industry For Ever: IEA Chief
"The oil crisis triggered by the Iran war has changed the fossil fuel industry for ever, turning countries away from fossil fuels to secure energy supplies, the world’s leading energy economist said."
Source: Guardian, 04/28/2026"A Town Of 7,000 Planned So Many Data Centers, It’s Like Adding 51 Walmarts"
"Developers plan to build six sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pennsylvania, covering about 14 percent of the town’s land. Residents are fighting back."
Source: Washington Post, 04/28/2026"EPA’s Zeldin Tangles With Democrats Over Trump’s Budget Request"
"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wrestled with House Democrats on Monday in a hostile hearing that culminated in the top Democratic appropriator facetiously suggesting the agency chief drink weed killer."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/28/2026"French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate"
"The new investigation by DeSmog and Politico found boutique Paris-based PR firm Digital Tellers is linked to a web of connected Facebook groups and accounts, which regularly share false claims about the cost, noise and reliability of heat pumps."
Source: DeSmog, 04/28/2026Lake Superior: Isle Royale’s Wolves Are Thriving As Packs Prey On Moose
"Wolves on a remote island in Lake Superior appear to be thriving, but they’re making deep dents in the moose population that they rely on as a leading food source, according to a report released Monday."
Source: AP, 04/28/2026"Working To Restore Biscayne Bay"
"In one direction, the view from the 65-foot-tall Boca Chita lighthouse in Biscayne National Park is an endless sea of shimmering Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. In another, across Biscayne Bay, stands the Miami skyline, bedazzled with glassy skyscrapers and surrounded by the most densely populated region of the Sunshine State."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 04/28/2026Fast-Growing Georgia Wildfire Tops 31 Square Miles; Evacuations Possible
"One of two large wildfires in southeastern Georgia continues to grow and now exceeds 31 square miles (80 square kilometers), officials reported Sunday. The Highway 82 Fire has been burning since April 20 and as of Saturday had destroyed at least 87 homes. On Sunday morning, officials said it was only 7% contained."
Source: AP, 04/27/2026"Unlikely Foes Clash At Supreme Court Over Roundup Cancer Risk"
"On Monday, the justices will hear arguments over whether a state court rightfully awarded a $1.25 million verdict to a Missouri man who said the maker of the popular Roundup weedkiller failed to caution users about the product’s cancer risk — even as federal environmental regulators have repeatedly concluded that a warning is not required."
Source: E&E News, 04/27/2026Trump Fires All 24 Members of National Science Foundation’s Governing Body
"U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday fired all 24 members of the National Science Board (NSB), the body that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF). Many science advocates see it as the latest step by his administration to erode—some would say destroy—the independence of the 76-year-old research agency."
Source: Science, 04/27/2026As UN Climate Talks Falter, a Smaller Coalition Eyes Fossil Fuel Exit
"More than 50 countries will gather in Colombia to try to develop real-world timetables to phase out oil and gas amid global energy shocks and petrostate stalling."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/27/2026Texas Gulf Coast Health Problem: Benzene Emissions Are Among Highest in US
"Daylight hadn’t yet slipped from the sky above Port Arthur when the residents felt the ground shake. They quickly moved inside, shut windows and closed doors, sheltering in place until they got word that the explosion at the Valero Port Arthur Refinery was under control."
Source: Capital & Main, 04/27/2026"Trump’s Border Wall Plans Threaten Texas Public Hunting Lands"
"Overshadowed by the fight over Big Bend, the White House’s wall expansion could degrade some of the few public hunting opportunities in Texas."
Source: Public Domain, 04/27/2026
