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Trump DOI Moves To Fast-Track Arctic Drilling Without Environmental Review

"The Interior Department will soon publish a “categorical exclusion” that will rubber stamp oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum Reserve."

Source: Public Domain, 08/28/2026
September 15, 2026

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Lawsuit Seeks to Block Closure of Top Federal Climate Research Center

"The Trump administration move is “politically motivated,” said the plaintiff, one of the nation’s leading environmental gr�oups."

"One of the nation’s largest environmental groups is challenging the Trump administration’s closure of a leading climate institute, filing a lawsuit Thursday [Aug. 20] in federal court saying the closure is unlawful.

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/27/2026

How Rising Temperatures Likely Contributed to Nepal’s Deadly Flood

"Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses." "Roughly 160 people are dead and hundreds more—including dozens of international tourists—are missing after flash floods hit a region on the mountainous border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday."

Source: WIRED, 08/27/2026

PJM Has Finally Greenlit A Lot Of New Clean Power. Can It Get Built?

"The country’s biggest energy market has a problem: It can’t build enough power plants to keep up with electricity demand." "More than 50 GW of solar, wind, and batteries can now connect to PJM’s grid. It could help drive down costs — if states, utilities, and hyperscalers make it happen."

Source: Canary Media, 08/27/2026

B.C. Regulator Let Oil Company Delay Pipeline Cleanup. Spills Followed

"A major Canadian oil and gas company reported dozens of incidents at its pipelines after the provincial regulator exempted thousands of its pipelines from normal clean-up timelines."

Source: The Narwhal, 08/27/2026

As AI Data Centers Expand, New Cooling Chemicals Raise PFAS Concerns

"The artificial intelligence race is creating demand for more than data centers and electricity. It is also creating a new market for the chemicals needed to keep increasingly powerful computer chips from overheating. Some of those cooling technologies rely on PFAS, a broad class of fluorinated compounds already responsible for widespread drinking water contamination in North Carolina."

Source: WRAL, 08/27/2026

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