Environmental Politics

"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, 04/28/2026

"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

"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

"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, 04/28/2026

"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

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

Trump 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, 04/27/2026

Will Changes to US Forest Service Erase a Century of Historical Documents?

"Sweeping changes underway at the federal agency tasked with protecting the nation’s forests could result in the loss of more than a century of critical historical documents, conservationists warn."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/27/2026

Texas 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

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