Environmental Politics

"Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants"

"The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it planned to relax a Biden-era rule that requires grocery stores, air-conditioning companies, semiconductor plants and others to sharply and rapidly reduce some powerful greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment."

Source: NYTimes, 10/02/2025

National Parks Open With Limited Staff. Oil/Gas Permitting Continues Apace

"On Tuesday evening, with the federal government on the brink of a shutdown, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum took to social media to tout the agency’s deployment of autonomous lawnmowers on the National Mall and at several other National Park sites."

Source: Public Domain, 10/02/2025

Despite Trump Efforts to Suppress It, Climate Science Is Alive and Well Online

"Researchers across the United States and the world who raced to protect climate data, public reports and other information from the Trump administration’s budget cuts, firings and scrubbing of federal websites are launching their own climate information portals."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/02/2025

Federal Agents Shove Journalists At NYC Immigration Court, Hospitalizing One

"Federal agents grabbed and shoved journalists in a hallway outside a New York City immigration court on Tuesday, sending one to the hospital in the latest clash between authorities enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and members of the public seeking to observe and document their actions."

Source: AP, 10/02/2025

As Trump Cuts NSF By 56 Percent, Arctic Research Center Closes Its Doors

"After nearly 40 years, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, or ARCUS, will close September 30, a casualty of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts and his administration’s focus on using the Arctic as an outpost for national security and energy dominance — and its push away from science."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/01/2025

"How Big Sugar Pushed Fluoride — New Study Alleges A Century Of Spin"

"The sugar industry and companies that make sweet drinks and foods have spent nearly a century downplaying sugar’s role in health problems and distorting the science around fluoride — and the practice continues today, according to a new study."

Source: The New Lede, 10/01/2025

Alaskan Graphite Mine Races Toward Approval Without Required Tribal Consent

"A project in western Alaska is being fast-tracked in a process that has not yet included legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities."

Source: Grist, 10/01/2025

Virginia Legislation to Manage Data Center Growth Is Stalling

"The state with the most data centers is struggling to enact laws to protect electric customers and limit the energy and environmental impacts of their explosive growth."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/01/2025

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