"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
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"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, 02/26/2026"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, 02/25/2026"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"Trump Spares Power Plants From Mercury Emissions Clampdown"
"The Trump administration is reopening a loophole to allow more mercury emissions from some coal-fired power plants, provoking swift denunciations from public health advocates who said the rollback will leave children at further risk of exposure to the brain-damaging element."
Source: E&E News, 02/24/2026"Supreme Court Accepts Oil Industry’s Bid To Quash Climate Lawsuits"
"The Supreme Court has [agreed to hear] green-lighted the fossil fuel industry’s latest attempt to quash a swath of lawsuits seeking to hold oil companies accountable for the costs of climate change."
Source: E&E News, 02/24/2026"Interior Claws Back NEPA Regs"
"The Department of the Interior issued a final rule that curbs and streamlines its environmental reviews. Critics say the move is illegal."
Source: E&E News, 02/24/2026"A Quiet Climate Retreat At IEA"
"The International Energy Agency downplayed global warming this week amid U.S. pressure."
Source: E&E News, 02/24/2026"Documents Shed New Light On Interior Official's Growing Ethics Scandal"
"President Donald Trump’s Interior Department is withholding key ethics disclosure information for Karen Budd-Falen, a high-ranking agency appointee who is facing calls for an investigation into her financial ties to a massive lithium mining project, Public Domain has learned."
Source: Public Domain, 02/24/2026"Virginia Senate Proposes to End Data Center Tax Exemption in January"
"The Virginia Senate’s Finance and Appropriations Committee approved budget legislation for the coming fiscal year that ends a tax exemption for data centers on January 1."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/24/2026"House GOP Targets Green Groups Over Willow Fight"
"House Republicans are investigating environmental groups over their efforts to stop a major oil and natural gas project in Alaska."
Source: E&E News, 02/23/2026
