Laws & Regulations

The Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal

"Some of the Trump administration’s partners could remain anonymous, hidden behind a parent company based in Barbados. The oil deal is designed to prevent future U.S. presidents and Venezuelan leaders from changing or dismantling the enterprise."

Source: ProPublica, 10/22/2026

Spanberger Wants 6-Year Rate-Hike Freeze If Dominion-Next Era Merger OKd

"Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is pushing for a six-year pause on electricity rate hikes in the commonwealth as part of a merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy."

Source: The Hill, 10/21/2026

Judge Weighs Challenge To Trump’s East Potomac Golf Takeover

"A federal judge on Monday pressed the Trump administration about President Trump’s plan to shut down and renovate East Potomac Park next month despite a previous court order barring any future work at the property while a lawsuit to stop it plays out." 

Source: The Hill, 10/21/2026

Trump Gives Contentious New York Pipeline A Defense Production Act Boost

"The Trump administration is giving a defense-related boost to a contentious pipeline in the Northeast U.S. The Energy Department said Monday that it would give up to $42 million from the Defense Production Act for the Constitution Pipeline project that would transport natural gas from Pennsylvania to New York."

Source: The Hill, 10/21/2026

Wyoming Environmental Groups Debate Best Way to Manage Data Center Growth

"Concerns about siting, water and electricity demand have led to calls for more oversight of data center construction in the Cowboy State, but not alignment on how to achieve it."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/20/2026

Judge Refuses DOJ’s Demand To Step Aside From Golf Course Hearing

"A federal judge refused the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) demand to step aside from a key hearing on Monday over the future of East Potomac Park, which President Trump wants to renovate into a championship-style golf course."

Source: The Hill, 10/20/2026

‘Pitchfork Populism’ Over Data Centers Rattles Ohio’s U.S. Senate Race

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A proposal for a large data center has upended politics in this Republican-leaning suburb of Columbus. That could spell trouble for U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, a longtime fixture in state Republican politics who was appointed to his seat in 2025 after former Sen. J.D. Vance became vice president. Husted is running against Sherrod Brown, a Democrat who served three terms in the Senate before losing his seat two years ago."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/20/2026

Criminal Networks Threaten The Amazon. Indigenous Leaders Want UN To Act

"Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking and deforestation to a United Nations conference in Vienna starting Monday."

Source: AP, 10/20/2026

Fla. Cleanup Set to Begin This Fall, Decades After Superfund Designation

"Plenty of storms have hit Pensacola, Florida’s westernmost city, in the 450 years since its founding, but among the worst has been the storm over the toxic waste site nicknamed “Mount Dioxin.”

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/20/2026

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