"Trump’s High-Profile Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska Has No Takers"
"No companies bid for the chance to drill in more than 1 million acres of water off Alaska’s Cook Inlet, the Interior Department said Wednesday."
Source: NYTimes, 03/05/2026
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"The Most Imperiled Terrestrial Ecosystem On The Planet"
"High along the Southwind Nature Trail, the tallgrass prairie waves in all directions, a mix of present-day reality and historical mirage stretching to the horizon much as it did more than 150 years ago." "Today, the vast majority of what was an estimated 140 million to 170 million acres of tallgrass prairie is gone, plowed under by 19th century agricultural sprawl and the development that followed."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 03/05/2026Scientists Create Autism Panel, Citing RFK Jr.’s Politicization Of Research
"A group of prominent scientists launched an independent autism advisory panel Tuesday over fears that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has politicized the key federal autism advisory board he oversees."
Source: Washington Post, 03/05/2026"After a Lawsuit, USDA Agrees To Share Climate Risk Data With Farmers"
"Shortly after President Donald Trump took office last January, employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture were reportedly instructed to flag and delete any webpages that mentioned climate change — including resources used by farmers to prepare for extreme weather. In response, a group of environmental and agricultural nonprofits sued the agency over the loss of critical information. In May, just days before a scheduled hearing, the USDA announced it would restore its climate webpages."
Source: Grist, 03/05/2026Chemical Giant's Violations Threaten Drinking Water in Durham, N.C.
"Brenntag Mid-South continues to amass serious environmental violations related to its chemical repackaging plant in East Durham, where state inspectors cited the company in November for failing to clean up leaking barrels on the property."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/05/2026Bill Gates–Backed Nuclear Power Plant Just Got Cleared To Start Building
"TerraPower, a Bill Gates–backed nuclear power start-up, received the federal green light to start building a power plant in Wyoming. The approval paves the way for the first new commercial nuclear reactor in the U.S. in nearly a decade."
Source: Scientific American, 03/05/2026Is Your Data Center Getting A Big Discount On Electricity? That’s Redacted
"The surge of new data center development is making people worried. How much energy and water will these resource-hungry centers consume? Will they drive new fossil fuel pollution? How much will household electricity prices go up? These questions have answers, but in many cases, the details of new data centers are blocked from public view."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 03/04/2026Probe Finds ‘Secretly’ Added Chemicals Of Unknown Safety In US Food Supply
"At least 111 substances of unknown safety have been added to foods, drinks and supplements sold in the United States without alerting the US Food and Drug Administration, a new investigation found."
Source: CNN, 03/04/2026Trump NMFS Considers Looser Protections For North Atlantic Right Whale
"The Trump administration on Tuesday took the first step toward loosening regulations that protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes."
Source: Reuters, 03/04/2026"Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump"
"As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/04/2026Experts Condemn Partisan Attack on Scientific Reference Manual for Judges
"Scientists, engineers, lawyers, statisticians and other experts sounded the alarm Monday about the recent decision to remove a chapter on climate science from an influential reference manual designed to help judges understand complex scientific evidence."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/04/2026"Tiny Texas School District Rejects Tax Deal with $6 Billion LNG Project"
"The Point Isabel Independent School District on Monday rejected a multi-million dollar tax break for a proposed $5.7 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on the Texas Gulf Coast, finding the facility would not “align” with the community’s values or finances."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/04/2026Park Service Saw Major Job Losses in the Last Year. More Changes Loom.
"President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes at the National Park Service have destabilized the agency and its core missions, critics say."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/04/2026Trump EPA Moves To Kill System That Protects US From Chemical Disasters
"The Trump administration is slowly dismantling the federal disaster management system that protects the nation from chemical catastrophes, such as fires and explosions at high-risk facilities."
Source: Guardian, 03/03/2026"Dow Asks Texas to Legalize Plastic Pollution From Its Seadrift Complex"
"Facing multiple lawsuits, Dow requests an “unprecedented” permit amendment to authorize its discharge of polyethylene pellets into coastal waters."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/03/2026
