"China Widens Its Clean Energy Lead"
"While Chinese companies continue to expand their dominance of clean energy industries, the data shows, their American counterparts are withdrawing from those sectors."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/15/2026
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Trump EPA Aims To Roll Back Limits On Toxic Wastewater From Coal Plants
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to roll back limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers through polluted groundwater, saying a three-year-old rule is unduly costly for the energy industry at a time when energy demand is spiking."
Source: AP, 05/15/2026"US EPA Proposes Delaying Enforcement Of Biden Vehicle Pollution Rule"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed a delay in enforcement of a regulation requiring significant cuts in air pollution from vehicles."
Source: Reuters, 05/15/2026Watchdog Groups Urge Senate To Investigate Alito Over Oil Stock Conflicts
"The supreme court justice Samuel Alito, who owns stock in oil companies, may be violating court ethics codes by participating in certain cases that could benefit big oil, government watchdog groups say. In a Thursday letter, a coalition of watchdog organizations called on the Senate judiciary committee to investigate Alito, the sole supreme court justice with holdings in energy companies."
Source: Guardian, 05/15/2026Budd-Falen’s Ex-Clients Wanted Bison Off Public Land. Burgum Intervened.
"In administrative cases before DOI, Interior Secretary Burgum intervened to make policy changes that involved or benefited the former legal clients of Karen Budd-Falen, one of his top deputies."
Source: Public Domain, 05/15/2026"Florida to Close Alligator Alcatraz, News Report Says"
"Florida plans to shut down the Everglades migrant detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz as soon as early June, according to a news report."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/15/2026"New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’"
"Legislation that would reduce plastic waste in New York is advancing in the state Legislature amid a contentious debate over chemical recycling." "Environmentalists and some state lawmakers say the process does more harm than good. Plastics producers are pushing back."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/15/2026"The Indiana Community Caught Between Coal And The Data Center Boom"
"In rural Jasper County, two defining energy trends of the Trump era — reviving coal and building gas-powered data centers — are converging."
Source: Canary Media, 05/15/2026Extreme Weather Predicted From Potentially Record-Breaking El Nino
"Seasonal models are predicting an El Nino climate pattern that could be the strongest on record, bringing with it more extreme weather."
Source: AP, 05/15/2026Extreme Heat Could Threaten The World Cup, Endangering Players And Fans
"World Cup matches at open-air venues in North America this summer could be threatened by dangerous heat and humidity, a climate research group says."
Source: Washington Post, 05/15/2026"Something Startling Is Happening In The Gulf Of Mexico"
"Climate change is causing oceans worldwide to warm. But that year, summertime sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico began heating up at about twice the rate seen in the global oceans."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 05/14/2026‘The Only Thing That Terrifies Me Is BYD’: Politicians Quake At Chinese EVs
"The question is when, not if, U.S. and European auto markets will open up to Chinese EV investment."
Source: Politico, 05/14/2026"Six Things To Know About Trump’s FEMA Nominee"
"Cameron Hamilton was acting agency chief last year until he was fired amid clashes with Kristi Noem."
Source: E&E News, 05/14/2026"Trump’s Gas Tax Holiday Pitch Faces Early Capitol Hill Headwinds"
"Interest in a gasoline tax holiday is growing on Capitol Hill following President Donald Trump’s endorsement Monday — but the proposal is also facing pushback from some key Republicans balking at cutting a major source of federal funding."
Source: E&E News, 05/14/2026Bill Sought To Reckon With Sludge Use On New Hampshire Farms: How it Went
"Earlier this year, a proposal from the New Hampshire House sought to pause the practice of applying PFAS-containing sewage sludge to farmland in New Hampshire. But over the course of multiple packed hearings and after a handful of amendments, the bill’s provisions have changed shape, sparking concern among some early supporters."
Source: New Hampshire Bullwtin, 05/14/2026
