‘Pink Slime’ Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms
"Partisan websites disguised as independent, local news outlets are shaping chatbots’ responses about key races."
Source: POLITICO, 09/28/2026
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California Rules On Air Pollution From Ships Under Challenge
"Congress recently challenged California’s authority to regulate air pollution from cargo ships and large commercial boats, opening the door to dirtier air in portside communities."
Source: Los Angeles Times, 09/28/2026In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life
"On a spring day last year, Andrew Willoughby drove three and a half hours to a cheap motel in Nags Head, N.C. From the parking lot, he texted a stranger he had met online."
Source: New York Times, 09/28/2026New Jersey Datacenter Fined $1.1M For Dozens Of Unpermitted Generators
"New Jersey regulators issued their largest-ever fine against a datacenter on Tuesday following a recent Floodlight investigation with the Guardian that found DataOne’s facility in Vineland operating at least 45 gas-powered generators without a state permit."
Source: Floodlight, 09/28/2026Trump WH Considers Building Baseball Park In Grand Teton National Park
"Major League Baseball has approached the Trump administration about hosting a game at a national park, officials from the White House and MLB confirmed Saturday."
Source: Washington Post, 09/28/2026EPA and HHS Team Up On Expanded Review Of Glyphosate Weedkiller Safety
"US officials said this week they are expanding a scientific review of the widely used weed killer glyphosate, a chemical popular in agriculture but also linked for years to cancer and other health problems."
Source: The New Lede, 09/25/2026Anthropic AI Is Teaching Itself Biology. Now It’s Made Its First Discovery.
"Biologists at Anthropic announced on Wednesday that they had used artificial intelligence to identify genes in viruses that produce enzymes that work in a new way, the first discovery emanating from a research lab the company opened this spring."
Source: New York Times, 09/25/2026Foreign Fishing Fleets Are Robbing West African Countries of Key Nutrients
"Seafood isn’t just a key source of protein and calories; it’s also where millions around the world get essential vitamins and minerals needed to build tissue, fight infections and grow. Yet, as modern mechanized fishing fleets plunder global waters, populations in low-income countries are losing out."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/25/2026Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine
"A bunch of sharks cruising the Maine coast may seem ominous, but it’s actually a conservation success story."
Source: WIRED, 09/25/2026‘All We Could See Was Red’: The Wildfires Choking Indonesian Borneo
"For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fueled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern."
Source: New York Times, 09/25/2026Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath River Dam Removals, Study Finds
"The Klamath River, cleared of big barriers for the first time in more than a century after the largest dam removal project in American history, is experiencing a significant rebound of native chinook salmon, according to a new study."
Source: New York Times, 09/25/2026A New Fleet Of Electric School Buses Hits New York City Streets
"School districts nationwide are grappling with record diesel prices this fall as they resume shuttling students back and forth. But filling up isn’t a problem for some of the newest buses in New York City. That’s because these 10 long, yellow vehicles plug into the electric grid."
Source: Canary Media, 09/25/2026Bear Encounters Are Rising Across The United States. Here’s Why.
"Agencies in at least 15 states have reported increased calls this year, as drought and population growth drive the animals closer to people in search of food."
Source: Washington Post, 09/25/2026A Battle Brews Over Maine’s Salmon Farms
"Lobstermen and salmon conservationists say industrial aquaculture is ruining the health of Maine’s waters and threatening its fishing heritage."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/25/2026At UN, Panama Champions a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Nature
"From the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino called on fellow leaders to support a treaty affirming that nature has inherent rights."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/25/2026
