"Data Center Boom Raises Environmental Justice Concerns In Maryland"
"As Staci Hartwell sees it, her community has much more to lose than to gain from the development of a massive data center."
Source: Bay Journal, 06/01/2026
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SEC Repealing Rule That Requires Firms To Report Emissions And Climate Risk
"In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed repealing a rule that requires some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and the risks they face from global warming."
Source: AP, 06/01/2026
"Trump Moves To Open Federal Lands To More Off-Road Vehicle Use"
"Executive orders limiting off-road vehicle access to federal lands signed decades ago by Presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter have been revoked by President Donald Trump, drawing concerns over possible impacts to Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands and perhaps some in the National Park System."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 06/01/2026
"Environmentalists Turn Out in Force to Oppose Trump Coal Ash Rollbacks"
"At a virtual public comment hearing hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, a long line of environmental advocates voiced strong opposition to proposed new regulations weakening requirements that utilities must follow in cleaning up toxic coal ash residue at hundreds of sites across the country at which coal was burned to produce electricity."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/29/2026
House Spending Plan Slaps Hefty Inspection Fees On Offshore Wind Projects
"The Republican appropriations bill for the Interior Department proposes per-turbine fees for wind projects, potentially boosting those costs much higher than fees paid by oil and gas companies."
Source: E&E News, 05/29/2026
"EPA’s Power Plant Repeal Could Leave Some Rules In Place"
"EPA’s efforts to undo Biden-era climate rules for power plants could get a major overhaul before they clear White House review, according to some insiders watching the process."
Source: E&E News, 05/29/2026
"Water Shortages Worsen Across Cuba As Oil Supplies Dwindle"
"Nearly 3 million Cubans experience water shortages every day because of a severe oil shortage that government officials blame on a U.S. energy blockade, authorities said late Wednesday during a roundtable discussion regarding the impact of the ongoing blockade."
Source: AP, 05/29/2026
6,000-Acre Solar Project Permit Nixed By Ohio Supreme Court, For Now
"The Ohio Supreme Court overturned a permit that state officials previously granted to a massive, 6,000-acre industrial-scale solar farm and battery operation in Madison County."
Source: Signal Ohio, 05/28/2026
"Residents Wrangle Over Transmission Line Proposal for Rural Virginia"
"GOOCHLAND, Va.—Deborah Blackburn leaned on her cane in a line to enter the Central High Cultural and Educational Complex, angst-ridden over a giant transmission line proposal for reasons that are common refrains here: It’s all to benefit data centers in Northern Virginia, and it will disrupt the rural character here outside Richmond."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/28/2026
China's New Carbon Metrics 'Erased Half' Of Emissions Growth: Report
"China's latest carbon data suggests it has changed the way it calculates carbon emissions, reducing by half the emissions growth the country previously reported from 2020 to 2025, climate researchers argue in a new report."
Source: Reuters, 05/28/2026
