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Why the tab for powering data centers will keep rising — despite Trump’s pledge Trump’s promise to protect power customers’ wallets from data centers covers only part of the costs of expanding AI.

Ordinary Americans are still on the hook for funding the U.S. data center boom — despite President Donald Trump’s promises Tuesday night and the tech industry's pledges to shoulder more of the costs. @zcolman.bsky.social and Peter Behr

www.eenews.net/articles/why...

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows

Chronic ocean heating is fuelling a “staggering and deeply concerning” loss of marine life, a study has found, with fish levels falling by 7.2% from as little as 0.1C of warming per decade.
By Ajit Niranjan www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gas-guzzler revival risks dead-end future for U.S. automakers Detroit under Donald Trump has rediscovered its love of the gas engine. But long-term, it risks sending automakers off a cliff. Read here

Abandoning EVs risks sending US automakers off a cliff. EVs sell, particularly Chinese high-tech, low-cost cars. If US automakers turn their backs on EVs, their sales outside the US will shrivel. @keithnaughton.bsky.social, David Welch
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E&E News: Regulators rely on fossil fuel industry data. How often is it wrong? From Colorado to Texas, government officials are grappling with concerns about unreliable reports from oil and gas companies.

Oily fraud!

Oil and gas operators are supposed to report to regulators details of emissions, the amount of crude spilled, well pressure test results and how much gas is coming out of a well. But some companies have faked data. By Shelby Webb
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As Trump Obliterates Climate Efforts, States Try to Fill the Gap

Democratic-led states are accelerating efforts to curb climate change as action stalls in Washington. Their initiatives took on new urgency when Trump stopped regulating greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels, the main driver of Earth’s dangerous warming. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...

The greening of career education: US students learn new skills as climate crisis intensifies Some districts are adding programs in clean energy and sustainability, while one state is infusing environmental lessons into culinary education and construction

Despite Tr$mp, school systems in blue and red states are adding classes in clean energy and infusing environmental sustainability lessons in construction, culinary and other career pathways, an effort to prepare students for a workplace altered by climate change. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Expanded Arctic Drilling Faces a Wave of Lawsuits - Inside Climate News The Trump administration is opening subsistence habitat critical to Alaska Native hunters to oil drilling. Indigenous groups say the move violates a previous agreement.

Another payoff to Big Oil!

Trump is opening subsistence habitat critical to Alaska Native hunters to oil drilling, violating agreements. Environmentalists and an Iñupiat group filed lawsuits to block drilling on 5.5 million acres. @nkus.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1902202...

Paris Court Holds Historic Climate Trial in Case Against TotalEnergies - Inside Climate News The lawsuit challenges the oil major’s expansion plans and could set a significant precedent on climate responsibilities for fossil fuel companies if successful, advocates say.

Paris Court Holds Historic Climate Trial Against TotalEnergies challenging the oil major’s expansion plans. The case would set an important precedent for corporate climate accountability that could have ripple effects far beyond France. @danad1012.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1902202...

Our take: “EPA's report shows how badly we need strong clean car standards.With Trump killing strong standards and eliminating penalties for cheating, automakers will be free to guzzle and pollute and consumers will be forced to pay for more gas at the pump.” biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

US succeeds in erasing climate from global energy body’s priorities Trump’s energy chief had threatened to leave the International Energy Agency if it continued to focus on climate.

What a bunch of weenies! Call his bluff or let US go!

US succeeds in erasing climate from global energy body’s priorities. Tr$mp’s energy chief had threatened to leave the International Energy Agency if it continued to focus on climate. @elenagiordano.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/us-s...

Ha! JD Vance’s motorcade just passed the regular Thursday morning Honk If You Hate Trump protest. And all the limos and secret service vehicles were blaring their sirens. So you know what that means!

Groups sue over Trump effort to ‘erase’ history, science in national parks The coalition behind the lawsuit argues the alterations, or potential changes, at various parks undermine their very purpose to educate and enlighten Americans.

A coalition of scientific, preservation and historical groups sued the Trump administration, arguing that the removal of information about civil rights, climate change and other topics at national parks amounts to illegal censorship.
@bradydennis.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

E.P.A. Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule

“We’re suing to stop Trump from torching our kids’ future in favor of a monster handout to oil companies. Consumers will pay more to fill up, and our skies and oceans will fill up with more pollution, all based on political poppycock, not science or law. David Pettit @biologicaldiversity.org

What Trump’s Emissions Rollback Means for Drivers The Trump administration’s rejection of the endangerment ruling that said greenhouse gas is dangerous has triggered vigorous pushback.

Our take: “They’re popping champagne corks at the OPEC and GM headquarters but also in Beijing, where China’s EV makers will face no competition from the US to dominate the world’s clean car market.” Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org
By Jim Motavalli www.autoweek.com/news/a703945...

Mourning Dick Ottinger, an early, strong and outspoken environmental champion in Congress and out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

Our take: The Trump administration “is telling American manufacturers, ‘You guys go build gasoline cars again. The Chinese government is telling its manufacturers, ‘You go build the advanced vehicles that are going take over the world.” Becker @biologicaldiversity.org www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

Our take: Vehicles that burn more fuel cost car owners more at the pump, in addition to the costs to the climate, public health and industrial competitiveness, said Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org By Hiroko Tabuchi www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...

Sustainable Switch: Trump administration repeals crucial climate law The Trump administration has overturned an Obama-era legal analysis underpinning greenhouse gas rules.

Our take: Trump's move would hurt the global climate while helping China's fast-growing clean energy industry. "They’re popping champagne corks... in Beijing, where China’s EV makers will face no competition from the US to dominate the world’s clean car market," www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Our take: “This is flat-Earth science. They’re essentially taking robust science that has only become more clear since the endangerment finding was issued and they’re saying that it’s, as Trump puts it, a hoax” Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org @umairfan.bsky.social www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...

Donald Trump revoking major climate finding alarms scientists Trump revoked the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, sparking alarm among scientists.

Our take: This lawless decision was precooked to benefit polluters. Trump is giving his Big Oil and Big Auto toadies a giant gift while the rest of us get more extreme storms, heart disease and asthma." Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org By Jasmine Laws

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Our take: They’re popping champagne corks at the OPEC and GM headquarters but also in Beijing, where China’s EV makers will face no competition from the US to dominate the world’s clean car market." Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org @tsspangler.bsky.social
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

The First Casualty of Trump’s Climate Action Repeal: The U.S. EV Transition - Inside Climate News Tailpipe standards meant to hasten adoption of electric vehicles were slashed alongside the scientific basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions. That will come at a cost.

Our take: US automakers will fall further behind China in a global market committed to a transition to EVs. “Families will suffer long-term harms so that giant auto and oil companies can pocket short-term profits,” @mlavelle.bsky.social @dangearino.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/1302202...

Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate The Environmental Protection Agency finishes the repeal of the “endangerment finding,” a landmark legal opinion underpinning policies regulating climate change.

Our take: “American families will suffer long-term harms so that giant auto and oil companies can pocket short-term profits.” It will leave the US woefully behind in the global transition toward EVs. DanBecker @biologicaldiversity.org
@bradydennis.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate The Environmental Protection Agency finishes the repeal of the “endangerment finding,” a landmark legal opinion underpinning policies regulating climate change.

Our take: “The EPA is killing the biggest single step any nation has taken to save oil, save consumers money at the pump and combat global warming,” Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org
By Jake Spring, Ambrosia Wojahn and @bradydennis.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

EPA to rescind landmark 2009 'endangerment finding' on greenhouse gases' harmful effect on climate The Trump administration is rescinding the Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 'endangerment finding' on greenhouse gases' environmental harm.

Our take: “Trump justifies this assault on science and our health by falsely claiming that US climate-heating pollution doesn’t matter and that it lacks the authority to cut it. That’s a lie, and any 6-year-old knows it’s wrong to lie,” Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org abcnews.com/US/epa-resci...

'Let Kids with Asthma Suffer': Trump to Reverse Landmark EPA 'Endangerment Finding': 'BradCast' 2/11 Guest: Dan Becker of the Center for Biological Diversity Also: Mysterious El Paso, TX airport closure Bondi unravels in Congress... There is, as usual, too much going on at once. That is, of course, b...

Our take: Trump will revoke the Endangerment Finding and the biggest single step that any nation has ever taken to cut pollution." Car pollution is "the biggest source of emissions in the US." Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org
@thebradblog.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/story/2026/2...

Trump set to dismantle US climate rules in ‘betrayal’ of global goals The White House describes the move as ‘the largest deregulatory action in American history’

Our take: “The EPA is killing the biggest single step any nation has taken to save oil, save consumers money at the pump, and combat global warming,” Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org @stuti.bsky.social www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...

US to scrap legal cornerstone of climate regulations this week President Donald Trump is set this week to scrap a landmark scientific finding that greenhouse gases jeopardize public health by driving climate change -- the bedrock of US regulations to

Our take: "The administration is "stoking oil demand at home by pushing for more gas guzzlers," while presenting a gift to China's electric vehicle makers who would no longer face meaningful US competition. Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org @issamahmed.bsky.social www.foxbangor.com/news/nationa...

Trump set to repeal landmark climate finding in huge regulatory rollback this week The administration of President Donald Trump is set this week to overturn an Obama-era scientific finding that carbon dioxide endangers human health, removing the legal basis for federal greenhouse ga...

Our take: Tr$mp would hurt the global climate while helping China's fast-growing clean energy industry, "They’re popping champagne corks...in Beijing, where China’s EV makers will face no competition from the US to dominate the world’s clean car market.”
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Oil, auto lobbies and right wing crackpots poised to kill climate solutions!
In the coming days, Tr$mp's EPA is expected to revoke a scientific determination that has underpinned the federal government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...