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Trump Shifts $2.3 Billion School Bus Program to Natural Gas, Delays Virginia Paraquat Ban While NASA Targets March Moon Launch — Today’s Environmental Briefing for Sat, Feb 21 2026

The Trump administration redirects Biden's electric school bus initiative toward natural gas alternatives as Virginia postpones banning Parkinson's-linked paraquat pesticide. Meanwhile, NASA announces early March launch for Artemis II's historic return to lunar orbit and Sicily investigates creative trash-dumping scheme involving trained dogs. Read the full article

February 12, 2026

Don’t panic: why the ai data center electricity boom may be more manageable than you think

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centers has triggered widespread alarm about electricity demands, with critics warning of grid overloads, skyrocketing utility bills, and accelerated…

February 12, 2026

Brazilian mining financier sentenced to 22 years for devastating illegal gold operation in amazon indigenous territory

A Brazilian federal court has delivered a landmark sentence of more than 22 years in prison to Rodrigo Martins de Mello, known as “Rodrigo Cataratas,” for…

February 12, 2026

Trump administration repeals key climate rule, but legal challenges and industry pushback may derail the move

The Trump administration has formally repealed the EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding” – a foundational climate rule that classifies greenhouse gases as dangerous air pollutants. This sweeping…

February 12, 2026

Quechua women transform ancient conflict with pumas into revolutionary conservation model in peru’s andes

High in Peru’s Ayacucho region, Indigenous Quechua women are rewriting centuries of human-wildlife conflict, turning their fear of mountain cats into a groundbreaking conservation success story.…

February 12, 2026

Trump administration eliminates critical air pollution monitoring program at industrial coke facilities, citing national security concerns

The Trump administration has terminated a federal program that monitored dangerous carcinogen levels at coke oven facilities across the United States, a move that environmental advocates…

February 12, 2026

Earth’s climate system faces unprecedented disruption as warming accelerates beyond natural cycles

Scientists are sounding urgent warnings about Earth’s rapidly destabilizing climate system, comparing the situation to a playground swing that has been gently rocking for thousands of…

February 12, 2026

Trump’s argentina beef import deal faces criticism from ranchers and climate experts who say it won’t lower prices

President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to increase beef imports from Argentina by 80,000 metric tons this year is drawing sharp criticism from both American cattle…

February 12, 2026

New research reveals hair extensions marketed to black women contain dangerous carcinogens and toxic chemicals

A groundbreaking study has uncovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in hair extensions primarily used by Black women, including substances linked to breast cancer and other…

February 11, 2026

Southeast utilities may be building too much gas infrastructure for ai data centers that may never come

Power companies across the Southeast are rushing to build expensive new fossil fuel infrastructure to meet projected energy demands from AI data centers—but a new study…

February 11, 2026

Trump Orders Defense Department to Buy Coal Power While UK Records Wettest January in Century — Today’s Environmental Briefing for Wed, Feb 11 2026

Coal-fired power plant smokestacks releasing steam against cloudy sky

President Trump directs military to purchase electricity from coal plants despite expert warnings, as Britain experiences its wettest January in over 100 years. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania county blocks massive data center development over energy concerns.

February 11, 2026

Climate change forces homebuyers to weigh new risks as extreme weather reshapes real estate decisions

The traditional home-buying checklist—considering commute times, mortgage rates, and kitchen size—now includes a sobering new factor: climate resilience. As extreme weather events intensify across the country,…

February 11, 2026

Mexico proposes weakening protection for world’s most endangered marine mammal as only 10 vaquita porpoises remain

Mexican government officials are considering a controversial proposal to scale back critical fishing regulations that protect the last 10 vaquita porpoises on Earth. The world’s smallest…

February 11, 2026

Astronomers celebrate victory as chile cancels $10 billion industrial project that threatened world’s clearest skies

The global scientific community is celebrating a major environmental victory following Chile’s decision to cancel a massive industrial project that would have compromised some of the…

February 11, 2026

Uk residents face pfas contamination in food while eu moves toward blanket ban on forever chemicals

A disturbing case in Lancashire highlights the UK government’s inadequate response to dangerous “forever chemicals” contamination, even as the European Union advances comprehensive restrictions on these…

February 11, 2026

Trump orders defense department to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants despite expert warnings

President Donald Trump announced an executive order on Wednesday directing the U.S. Department of Defense to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants, a move that has…

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