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Forest Service shakeup tests political independence
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (187+ words) By Marc Heller | 04/01/2026 01:10 PM EDT The agency's planned restructuring may succeed or fail based on local managers' freedom to make decisions, a former official says. A door knocker made for the Forest Service is shown at Western Heritage on Jan....
Trump wins labor rights fight at Mexican mine
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (183+ words) By Hannah Northey | 04/01/2026 01:07 PM EDT U.S. officials last year argued that the operator of the Camino Rojo mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, used violence and intimidation to interfere with workers" rights. The Department of Labor Building is seen on March 26, 2020, in Washington....
Trump’s opposition to renewables stalls rural energy grants
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (197+ words) By Marc Heller | 04/01/2026 01:08 PM EDT USDA said it won't accept grant applications on the rural energy program until new limits on renewable energy are in place. Sheep graze at a solar farm at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Heather…...
Illinois balks at climate superfund bill
10+ hour, 16+ min ago (251+ words) By Jeffrey Tomich | 04/01/2026 06:20 AM EDT The measure would have required that major climate polluters pay into a state resilience fund. But the bill didn't attract enough support in the Democratic-controlled Statehouse. Haze from Western wildfires obscures the Chicago skyline as…...
Pressure grows for nuclear power to get steel in the ground
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (205+ words) By Francisco "A.J." Camacho | 03/31/2026 06:57 AM EDT The first huge wave of new data centers is targeted for 2028. The U.S. nuclear expansion is on a much slower timeline. A data center owned by Amazon Web Services (front right) is under construction next to…...
How Tucson convinced its utility to back a climate fund
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (223+ words) By Jason Plautz | 03/31/2026 06:55 AM EDT By threatening to create a public utility, city officials helped steer Tucson Electric Power toward an agreement where it would spend $56 million over 25 years on climate action. Storm clouds loom behind the skyline of Tucson,…...
How Tuscon convinced its utility to back a climate fund
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (223+ words) By Jason Plautz | 03/31/2026 06:20 AM EDT By threatening to create a public utility, city officials helped steer Tucson Electric Power toward an agreement where it would spend $56 million over 25 years on climate action. Storm clouds loom behind the skyline of Tucson,…...
DOE, Amazon team tap AI for mineral recycling effort
2+ day, 24+ min ago (121+ words) By Hannah Northey | 03/30/2026 04:12 PM EDT The project will focus on recovering valuable minerals and metals from used clothing and electronics. The Department of Energy headquarters is seen in Washington on Sept. 16, 2022. Francis Chung/POLITICO The Department of Energy and Amazon…...
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2+ day, 23+ min ago (12+ words) Judge nixes Trump changes to Endangered Species Act regs'E&E News by POLITICO...
No one wanted to redevelop this polluted property. Then came AI.
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1719+ words) By Miranda Willson | 03/30/2026 01:23 PM EDT The Trump administration sees abandoned industrial sites as ripe for building data centers. A Wisconsin city offers an $8 billion test case. A view of the General Motors plant in Janesville, Wisconsin. The site is being…...