Sunday, January 18, 2026

We’re racing down the highway to a Mad Max World

There’s a Degrowth Exit Up Ahead.

EPA moves to value human lives at zero in air pollution rules while prioritizing...

Internal documents show the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning decades of public health accounting in favor of business compliance costs.

Congress passes final spending bill with cuts to EPA, Interior budgets

The bill passed after a year of mass firings were conducted by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

Trump’s EPA could limit its own ability to use new science to strengthen air...

In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.

Local ordinances grant legal rights to native stingless bees in Peruvian Amazon

This marks the first time insects have received legal rights to exist, thrive, and be defended in court in the Satipo province and Nauta town.

Trump admin orders pause of 5 major offshore wind projects on East Coast

The Trump administration said there will be a 90-day pause to allow the Interior Department and other agencies to work with project developers to determine if the perceived security threats can be mitigated.

Open letter calls on country’s largest tech company CEOs to power data centers with...

AI data center proposals across Indiana are said to have utility companies profiting and raising costs for customers.

How MAGA changed the world in 2025, and what comes next

Amid the domestic and geopolitical mayhem unleashed by Donald Trump’s return to the White House, powerful interests were busy enacting a radical anti-democratic agenda.

Trump plan to dismantle US weather research hub alarms scientists and state officials

A proposal by the Trump administration to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research has sparked warnings from scientists, university leaders, and Colorado officials who say the move could undermine public safety, economic stability, and decades of shared scientific infrastructure.

House vote advances SPEED Act as 11 Democrats join Republicans to weaken NEPA protections

Climate and frontline groups warn the permitting bill would gut public oversight, fast track polluting projects, and undermine one of the nation’s foundational environmental laws.