Pollution

Texas Sues To Stop Release Of Data Center Records, Says Could Aid Terrorists

"The Public Utility Commission of Texas is asking a Travis County judge to block the release of information showing where data centers and virtual currency mines operate, saying those details could aid terrorists."

Source: Texas Tribune, 10/08/2026

New Documents Add to Evidence in Climate Deception Case Against ExxonMobil

"Court filings by the Massachusetts attorney general’s office include previously undisclosed documents, revealing new details about internal deliberations at the oil giant."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2026

Oil Industry Won’t Stop One of Its Dirtiest Practices, Even After Pledges

"Norma Lopez Cadena tries to keep her granddaughters indoors — out of sight from the 65-foot flare burning excess gas from more than a dozen oil wells."

Source: Bloomberg, 10/08/2026

Rain Gardens Help Handle Today’s Downpours. They Can Be Beautiful Too.

"Simply put, a rain garden is a depressed bed planted with native perennials and shrubs selected for their high-water tolerance. It’s strategically situated in a spot where water — from downspouts, driveways, compacted soil and other sources of runoff — flows downward toward it. That runoff waters the plants and filters pollutants as the soil absorbs it."

Source: AP, 10/07/2026

EPA’s Atrazine Clean Up Plan Is “Utterly Worthless,” Study Finds

"A US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to reduce the amount of atrazine running off into US rivers, lakes and streams would leave 99% of watersheds contaminated at levels that exceed the agency’s threshold for harm to plants, fish and other species, according to a new study."

Source: The New Lede, 10/07/2026

Decades Later, Big Gap Persists For Key Chesapeake Bay Pollution Goals

"The leaders of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup have officially missed another deadline for achieving their nutrient-reduction targets needed to meet the estuary’s water-quality goals — the third time that’s happened in as many tries."

Source: Bay Journal, 10/06/2026

Supreme Court Hears Case On Holding Big Oil Liable For Climate Change

"The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether to let a novel lawsuit go forward that is seeking to hold two large oil companies liable for the effects of climate change, a decision that will be critical to similar litigation that dozens of states, counties and cities have brought in recent years." "After more than two hours of argument, it was unclear whether the justices would green-light Boulder, Colorado’s novel lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy."

Source: Washington Post, 10/06/2026

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