People & Population

"Trump’s EPA Is Yanking Support For Electric School Buses"

"There’s $2.3 billion left unspent from a Biden-era clean school bus program. The Trump admin wants more of it to go to buses that run on fuels and not batteries."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/27/2026

"Massie Seeks To Undo Trump’s Pro-Glyphosate Executive Order"

"At least one Republican lawmaker is formally pushing back on President Trump’s effort to boost a controversial herbicide, glyphosate, that’s reviled by supporters of the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement."

Source: The Hill, 02/25/2026

Brown Water And Boil Notices: Small Towns Struggle With Failing Water Systems

"The water looked like coffee as it ran from the tap. Even simple chores like laundry and dishwashing became nearly impossible, the water running like a medium roast brew from the faucet into the sink of Donald Wood’s home, staining clothes and appliances."

Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 02/25/2026

Northeast Digs Out From Big Snowstorm That Disrupted Flights And Schools

"Millions across the northeastern United States on Tuesday contended with treks to school and work as they dug out from a major — and in some areas record-breaking — storm that blanketed the region with snow, canceled flights, disrupted transit and downed power lines."

Source: AP, 02/25/2026

6.5 Million In Somalia Face Acute Hunger Due To Drought: Government And UN

"About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, the government and the United Nations said on Tuesday, sounding the alarm days after the U.N.'s food agency warned that food aid could grind to a halt by April without new funding."

Source: Reuters, 02/25/2026

"Documents Shed New Light On Interior Official's Growing Ethics Scandal"

"President Donald Trump’s Interior Department is withholding key ethics disclosure information for Karen Budd-Falen, a high-ranking agency appointee who is facing calls for an investigation into her financial ties to a massive lithium mining project, Public Domain has learned."

Source: Public Domain, 02/24/2026

"U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS"

"Following a ProPublica article revealing that the U.S. Forest Service had for years issued clothing to wildland firefighters that it knew contained potentially dangerous “forever chemicals,” the agency has stopped distributing those garments."

Source: ProPublica, 02/24/2026

"Jesse Jackson’s Vision For America Embraced Environmental Justice"

"Peggy Shepard walked into her living room on Tuesday morning when her husband told her Jesse Jackson, the civil rights titan from South Carolina, had died. “Immediately tears started coming,” said Shepard, co-founder and executive director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a New York City-based nonprofit."

Source: Grist/WBEZ, 02/23/2026

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