February 25, 2026

 

Consumers Energy is seeking federal approval to pass $42 million in operating costs to run a Michigan coal plant onto utility customers following Trump orders to keep it open. (Lucas Larson/Mlive)

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President Trump ordered the military to purchase more energy generated by coal companies, experts warn it could raise electricity prices and drive significant pollution. (Evan Halper/The Washington Post)

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is erasing the scientific “endangerment finding” - that climate change endangers human health – which served as legal basis for federal climate policy, ending the government's legal authority to control pollution and set limits on greenhouse gas emissions. (Lisa Friedman/The New York Times)

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Cubans are increasingly adopting electric vehicles as the fuel crisis worsens following the US oil blockade to the country. (Reuters)

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A coalition of scientific and history organizations sued the Trump administration saying removal of information about civil rights, climate change at national parks amounts to illegal censorship. (Matthew Daly/The Associated Press)

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The Supreme Court agreed to take a case examining whether states and cities can sue fossil fuel companies over harm caused by climate change. (Justin Jouvenal/The Washington Post)

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The Trump administration threatened to pull the US out of the world’s leading energy agency unless it abandoned its focus on tackling climate change. (Brad Plumer/The New York Times)

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And then there’s this

 

Ski techs reflect on US Olympic medal wins following the first-ever ban on ski waxes containing “forever chemicals.” (Tik Root/Grist)