Jan Ellen Spiegel

Trump’s High-Profile Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska Has No Takers

Well, well, well - or more to the point, no well. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

Headline card with text at the top that reads: "The US is moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say". A photo below shows people protesting Donald Trump's immigration policies and holding signs.

All unaccompanied immigrant children who are pregnant, many by rape, are being moved to a single facility in Texas in order to avoid providing abortion services in a significant human rights violation, critics say.

Trump DOJ Pushes to Sideline State Bar Ethics Investigations (1) The Justice Department has proposed a regulation seeking to authorize Attorney General Pam Bondi to suspend state bar ethics investigations into current and former DOJ lawyers—a step outside attorneys...

All DOJ lawyers are members of a state or DC bar, and subject to its ethics rules and penalties, up to disbarment. Subverting state bar authorities would give DOJ lawyers carte blanche to violate ethics rules. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Can geothermal technology solve the CT electricity problem? A project underway in New Haven shows the potential of the system, which harnesses heat beneath the earth. But it's not suitable everywhere.

The answer is ...

Can geothermal technology solve the CT electricity problem? A project underway in New Haven shows the potential of the system, which harnesses heat beneath the earth. But it's not suitable everywhere.

The answer is ...

'Endangerment finding' repealed; CT promises legal battle The Environmental Protection Agency revoked its own determination that required it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Some important legal analysis in here.

'Endangerment finding' repealed; CT promises legal battle The Environmental Protection Agency revoked its own determination that required it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Some important legal analysis in here.

Thin natural gas will be cheap? Probably not.

Trump favors natural gas. What does that mean for CT? In some circles natural gas is viewed as the holy grail. In others it's a climate change nightmare. And then there’s everything in between.

Or the rest of the northeast.

Trump favors natural gas. What does that mean for CT? In some circles natural gas is viewed as the holy grail. In others it's a climate change nightmare. And then there’s everything in between.

Or the rest of the northeast.

The head of the E.P.A.’s air and radiation office, Aaron Szabo, said at his Senate confirmation hearing that he had a personal stake in clean-air rules because he suffers from cystic fibrosis. “Because of my lung disease, I have always been acutely aware of air quality,” he said. Mr. Szabo is a former registered lobbyist for the oil and chemical industries. His clients at the firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath included the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, a trade association for oil refiners that has opposed stricter PM2.5 standards.

The guy dismantling air pollution regulations at EPA has cystic fibrosis, a condition severely worsened by air pollution

No one is going to tune in to CBS because they know it won’t be critical of Trump but lots of people will tune out for that reason. Spiking the CECOT story to curry favor is a terrible moral and journalistic decision — but it’s also a terrible business decision.

“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”

Stone tablets and chisels, anyone?

Stone tablets and chisels, anyone?

Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker A new White House webpage presents a “Hall of Shame” for news reports that the president disagrees with, coming after Trump voiced personal attacks on female reporters at ABC, CBS, the New York Times ...

Read this. And then read it again. And again. It gets more shameful each time.

Could CT have a nuclear energy future? Not if you’re in a rush The owner of the one nuclear station in CT sees the challenges of building new nuclear here. If those could be overcome, it would be a long way off.

SMRs may be all the rage - it would help if they existed.

Could CT have a nuclear energy future? Not if you’re in a rush The owner of the one nuclear station in CT sees the challenges of building new nuclear here. If those could be overcome, it would be a long way off.

SMRs may be all the rage - it would help if they existed.

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas. Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

NEW:

In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.

She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.

Then she died.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.

“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”

Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...

Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
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When This Reporter Comes Calling, the White House Insults Go Flying

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CT plans its energy future amid shifting offshore wind, solar policy From politics to federal policies, a lot of uncertainty needs to be resolved before officials can plan to meet CT's future energy needs.

Assuming you like your lights to come on when you hit the light switch, whomever the president is.

CT plans its energy future amid shifting offshore wind, solar policy From politics to federal policies, a lot of uncertainty needs to be resolved before officials can plan to meet CT's future energy needs.

Assuming you like your lights to come on when you hit the light switch, whomever the president is.

CT plans its energy future amid shifting offshore wind, solar policy From politics to federal policies, a lot of uncertainty needs to be resolved before officials can plan to meet CT's future energy needs.

Assuming you like your lights to come on when you hit the light switch, whomever the president is.

Oil and Gas Companies Used Banned Toxic Chemicals Near the Rocky Mountains One of the prohibited substances can cause cancer; new state law forced operators to identify chemicals.

Anyone shocked?

They paved paradise ....

"Journalism is not a crime": Chicago reporters sue Trump over violence at ICE protests Press groups say Trump's agents used force to silence reporters.

www.axios.com/2025/10/06/d...