Lawmakers adjourned without passing a single measure addressing data center expansion, tax breaks or consumer protections.

By Ryan Krugman

When the final gavel fell on Georgia’s legislative session, Big Tech and Georgia Power had little reason to be disappointed.

Bills to Protect Ratepayers From Data Centers Fail in Georgia Legislature

The nation’s top agricultural producer could ban pesticides with PFAS after researchers found the “forever chemicals” on 40 percent of the conventional produce grown in the state.

By Liza Gross

California Assemblymember Nick Schultz is leading an effort to phase out the use of pesticides containing toxic “forever chemicals” to safeguard the nation’s produce.

California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops

An Inside Climate News analysis found the department lost 21 percent of its workforce in 2025. Those cuts have thrown it into disarray.

By Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous

Amanda Koehler has spent the past decade working to help young and first-time farmers gain access to land—the single biggest obstacle for people who aspire to grow crops or raise animals but can’t afford the soaring cost of acreage.

Under Trump, the Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts