Gather round, Schauer crew, this week on the podcast we’re discussing a potentially beneficial legal flub from the Trump Administration and what it could mean for major polluters and your community.
I would like to thank everyone for their patience, I was with my family last week and needed a quick break, hopefully y’all didn’t miss me too much. Make sure to check out all the links below to get a fuller rundown on what’s happening with environmental litigation at the moment and be sure to weigh your options (that’s right! The people finally have more options! Huzzah!)
I can’t wait to talk to you all next week, I hope you have a great one!
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Books:
Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine - Thomas Hager
The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell - Luca Turin
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth - Zoe Schlanger
Chain Reaction: How Chemistry Shapes Us and Our World - Ijeoma Uchegbu
All About Allergies: Everything You Need to Know About Asthma, Food Allergies, Hay Fever, and More - Zachary Rubin, MD
Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth — and What To Do About It - Samuel Moyn
New King James Bible (Just in case someone’s like “you didn’t cite all your sources!”) - Luke 8
Links:
Request for Information on Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure on DOE Lands
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/07/2025-05936/request-for-information-on-artificial-intelligence-infrastructure-on-doe-lands
Tech whistleblowers warn AI could wipe out humanity. Doomspeak or not, we must take these claims seriously — (Opinion piece)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/risky-ai-research-pause-humanity
US boomers now sit on a whooping $85.4T in wealth. Why they may be leaving younger generations ‘worse off’
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-boomers-now-sit-whooping-130000865.html
The article where I got “Boomers hold about 51% of total household wealth” — the information is also available via Federal Reserve data
Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email
https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails
EPA endangerment repeal could expose industry to legal blowback
https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-endangerment-repeal-could-expose-industry-to-legal-blowback/
February article.
EPA rollback may worsen Trump’s Supreme Court climate headache
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/14/epa-rollback-trumps-supreme-court-01074999
September article.
Florida Goes to Court and Asserts That OpenAI and Sam Altman Are Legally a Public Nuisance
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2026/08/19/florida-goes-to-court-and-asserts-that-openai-and-sam-altman-are-legally-a-public-nuisance/
Health Alert Issues for Island Park Reservoir after confirming Cyanobacteria
https://localnews8.com/news/2026/07/25/health-alert-issued-for-island-park-reservoir-after-confirming-cyanobacteria/
AI is about to collide with Idaho’s water crisis, and we’re not ready for the consequences — (Commentary piece)
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/05/18/ai-is-about-to-collide-with-idahos-water-crisis-and-were-not-ready-for-the-consequences/
6 data centers hit by lawsuits as Microsoft, xAI battle millions in damages — dozens of gas turbines bypassing dBA monitors plague two US states
https://www.techradar.com/pro/6-data-centers-hit-by-lawsuits-as-microsoft-xai-battle-millions-in-damages-dozens-of-gas-turbines-bypassing-dba-monitors-plague-2-us-states
I’m so devastated I forgot to read this article during the episode but please take time to read it now
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Data Center Noise Pollution, Water Contamination Lawsuits
https://www.classaction.org/data-center-noise-water-pollution-lawsuit
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