Laws & Regulations

"A Proposal For A Massachusetts Wood-Burning Plant Is Back From The Dead"

"A plan to build a wood-burning power plant in a Massachusetts city once dubbed the asthma capital of the country could be springing back to life years after state and local officials struck it down — and opponents are ready to renew their fight against what many call a ​“zombie project.”"

Source: Canary Media, 06/10/2025

UN Ocean Summit Opens In France As U.S. Government Scientists Stay Away

"World leaders, scientists and officials gathered on Monday to open the third United Nations Ocean Conference and launch a global appeal to save the world's oceans, which scientists say are in bad health." "Glaringly absent are U.S. scientific agencies like NASA and NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Their scientists weren't allowed to attend the summit, say organizers."

Source: NPR, 06/10/2025

"RFK Jr. Purges Every Vaccine Adviser On CDC Panel; Will Pick Replacements"

"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he was removing the entire membership of the influential vaccine advisory panel that makes immunization recommendations for the United States, an unprecedented move by Kennedy and escalation of his overhaul of federal vaccination policy."

Source: Washington Post, 06/10/2025

"Pesticide Report Led By RFK Jr. Draws Fire From Agrichemical Industry"

"A new White House report linking pesticides to children’s health concerns is drawing backlash from farm groups and support from environmental advocates."

Source: Investigate Midwest, 06/09/2025

"Electricity Prices Are Surging. The GOP Megabill Could Push Them Higher."

"The cost of electricity is rising across the country, forcing Americans to pay more on their monthly bills and squeezing manufacturers and small businesses that rely on cheap power. And some of President Trump’s policies risk making things worse, despite his promises to slash energy prices, companies and researchers say."

Source: NYTimes, 06/09/2025

"Trump Approves Expansion of Scandal-Hit Coal Mine"

"The Trump administration on Friday greenlighted the expansion of a scandal-hit underground coal mine in Montana, one of the nation’s largest, cutting short a federal environmental review and putting into action a key element of President Trump’s plan to revive America’s coal industry."

Source: NYTimes, 06/09/2025

Big Bill Hands Public Land Near Minnesota Wilderness To Foreign Mining Company

"A little-known provision of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill would open thousands of acres of public lands at the edge of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters wilderness to a foreign-owned mining company."

Source: Public Domain, 06/09/2025

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