Laws & Regulations

"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

"Dying Before Their Day In Court – Syngenta Paraquat Litigation Drags On"

"In the nationwide legal battle between pesticide maker Syngenta and thousands of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease that they blame on exposure to paraquat weed killer, plaintiffs are dying faster than they can get to trial, according to a court filing made this week by lawyers frustrated by repeated delays in the cases."

Source: The New Lede, 06/09/2025

California’s Yurok Tribe Gets Back Ancestral Lands Taken Over 120 Years Ago

"As a youngster, Barry McCovey Jr. would sneak through metal gates and hide from security guards just to catch a steelhead trout in Blue Creek amid northwestern California redwoods. Since time immemorial, his ancestors from the Yurok Tribe had fished, hunted and gathered in this watershed flanked by coastal forests. But for more than 100 years, these lands were owned and managed by timber companies, severing the tribe’s access to its homelands."

Source: AP, 06/06/2025

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