Pollution

"Judge Halts Trump Administration Effort To Axe New York Congestion Pricing"

"A judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program, which imposes a significant toll on cars entering part of Manhattan."

Source: The Hill, 05/29/2025

"EPA Grants Pollution Permit To Gulf Coast Fish Farm"

"A planned fish farm off Florida’s Gulf Coast has received an environmental permit allowing operators to discharge nutrient-laden water from what could be the first commercial-scale saltwater aquaculture operation in the Gulf of Mexico."

Source: E&E News, 05/28/2025

RFK Jr. Threatens To Bar Govt Scientists From Publishing In Medical Journals

"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to stop government scientists from publishing their work in major medical journals on a podcast Tuesday as part of his escalating war on institutions he says are influenced by pharmaceutical companies."

Source: Politico, 05/28/2025

"Trump Orders Major Revamp Of Agencies’ Handling Of Scientific Research"

"President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a sweeping overhaul of federal agencies’ handling of scientific research, coupled with a requirement to revisit all Biden-era regulations to ensure that they mesh with the new policy."

Source: E&E News, 05/28/2025

Pesticide Firms Ask Lawmakers For Immunity From Lawsuits By Sick Farmers

"Ray Bickel spent over a decade driving a truck through giant corn and soybean fields in Clinton County, Iowa, applying pesticides. He says it was good work, while it lasted."  “He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which is blood and bone marrow cancer."

Source: KWQC, 05/28/2025

Advocates Applaud MAHA Report On Chemical Harms, But Say It Falls Short

"Exposures to pesticides and other chemicals, ultra-processed foods and over-prescription of medications are among the factors contributing to an epidemic of chronic disease in America’s children, according to a government report issued Thursday by the Trump administration’s controversial “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission.'

Source: The New Lede, 05/28/2025

"In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Battle Over Who Gets to Measure Air Pollution"

"Community groups are fighting an unusual Louisiana law that restricts how they use data from air-quality monitors, saying it violates free speech."

Source: NYTimes, 05/28/2025

"Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants"

"The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Source: NYTimes, 05/27/2025

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