Phthalates Are In Our Food, Decades After Scientists Recognized Dangers
"A large body of science has linked phthalates to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility."
Source: Washington Post, 12/03/2025
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"Trump Expected to Significantly Weaken Fuel Economy Rules"
"The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to propose weakening automobile fuel efficiency standards that were set under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to spur the sale of electric vehicles, according to three people familiar with the plan."
Source: NYTimes, 12/03/2025
"Exxon Halts Plans For Massive Low-Carbon Hydrogen Facility In Texas"
"Exxon Mobil has pulled the plug on what would have been one of the world’s largest hydrogen plants, the latest setback for the effort to scale production of low-carbon versions of the fuel."
Source: Canary Media, 12/02/2025
Regulator Stopped Enforcing Gas Flaring Limits After Alberta Pressure: Docs
"The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Alberta bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil production increased, according to documents seen by Reuters."
Source: Reuters, 12/02/2025
"EPA Cements Delay Of Biden-Era Methane Rule For Oil And Gas"
"The Trump administration on Wednesday cemented its delay of Biden-era regulations on planet-warming methane coming from the oil and gas industry."
Source: The Hill, 12/02/2025
Citizen Pollution Monitors Face Industry Pushback, Legal Threats
A steep decline in the enforcement of environmental laws means the monitoring of pollution by citizens is more important than ever. But as the latest TipSheet notes, some states have passed laws that severely constrain the use of citizen monitoring or the sharing of findings. Get the backstory, along with top reporting angles and resources for finding monitoring in your area.
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Orphans and Zombies — Reporting on Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Across the Country
For more than a century, oil and gas companies have been drilling — and abandoning — wells across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands to potentially leak pollutants into the air, water and soil. Climate and environment reporter Martha Pskowski looks at how funding and regulatory issues are impacting efforts to identify and plug these wells, and offers resources for drilling into their story.
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EPA Urged To Ban Spraying Of Antibiotics On Food Crops Amid Resistance Fears
"A new legal petition filed by a dozen public health and farm worker groups demands the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stop allowing farms to spray antibiotics on food crops in the US because they are probably causing superbugs to flourish and sickening farm workers."
Source: Guardian, 12/01/2025
"Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War"
"Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat."
Source: NYTimes, 12/01/2025
FDA Pulls Proposal To Require Talc-Containing Cosmetics To Test For Asbestos
"The Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 12/01/2025
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