"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
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Pro-Trump 2020 “Stop the Count” Activist Lands High-Level Job at Interior
"Interior Department appointee Daniel Gustafson is a long-time Trump loyalist who participated in a protest to “stop the count” of Michigan ballots in 2020."
Source: Public Domain, 05/28/2025"Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Bill May Derail U.S. Battery Industry"
"Domestic factories that make batteries to store power to meet America’s rising energy demand depend on Chinese components and federal subsidies."
Source: NYTimes, 05/28/2025Advocates 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, 05/28/2025Pesticide 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"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, 05/28/2025RFK 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"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"Trump Forces Showdown Over Nuclear Regulation"
"In his call Friday for a nationwide expansion of new nuclear power plants, President Donald Trump has set up a potentially historic showdown between his authority and the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. standard-setter for nuclear safety for the past half-century."
Source: E&E News, 05/28/2025"Is Another Locust Invasion Heading For Africa?"
"The United Nations is warning countries in northwest Africa to boost monitoring and begin early control measures as swarms of desert locusts move into the region."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 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"DOGE Appointee Sparks Turf Battle At Interior: ‘Ignore The Email From HR’"
"The Interior bureau that holds the key to Trump’s fossil fuel agenda is riven by feuding between career staff and an emissary from Elon Musk’s budget-cutting operation."
Source: Politico, 05/27/2025"Trump Signs Executive Orders To Boost Nuclear Power, Speed Up Approvals"
"President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, a goal experts say the United States is highly unlikely to reach."
Source: AP, 05/27/2025"How Electric Vehicles are Targeted by the Republican Policy Bill"
"The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S."
Source: NYTimes, 05/27/2025Md. Gov. Moore Vetoes Key Climate Studies, Reversing Course on Environment
"Maryland legislators and environmental advocates expressed dismay after Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a series of widely supported climate and environmental study bills last week, actions they believe not only mark a sharp departure from his climate promises, but also reflect a breakdown in communication between the governor and members of his own party in the legislature."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/27/2025
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