"Records Show Industry Sway On Toxic Emissions Rollback"
"In a glimpse at the Trump administration’s tilt toward polluting industries, EPA embraced the aid of manufacturers in easing a new rule."
Source: E&E News, 08/22/2025
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"Pesticide Politics: Inside The Corporate Push To Limit Liability"
"With billions of dollars at stake, Bayer has gone on the offensive. Billboards along major highways. A social media offensive. Tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations in Missouri alone. And a major push in at least 11 states to change pesticide labeling laws."
Source: Investgate Midwest, 08/22/2025"FDA’s New Expert Panels Are Rife With Financial Conflicts And Fringe Views"
"When the Food and Drug Administration needs outside guidance, it normally turns to a trusted source: a large roster of expert advisers who are carefully vetted for their independence, credentials and judgment. ... Instead, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has launched a series of ad hoc 'expert panels' to discuss antidepressants, menopause drugs and other topics with physicians and researchers who often have contrarian views and financial interests in the subjects."
Source: AP, 08/22/2025"Trump Admin Orders Dirty, Expensive Coal Plant To Stay Open Even Longer"
"The Trump administration has extended its order to keep a Michigan coal-fired power plant running until November, well past its planned closure in the spring. It’s the latest move in a push to force dirty, expensive power plants to keep operating, which experts warn could saddle Americans with billions of dollars in unnecessary electricity costs."
Source: Canary Media, 08/22/2025"“How Can This Happen?” Fight Over Sewage Sludge On Farms Intensifies"
"Ryan Dunham heard his eleven-year-old daughter’s scream from his living room. He bolted up the stairs to the bathroom where she was taking a shower and couldn’t believe his eyes. The water flowing from the faucet was brown, and it smelled like 'decay, rot and death.'"
Source: The New Lede, 08/22/2025Newtown Ck. Cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens Will Cost At Least $3.3 Billion
"A tributary of the Hudson River is poised, after years of delay, to see work on a pivotal tunnel that will reduce wastewater in the New York City waterway."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/22/2025Trump Blames Renewables For Rising Electricity Prices. Experts Disagree.
"With electricity prices rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, President Donald Trump has lashed out at renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, blaming them for skyrocketing energy costs. ... Energy analysts say renewable sources have little to do with recent price hikes, which are based on increased demand, aging infrastructure and increasingly extreme weather events such as wildfires that are exacerbated by climate change."
Source: AP, 08/22/2025They Kindled Froggy Romance and Rescued Eggs to Save Species in Mississippi
"Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise."
Source: NYTimes, 08/22/2025RFK Jr. Vowed To Find Causes Of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research To Do That.
"While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals, including some linked to the condition."
Source: ProPublica, 08/21/2025"Many Towns Are Unprepared To Handle Train Derailments And Hazmat Spills"
"A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted in a fire or explosion since 2015, an analysis of federal derailment data showed. And many communities along the rail lines aren’t prepared to keep people safe when it happens."
Source: Howard Center, 08/21/2025A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won
"A decades-long battle to transform a Southeast Chicago lakefront property into a public park is starting to bear fruit. But where the new toxic sludge will go has yet to be determined."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/21/2025Geothermal Network in Colorado Could Help Rural Town Diversify Its Economy
"Hayden, a long-established coal community, is pitching companies to come take advantage of “reliable, cost-effective heating and cooling” at its light industrial park once its new geothermal network is complete."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/21/2025"China Rushes To Build Out Solar, And Emissions Edge Downward"
"China has been installing solar panels at a blistering pace, far faster than anywhere else in the world, and the investment is starting to pay off. A study released Thursday found that the country’s carbon emissions edged down 1% in the first six months of the year compared to a year earlier, extending a trend that began in March 2024."
Source: AP, 08/21/2025Businesses Face 'Chaos' As EPA Aims To Repeal Its Climate Authority
"The Trump administration's plan to undo a landmark finding that climate pollution threatens public health and welfare poses lots of risks for corporate America."
Source: NPR, 08/21/2025"USDA Limits Funding For Solar, Wind On Farmland"
"The Agriculture Department is curtailing its support for solar and wind energy on farmlands."
Source: The Hill, 08/21/2025
