"Top FDA Drug Regulator Plans To Depart Weeks Into Job"
"Richard Pazdur had clashed with Trump officials on the legality and pace of their initiatives. His sudden retirement adds to the recent upheaval at FDA."
Source: Washington Post, 12/03/2025
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"Trump Admin Backs Monsanto Effort To Limit Roundup Lawsuits Over Glyphosate"
"The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to get the Supreme Court to shield it from liability over cancer claims related to its Roundup weedkiller, a move that could anger the Trump administration’s allies in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement."
Source: The Hill, 12/03/2025Trump Admin Strips ‘Renewable’ And ‘Energy’ From NREL Laboratory Name
"The Trump administration on Monday stripped the words “renewable” and “energy” from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory name, furthering White House directives to abandon clean energy sources."
Source: The Hill, 12/03/2025Trump Admin’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
"The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals — with limited oversight."
Source: WIRED, 12/03/2025"Resurrected Lawsuit Puts FPL’s Past Controversies Back In The Spotlight"
"An investor lawsuit accusing Florida Power & Light’s parent company, NextEra, and several current and former executives of securities fraud can move forward, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled last week in a remarkable resurrection of the case."
Source: The Tributary, 12/03/2025"Southeast Asia Storm Deaths Near 800 As Scale Of Disaster Revealed"
"The death toll from cyclone-induced floods and landslides in Indonesia passed 600 on Monday as rescuers battled to clear roads and improved weather conditions revealed the scale of a disaster that has killed nearly 800 people in Southeast Asia."
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, 12/02/2025BLM Lets Ranchers Renew Grazing Permits With Little Environmental Scrutiny
"With dwindling oversight, cattle are grazing where they’re not supposed to and in greater numbers or for longer periods than permitted. This can spread invasive plants, pushing out native species and worsening wildfire risk."
Source: ProPublica/HCN, 12/02/2025Regulator 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"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, 12/02/2025Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Rates on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog
"Media companies owned by Rupert Murdoch have found a “scapegoat” in clean energy for the rising electricity prices in New Jersey, according to two reports from watchdog Media Matters."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/02/2025Trump Admin Will Review Part Of Rule To Protect Miners From Lung Diseases
"The Trump administration says it will reconsider aspects of a rule that aims to protect miners from exposure to cancer-causing silica dust on the job."
Source: The Hill, 12/02/2025Eel Populations Are Falling, But Japan And US Help Defeat New Protections
"Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their offspring can return home to rivers and streams. ... Yet they’re also valuable seafood fish that are declining all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to help stave off extinction."
Source: AP, 12/02/2025Nations Back More Protections For Sharks Amid Concerns About Overfishing
"Governments at a wildlife trade conference have adopted greater protections for over 70 species of sharks and rays amid concerns that overfishing is driving some to the brink of extinction."
Source: AP, 12/02/2025"How Two NASA Satellites Survived Trump’s Climate Purge"
"NASA has sent two new satellites into space over the past six months to monitor many of the ways global warming is affecting the planet. Just don’t call them climate satellites."
Source: E&E News, 12/02/2025
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