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  • "How Park Visitors Responded When Asked To Report Anti-American Signs" [9]

    "Most comments reviewed by The Post were positive, though some visitors complained that there were too many mosquitos and “not enough moose.”"

     

    Activism [10]
    Biodiversity [11]
    Climate Change [12]
    Consumer [13]
    Environmental Politics [14]
    Forests [15]
    Journalism & Media [16]
    Natural Resources [17]
    People & Population [18]
    Wildlife [19]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Source: Washington Post [22], 06/30/2025
    • Read more about "How Park Visitors Responded When Asked To Report Anti-American Signs" [9]
  • "RFK Jr. Wins His Fight Against A Rare, Safe Flu-Shot Ingredient" [23]

    "Federal vaccine advisers installed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to effectively remove an ingredient from flu shots, achieving a longtime, controversial goal of anti-vaccine activists and illustrating how their priorities are becoming official government guidance."

    Activism [10]
    Chemicals [24]
    Consumer [13]
    Government [25]
    Health [26]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    People & Population [18]
    Science [28]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Source: Washington Post [29], 06/27/2025
    • Read more about "RFK Jr. Wins His Fight Against A Rare, Safe Flu-Shot Ingredient" [23]
  • "Bayer Settles Missouri Roundup Case Mid-Trial; Looks To US Supreme Court" [30]

    "Bayer [last] week put a halt to its latest courtroom battle over allegations that its weed killing products cause cancer, settling a Missouri case after four weeks of testimony and just as the trial was coming to a close and just ahead of important US Supreme Court consideration."

    Agriculture [31]
    Chemicals [24]
    Consumer [13]
    Environmental Health [32]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Pollution [33]
    Science [28]
    Technology [34]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Source: The New Lede [35], 06/27/2025
    • Read more about "Bayer Settles Missouri Roundup Case Mid-Trial; Looks To US Supreme Court" [30]
  • Wisconsin Supreme Court Delivers Win For Enviros In Fight Over PFAS [36]

    "The Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered a victory for environmentalists on Tuesday in the fight over “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, issuing a ruling that advocates said will hold polluters accountable."

    Agriculture [31]
    Chemicals [24]
    Consumer [13]
    Environmental Health [32]
    Environmental Politics [14]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    People & Population [18]
    Pollution [33]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
    Source: AP [38], 06/27/2025
    • Read more about Wisconsin Supreme Court Delivers Win For Enviros In Fight Over PFAS [36]
  • Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind EPA Deadline [39]

    "Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076." 

    Chemicals [24]
    Consumer [13]
    Environmental Health [32]
    Environmental Justice [40]
    Environmental Politics [14]
    Infrastructure [41]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Pollution [33]
    Water & Oceans [42]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
    Source: Inside Climate News [43], 06/27/2025
    • Read more about Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind EPA Deadline [39]
  • Dying Honey Bees Threaten California’s Economy. Can New Bill Save Them? [44]

    "Honey bees, a critical component of California’s agriculture, face several challenges to survival. Will the Legislature spend more money in a deficit year to try and address the problems facing the bees?"

    Agriculture [31]
    Biodiversity [11]
    Chemicals [24]
    Environmental Health [32]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Natural Resources [17]
    Pollution [33]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    California [45]
    Source: CalMatters [46], 06/27/2025
    • Read more about Dying Honey Bees Threaten California’s Economy. Can New Bill Save Them? [44]
  • "4 New Pesticides Ignite Debate Over PFAS Definition" [47]

    "The US Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down on efforts to decrease a backlog of new pesticide active ingredients waiting for EPA approval to enter the marketplace. Since April, the agency has proposed registering four of them—cyclobutrifluram, diflufenican, isocycloseram, and trifludimoxazin."

    Agriculture [31]
    Chemicals [24]
    Environmental Health [32]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Pollution [33]
    Water & Oceans [42]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Source: Chemical & Engineering News [48], 06/27/2025
    • Read more about "4 New Pesticides Ignite Debate Over PFAS Definition" [47]
  • Revised Megabill Still Contains a Poison Pill. A Tax Expert Explains [49]

    "Provisions that aim to prevent U.S. tax credits from going to China are written in a way that could shut off just about all clean energy credits." 

    Climate Change [12]
    Economy & Business [50]
    Energy & Fuel [51]
    Environmental Politics [14]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    International [52]
    Source: Inside Climate News [53], 06/27/2025
    • Read more about Revised Megabill Still Contains a Poison Pill. A Tax Expert Explains [49]
  • NTSB Says Company Failed To Shut Down Leaking Oil Pipeline For Nearly 13 Hours [54]

    "Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at a problem, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday."

    Disasters [55]
    Energy & Fuel [51]
    Environmental Health [32]
    Environmental Studies [56]
    Fish & Fisheries [57]
    Infrastructure [41]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Natural Resources [17]
    Pollution [33]
    Water & Oceans [42]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Source: AP [58], 06/27/2025
    • Read more about NTSB Says Company Failed To Shut Down Leaking Oil Pipeline For Nearly 13 Hours [54]
  • Louisiana Is Latest State To Redefine Natural Gas As Green Energy [59]

    "Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed this week, even though it’s a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases."

    Climate Change [12]
    Energy & Fuel [51]
    Environmental Politics [14]
    Journalism & Media [16]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Pollution [33]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Source: AP [60], 06/27/2025
    • Read more about Louisiana Is Latest State To Redefine Natural Gas As Green Energy [59]
  • 1/3 Of Tuvalu Citizens Seek Australian Climate Visas To Escape Rising Seas [61]

    "Almost a third of all of Tuvalu’s residents have put in requests for the first batch of climate visas from Australia, as scientists fear the Pacific nation will be uninhabitable within the next 80 years."

    Chemicals [24]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    People & Population [18]
    Water & Oceans [42]
    Public [20]
    International [52]
    Australia & Oceania [62]
    Source: France24 [63], 06/27/2025
    • Read more about 1/3 Of Tuvalu Citizens Seek Australian Climate Visas To Escape Rising Seas [61]
  • "Trump’s OSHA Nominee Has a History With Heat and UPS Drivers" [64]

    "David Keeling would take over the workplace-safety agency just as it is considering rules to protect against extreme heat. His former employers, UPS and Amazon, have opposed the rules."

    Climate Change [12]
    Economy & Business [50]
    Environmental Health [32]
    Environmental Justice [40]
    Environmental Politics [14]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    People & Population [18]
    Pollution [33]
    Science [28]
    Transportation [65]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Source: NYTimes [66], 06/26/2025
    • Read more about "Trump’s OSHA Nominee Has a History With Heat and UPS Drivers" [64]
  • "Inside a Last-Ditch Battle to Save (or Kill) Clean-Energy Tax Credits" [67]

    "Supporters of tax breaks for wind and solar are fighting to retain them in the G.O.P. tax bill. They’re facing a conservative effort to kill them entirely."

    Climate Change [12]
    Energy & Fuel [51]
    Environmental Health [32]
    Environmental Politics [14]
    Infrastructure [41]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Pollution [33]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Source: NYTimes [68], 06/26/2025
    • Read more about "Inside a Last-Ditch Battle to Save (or Kill) Clean-Energy Tax Credits" [67]
  • "Conservationists Sue EPA for Missing Clean Air Exemption List" [69]

    "Group sues EPA for failing to produce facility names. Trump administration hasn’t disclosed all who asked for reprieves."

    Activism [10]
    Chemicals [24]
    Environmental Health [32]
    Environmental Politics [14]
    Government [25]
    Journalism & Media [16]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Pollution [33]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Source: Bloomberg Environment [70], 06/26/2025
    • Read more about "Conservationists Sue EPA for Missing Clean Air Exemption List" [69]
  • Huge Public Land Sale Stripped from Senate Bill — For Now [71]

    "On the day the Trump administration announced it was rescinding the national forest roadless rule, the Senate parliamentarian said a proposal to sell millions of acres of public lands cannot go through without 60 votes in the chamber."

    Economy & Business [50]
    Energy & Fuel [51]
    Environmental Politics [14]
    Forests [15]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Natural Resources [17]
    Water & Oceans [42]
    Wildlife [19]
    Public [20]
    National (U.S.) [21]
    Source: Inside Climate News [72], 06/26/2025
    • Read more about Huge Public Land Sale Stripped from Senate Bill — For Now [71]

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