EPA Rolled Back Mercury Regs And Left This Community In Pollution's Path [1]
"Rainbow trout is a prized catch for fisherman on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, in the high plains of southeastern Montana."

"Rainbow trout is a prized catch for fisherman on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, in the high plains of southeastern Montana."
"Factory farms in California routinely avoid pollution regulations intended to protect the state’s water, finds a new white paper out of Stanford. Ten million tons of animal manure in the Golden State are unaccounted for, the report finds, thanks to a combination of non-compliance, non-enforcement and opaque disclosure rules."
"A new analysis links high use of the weed killer glyphosate to elevated rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), particularly in the Midwest, reinforcing years of research linking cancer to the weed killer made popular by Monsanto."
"Thirty years ago, a single light bulb would illuminate the mezcal distillery owned by Gladys Sánchez Garnica’s family in rural Oaxaca, where the agave-based spirit was made through the night. As drops dripped from a clay oven, Garnica and her siblings listened to stories told by their parents while neighbors arrived by horse to get a taste of a drink known for its smoky flavor."
"The Iran conflict is driving up energy and fertilizer costs, raising alarms over a return of food inflation. Farmers are bracing for resource shortages that could drag down harvests."
"Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” according to a new investigation."
"Top US regulators met with Bayer’s CEO last year to discuss “litigation” issues – including “Supreme Court Action” over its glyphosate weed killer – just months before the Trump administration took a series of steps to boost Bayer’s case at the high court, internal government records show."
"A genetically modified wheat under development in the US would increase the use of an herbicide that is linked to soil, water and fetal harm, according to a new report."
"A coalition of organizations has again sued the Trump administration for its 'giveaway' of federal lands in Alaska for industrial purposes. At issue are the steps the administration has taken to allow a 211-mile-long road across a pristine stretch of the state, passing through Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and crossing the Kobuk Wild River, to access the site of a proposed copper mine."
"Complaints become part of the record only if a violation is found, but the state has only 14 inspectors for thousands of hog, poultry and cattle farms known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs."
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[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
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[12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west
[14] https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/climate/trump-epa-mercury-pollution-regulation
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ten-million-tons-manure-california-are-unaccounted-new-report
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
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[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
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[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
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[36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/iran-war-could-spark-next-global-food-crisis
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/middle-east
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