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"House OKs Farm Bill After Axing Protections For Pesticide Makers" [1]

"The House approved a five-year farm bill Thursday after stripping the legislation of liability protections for pesticide manufacturers."

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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [13], 05/01/2026
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Federal Judge Could Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking Access To La. Slave Burial Sites [14]

"Formosa Plastics asked U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its ownership of the Buena Vista burial site in St. James Parish."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [17]
Planning & Growth [18]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Verite News [20], 04/30/2026
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"We Are Bombarding America’s Forests With Roundup" [21]

"Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our yearlong investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [22]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Forests [8]
Government [25]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [27]
Source: Mother Jones [28], 04/30/2026
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‘Have Your Dog Pee On It’: Zeldin Tangles With Lawmakers In Budget Hearing [29]

"Lee Zeldin started off his tour of congressional hearings this week with a bang. The EPA administrator appeared Monday before the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees his agency to defend a fiscal 2027 budget proposal that would slice the agency down to $4.2 billion — or more than half of its enacted funding."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [26]
Waste [30]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [31], 04/30/2026
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"Watchdog: EPA, States Behind On Hazardous Waste Inspections" [32]

"EPA’s independent federal watchdog found the agency’s process for inspecting large hazardous waste generators was inconsistent, leaving one-fifth of sites without oversight during a five-year period."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [7]
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Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [26]
Waste [30]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [33], 04/30/2026
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"The Iran War Is Impacting the Environment in Unseen Ways" [34]

"War had already darkened Tehran’s skies by March 8. When rain began to fall, residents said it was thick, foul-smelling and dark in color. Some described it as black rain, coating streets, rooftops, and cars in sootlike residue."

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Infrastructure [16]
Military [36]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [26]
Public [11]
International [37]
Middle East [38]
Source: WIRED [39], 04/29/2026
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"Nearly 1/5 of Americans Are Consuming Water With High Levels of Nitrates" [40]

"Close to 20 percent of Americans are exposed to water polluted with high levels of potentially cancer-causing nitrates, known to come mostly from agricultural runoff, according to new research published this month."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 04/29/2026
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Ohio Bill Would Replace All Lead Service Lines. It Could Cost Billions. [42]

"An Ohio bill would require the state replace all lead service lines, but some statewide organizations worry about the costs associated with the bill."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [43]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Source: Ohio Capital Journal [45], 04/29/2026
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"How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A." [46]

"The agency’s prestigious research office spent decades doing scientific work insulated from political pressure. Now it’s being dismantled."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [26]
Science [47]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: New York Times [48], 04/29/2026
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"ICE Planning Facility For Children And Families On Pfas-Contaminated Site" [49]

"Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a detention facility for children and their families on one the nation’s most Pfas-contaminated sites, which also serves as a hub for the president’s deportation program."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [25]
Infrastructure [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [26]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Guardian [50], 04/28/2026
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