"A Killer Within Easy Reach" [1]
"Pesticides are a leading means of suicide. The tiny nation of Suriname is working to restrict access to one of the most common and dangerous ones."

"Pesticides are a leading means of suicide. The tiny nation of Suriname is working to restrict access to one of the most common and dangerous ones."
"President Trump’s proposed cuts to the National Park Service (NPS) are troubling some Republicans."
"A plan to build a wood-burning power plant in a Massachusetts city once dubbed the asthma capital of the country could be springing back to life years after state and local officials struck it down — and opponents are ready to renew their fight against what many call a “zombie project.”"
"A new White House report linking pesticides to children’s health concerns is drawing backlash from farm groups and support from environmental advocates."
"The cost of electricity is rising across the country, forcing Americans to pay more on their monthly bills and squeezing manufacturers and small businesses that rely on cheap power. And some of President Trump’s policies risk making things worse, despite his promises to slash energy prices, companies and researchers say."

A private social media message piqued Arizona Republic reporter Joan Meiners’ interest in rural retirees’ efforts to block construction of a gas-fired peaker plant next to their homes. Her year-long, grant-funded investigation in 2024 uncovered questionable local government actions and utility executive motives, and concluded with action against the facility. Read Meiners’ account of how rural Arizonans became unlikely climate activists, in the latest FEJ Storylog.
"Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in North Carolina to offer vaccinations and a program that provided free tests to sick people in Tennessee."
"Glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, found at very high levels in menstrual products in the UK, according to report"
"As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules."
"Republicans in the Louisiana House stifled a proposal Wednesday that would have banned the addition of fluoride in public water systems — rejecting a burgeoning movement backed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/killer-within-easy-reach
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[11] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/health/paraquat-pesticides-suicide-suriname.html
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-s-cuts-national-park-service-rankle-republicans
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[19] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5337528-trump-proposed-cuts-national-park-service/
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/proposal-massachusetts-wood-burning-plant-back-dead
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
[25] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/policy-regulation/massachusetts-wood-power-plant-return
[26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pesticide-report-led-rfk-jr-draws-fire-agrichemical-industry
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[28] https://investigatemidwest.org/2025/06/04/trump-backed-pesticide-report-led-by-rfk-jr-draws-fire-from-agrichemical-industry/
[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/electricity-prices-are-surging-gop-megabill-could-push-them-higher
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[32] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/climate/electricity-prices-republican-big-beautiful-bill.html
[33] https://www.sej.org/publications/fej-storylog/battle-over-gas-power-facility-generates-months-long-investigation
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/fej-storylog
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest
[40] https://www.sej.org/headlines/deep-cuts-erode-basics-us-public-health-system-threaten-worse-come
[41] https://apnews.com/article/public-health-measles-rfk-maha-trump-d863f53a5d370413de8d165d5ab96e65
[42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/uk-toxic-pesticide-found-tampons-40x-higher-legal-limit-water
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe
[44] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/toxic-pesticide-levels-found-in-tampons-40-times-higher-than-legal-limit-for-water
[45] https://www.sej.org/headlines/little-known-dark-roof-lobby-may-be-making-your-city-hotter
[46] https://floodlightnews.org/this-little-known-dark-roof-lobby-may-be-making-your-city-hotter/
[47] https://www.sej.org/headlines/louisiana-republicans-help-kill-anti-fluoride-bill
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[50] https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5322521-louisiana-house-blocks-fluoride-ban/
[51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=20
[52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=17
[53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=18
[54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=19
[55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=22
[56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=23
[57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=24
[58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=25
[59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer?page=170