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"Pesticide Report Led By RFK Jr. Draws Fire From Agrichemical Industry" [1]

"A new White House report linking pesticides to children’s health concerns is drawing backlash from farm groups and support from environmental advocates."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Investigate Midwest [13], 06/09/2025
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"Electricity Prices Are Surging. The GOP Megabill Could Push Them Higher." [14]

"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."

Climate Change [15]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [18], 06/09/2025
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Battle Over Gas Power Facility Generates Months-Long Investigation [19]

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.

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Deep Cuts Erode Basics Of US Public Health System, Threaten Worse To Come [27]

"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."

Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [28], 06/04/2025
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UK: Toxic Pesticide Found In Tampons 40x Higher Than Legal Limit For Water [29]

"Glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, found at very high levels in menstrual products in the UK, according to report" 

Agriculture [2]
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Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [30]
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Europe [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 06/02/2025
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"This Little-Known ‘Dark Roof’ Lobby May Be Making Your City Hotter" [33]

"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." 

Climate Change [15]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Floodlight [34], 06/02/2025
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"Louisiana Republicans Help Kill Anti-Fluoride Bill" [35]

"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."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: The Hill [38], 05/30/2025
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"Judge Halts Trump Administration Effort To Axe New York Congestion Pricing" [39]

"A judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program, which imposes a significant toll on cars entering part of Manhattan."

Climate Change [15]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [40]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [41]
Source: The Hill [42], 05/29/2025
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RFK Jr. Threatens To Bar Govt Scientists From Publishing In Medical Journals [43]

"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to stop government scientists from publishing their work in major medical journals on a podcast Tuesday as part of his escalating war on institutions he says are influenced by pharmaceutical companies."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Science [45]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Politico [46], 05/28/2025
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Advocates Applaud MAHA Report On Chemical Harms, But Say It Falls Short [47]

"Exposures to pesticides and other chemicals, ultra-processed foods and over-prescription of medications are among the factors contributing to an epidemic of chronic disease in America’s children, according to a government report issued Thursday by the Trump administration’s controversial “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission.'

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Source: The New Lede [49], 05/28/2025
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