Defense Bill Would Loosen Restrictions On Pentagon’s Use Of Toxic PFAS
"Provisions in the House and Senate annual Defense authorization bills reduce restrictions on the Pentagon’s use of “forever chemicals.”
Source: The Hill, 09/11/2025
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Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to Megabill
"A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade."
Source: WIRED, 09/11/2025
Trump DOI Wants To Cancel Biden Rule For Conservation As ‘Use’ Of Public Land
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday proposed canceling a public land management rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to open more taxpayer-owned tracts to drilling, logging, mining and grazing."
Source: AP, 09/11/2025
"Exxon Wants to Make More of the Materials Needed for E.V. Batteries"
"The oil giant said Tuesday that it was acquiring assets from a Chicago company as it looks to start producing graphite, a key battery ingredient, by the end of the decade."
Source: NYTimes, 09/10/2025
Georgia Judge To Toss Racketeering Charges Against ‘Cop City’ Protesters
"A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that critics pejoratively call “Cop City.”"
Source: AP, 09/10/2025
House Bill Amending Clean Water Act Could Mean Dirtier Water in Iowa and US
"A bill drastically reducing the scope of the Clean Water Act passed through committee in the U.S. House and will likely reach the floor for debate later this month. The legislation would narrow the definition of bodies of water that qualify for protection under the Clean Water Act and would remove laws requiring permits before discharging pesticides or manure-contaminated stormwater from factory farms into waterways."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/10/2025
Enviros Worry Spraying Glyphosate Makes Forests More Vulnerable To Wildfires
"Herbicides in forestry kill broadleaf vegetation that compete with softwoods, which are more flammable"
Source: CBC News, 09/10/2025
"Trump EPA Seeks To Speed Up Permitting For AI Infrastructure"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed new measures aimed at speeding construction of infrastructure needed for the rapid buildup of data centers for artificial intelligence that would enable companies to start building before obtaining air permits."
Source: Reuters, 09/10/2025
Online Disaster Planning Tool May Go Dark On Wednesday, FEMA Site Says
"An online disaster management tool that U.S. emergency managers use to communicate may no longer be supported Wednesday, according to a notice posted and later deleted from a federal government website."
Source: Reuters, 09/10/2025
Former Trump Interior Secretary Rakes In Corporate Cash At New Lobbying Firm
"David Bernhardt's new firm is making big bucks lobbying for major energy corporations, agricultural giants and more."
Source: Public Domain, 09/10/2025
