National (U.S.)
Senate Votes To Give FDA Regulatory Power Over Tobacco
"Virginia Senate Proposes to End Data Center Tax Exemption in January"
"The Virginia Senate’s Finance and Appropriations Committee approved budget legislation for the coming fiscal year that ends a tax exemption for data centers on January 1."
"Documents Shed New Light On Interior Official's Growing Ethics Scandal"
"President Donald Trump’s Interior Department is withholding key ethics disclosure information for Karen Budd-Falen, a high-ranking agency appointee who is facing calls for an investigation into her financial ties to a massive lithium mining project, Public Domain has learned."
"U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS"
"Following a ProPublica article revealing that the U.S. Forest Service had for years issued clothing to wildland firefighters that it knew contained potentially dangerous “forever chemicals,” the agency has stopped distributing those garments."
"USA Has A Looming Sewage Nightmare, Potomac Wastewater Spill Shows"
"While the average lifespan of a wastewater system is 40 to 50 years, many of the plants and pipes across the nation could be twice that old or more."
USDA Has Ability To Respond To PFAS Crisis On Farmland: NAS Report
"Federal regulators have a range of solutions available to tackle the widespread contamination of farmland with toxic chemicals, according to a new report by US academics."
"A Quiet Climate Retreat At IEA"
"The International Energy Agency downplayed global warming this week amid U.S. pressure."
"Interior Claws Back NEPA Regs"
"The Department of the Interior issued a final rule that curbs and streamlines its environmental reviews. Critics say the move is illegal."
"Supreme Court Accepts Oil Industry’s Bid To Quash Climate Lawsuits"
"The Supreme Court has [agreed to hear] green-lighted the fossil fuel industry’s latest attempt to quash a swath of lawsuits seeking to hold oil companies accountable for the costs of climate change."











