Environmental Health

Trump Admin Reverses Planned Closures Of 3 Dozen US Mine Safety Offices

"The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws, the Department of Labor said Thursday."

Source: AP, 05/30/2025

US Peregrine Falcons Thrive In Cities But Struggle With Bird Flu On Coasts

"After rebounding in recent decades due to conservation efforts, the number of once-imperiled peregrine falcons in the U.S. has been dropping again in some places due to the bird flu that has decimated other avian populations in recent years."

Source: AP, 05/29/2025

"A Michigan Coal Plant Was About To Close. Trump Ordered It To Stay Open."

"The Trump administration has followed through on a threat to use emergency wartime powers to force expensive and polluting coal-fired power plants to stay open — even if the utilities that own them, the states in which they operate, and the grid operators responsible for maintaining reliability all agree it’s safe to shut them down."

Source: Canary Media, 05/29/2025

"Trump Forces Showdown Over Nuclear Regulation"

"In his call Friday for a nationwide expansion of new nuclear power plants, President Donald Trump has set up a potentially historic showdown between his authority and the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. standard-setter for nuclear safety for the past half-century."

Source: E&E News, 05/28/2025

"EPA Grants Pollution Permit To Gulf Coast Fish Farm"

"A planned fish farm off Florida’s Gulf Coast has received an environmental permit allowing operators to discharge nutrient-laden water from what could be the first commercial-scale saltwater aquaculture operation in the Gulf of Mexico."

Source: E&E News, 05/28/2025

RFK Jr. Threatens To Bar Govt Scientists From Publishing In Medical Journals

"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."

Source: Politico, 05/28/2025

"Trump Orders Major Revamp Of Agencies’ Handling Of Scientific Research"

"President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a sweeping overhaul of federal agencies’ handling of scientific research, coupled with a requirement to revisit all Biden-era regulations to ensure that they mesh with the new policy."

Source: E&E News, 05/28/2025

Pesticide Firms Ask Lawmakers For Immunity From Lawsuits By Sick Farmers

"Ray Bickel spent over a decade driving a truck through giant corn and soybean fields in Clinton County, Iowa, applying pesticides. He says it was good work, while it lasted."  “He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which is blood and bone marrow cancer."

Source: KWQC, 05/28/2025

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