Environmental Politics

A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won

"A decades-long battle to transform a Southeast Chicago lakefront property into a public park is starting to bear fruit. But where the new toxic sludge will go has yet to be determined."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/21/2025

RFK Jr. Vowed To Find Causes Of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research To Do That.

"While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals, including some linked to the condition."

Source: ProPublica, 08/21/2025

As Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Clouds Of Dangerous Dust Blow Into Boomtowns

"Dozens of dust events probably happen each year across the 120-square-mile playa once covered by the Great Salt Lake. But there are no comprehensive state or federal records of them."

Source: Washington Post, 08/20/2025
August 21, 2025

SciLine Media Briefing: EPA Climate Regulations Under Threat

SciLine’s next briefing will cover the state of evidence leading to the adoption of the EPA’s “endangerment finding” in 2009 and how it has evolved since, implications of rolling back the finding for federal and state regulations and climate goals, and what these changes could mean at the local level. 1 p.m. ET.

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White House Draft Suggests Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations

"A highly anticipated White House report on the health of American children would stop short of proposing direct restrictions on ultraprocessed foods and pesticides that the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has called major threats, according to a draft of the document that was reviewed by The New York Times."

Source: NYTimes, 08/19/2025

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