Laws & Regulations

How Europe’s Most Powerful Farming Lobby Killed EU’s Pesticide Law

"Newly revealed documents from inside the most powerful farming lobby in Europe show how it delayed, gutted and overturned some of the most sweeping farming reforms in EU history, including a plan to cut pesticide use in half."

Source: Guardian, 07/20/2026

Trump DOI Cancels Protections For Species Threatened With Extinction

"The U.S. Interior Department on Friday canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction, the latest step by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle key provisions of the landmark Endangered Species Act at the behest of industry."

Source: AP, 07/20/2026

Puerto Rico Announces Emergency Water Rationing As Drought Worsens

"Puerto Rico announced water rationing measures on Thursday as a drought grips the U.S. territory, worsening chronic water shortages that have forced the governor to declare a state of emergency."

Source: AP, 07/17/2026

US Trial Could Reveal Who Paid Hackers To Target Exxon Climate Critics

"A group of American climate activists are closely watching a US court case that could reveal who hired hackers to target their inboxes a decade ago."

Source: Guardian, 07/17/2026

Analysis: Andy Burnham, Next British PM, Faces Tough Climate Decisions

"Wildfires cast a pall of smoke this week over Greater Manchester, whose former mayor Andy Burnham stands on the threshold of No 10. Amid three UK heatwaves so far this year, which have killed thousands of people in England and Wales, damaged harvests and left children crying in classrooms, the new prime minister’s plans for the climate crisis remain as shrouded as his city."

Source: Guardian, 07/17/2026

Michigan Issues Line 5 Tunnel Permits Despite ‘Significant Impacts’

"State agencies on Wednesday issued key permits for the controversial Line 5 tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac, concluding the project’s benefits outweigh drawbacks that include disruption to Native American burial sites and harm to wetlands and rare species."

Source: Bridge Michigan, 07/17/2026

Marietta, Ohio Residents Worry Drinking Water Could Become Contaminated

"Washington County residents are raising concerns that injection wells in southeastern Ohio leaking brine waste will eventually pollute Marietta’s drinking water."

Source: Ohio Capital Journal, 07/16/2026

Tribal Reps Say They Were Left Out Of Monument Reduction Decisions

"Two coalitions of Native American tribes emphasized Tuesday that they weren’t consulted before President Donald Trump downsized Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by roughly 90%."

Source: Utah News Dispatch, 07/16/2026

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Laws & Regulations