Laws & Regulations

Vermont Is 1st US State To Ban Paraquat Herbicide Over Parkinson’s Fears

"Vermont is the first US state to ban the weedkilling pesticide paraquat, backed by lawmakers who cited concerns about research showing the chemical substantially increases the risk of the incurable brain ailment known as Parkinson’s disease."

Source: Guardian, 05/27/2026

Trump Admin Proposes Non-Disclosure Agreements For All Federal Workers

"The Trump administration is planning a government-wide nondisclosure agreement that would bar federal workers from sharing a wide array of “confidential government information,” according to a draft notice posted to the Federal Register on Tuesday by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management." "The rule, aimed at cracking down on leaks to media organizations, would expand nondisclosure agreements instituted at the Pentagon and other agencies."

Source: Washington Post, 05/27/2026

1 Dead And 9 Missing After Chemical Tank Rupture At Washington Paper Plant

"At least one person has died, nine people were injured and nine employees remain unaccounted for after a large tank of chemical treatment product, including hazardous materials, ruptured at a paper and packaging facility in Washington state, fire officials said."

Source: CNN, 05/27/2026

Companies Join Deep-Sea Mining Rush After Trump Order Fast-Tracks Permits

"In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock prices have soared and federal regulators have raced to fast-track a permitting process."

Source: AP, 05/26/2026

RFK Jr. Fires Leaders Of Group That Sets Guidelines For Health Screenings

"The Trump administration has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies, for millions of Americans."

Source: AP, 05/26/2026

Bayer’s Proposed Roundup Settlement Violates Constitution, Filing Claims

"Bayer’s proposed $7.25 billion class action settlement is a “sweetheart deal” that violates the US Constitution by running “roughshod over basic due process rights, according to a court filing that seeks to undo the nationwide program."

Source: The New Lede, 05/26/2026

"Pope Leo Meets Families Of Youth Lost To Illegal Toxic Waste Dumping"

"Pope Leo XIV on Saturday greeted one by one families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping in an area near Naples, tied to a multi-billion criminal racket run by the mafia."

Source: AP, 05/26/2026

Utah’s Desert Could Fry If America’s Biggest Data Center Gets Built

"Plans for a celebrity-backed “hyperscale” data center in rural Utah, so massive that it would consume more than double the state’s current electricity use, have generated an intense public and political backlash in a state where the motto is “industry” and a Republican supermajority tends to be deferential to development."

Source: Grist, 05/22/2026

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