Policy

“Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says.”

“New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.”

“The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered ​species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United ‌States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.”

“The agency’s regulatory rollback for grocery refrigerators has sparked a backlash from U.S. manufacturers.”

“While the movement has long railed against harmful pesticides — such as glyphosate and paraquat — that are sprayed on crops and linked to cancers and other health ills, there is mounting evidence that CAFOs, which generate massive amounts of manure, are linked to some of these same health problems, including increased cancer rates.”

“Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Friday he is pausing the state’s data center tax incentives starting in July amid a push to address concerns about electricity costs and water resources that have plagued the AI infrastructure build-out nationwide."

“President Trump’s focus on repair and beautification projects around Washington, D.C., risks backfiring on Republicans ahead of the midterms as the issue of affordability takes center stage across the country."

“Tribes with bison herds are seeking negotiations with U.S. Department of Interior officials to ask for an exemption from new rules they have called ‘DEI for cattle.’”