Pollution

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

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

Pesticide Spraying Near Calif. School Concerns Parents. Why It’s Legal.

"Although California laws prevent schools and nearby farmers from applying pesticides when students are present, cities are largely an exception. On May 1, Patterson city staff sprayed pesticides at Floragold Park next to Apricot Valley Elementary school while kids were outside."

Source: Modesto Bee, 05/22/2026

"$6 Gas And Refinery Fears Collide With California’s Climate Ambitions"

"California is considering giving oil refineries and other major polluters billions in free pollution permits under a major overhaul of its carbon market. The fight is exposing a deeper question inside Gov. Gavin Newsom's climate agenda: Can California lower emissions without driving up gas prices?"

Source: CalMatters, 05/22/2026

Firms Rush Toward Deep-Sea Mining As Trump Regulators Fast-Track 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, 05/22/2026

Trump Eases HFC rule, Claiming It Will Lower Surging Grocery Costs

"The Trump administration on Thursday loosened federal rules that require grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment, a step that President Donald Trump said would help lower grocery costs."

Source: AP, 05/22/2026

"Solar To Overtake Coal On Texas Grid For The First Time Ever This Year"

"For the first time ever, solar is set to generate more electricity than coal in the power market managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Nobody is building new coal power plants in the state, but developers are adding more solar there than anywhere else in the country."

Source: Canary Media, 05/21/2026

"In Coal Country, Black Lung Surges as Federal Protections Stall"

"While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease. But industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust."

Source: YaleE360, 05/21/2026

Scientists Accuse Livestock Industry of Downplaying its Climate Emissions

"A group of the world’s leading climate scientists are warning governments and the livestock industry against adopting an “accounting trick” that will imperil the all-out global effort required to control heat-trapping emissions."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/21/2026

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