"Court Overturns Landmark Fluoride Ruling, Sides With EPA"
"A federal appeals court said a judge erred in ruling that adding fluoride to water poses an “unreasonable risk” to children’s brain development."
Source: E&E News, 05/26/2026
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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, 05/26/2026UN Affirms Responsibility To Mitigate Climate Change; US Votes Against
"The United Nations voted this week to affirm that countries have a responsibility to protect people from climate change, while the U.S. was one of a handful of member states to vote against the resolution."
Source: The Hill, 05/26/2026RFK 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, 05/26/2026Companies 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, 05/26/2026Parking Lots Get Hot And Pollute Storm Runoff. Groups Test Other Options.
"At the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission headquarters in Virginia, staff knew their crumbling asphalt parking lot was in desperate need of repair. But instead of replacing the lot with more dark blacktop, the group chose an alternative."
Source: AP, 05/26/2026Malnourished Gray Whales of Eastern North Pacific Are in ‘Serious Trouble’
"Exceptionally skinny gray whales—enfeebled by starvation and mangled by blunt-force trauma—are washing up this spring along the coast of Washington state in numbers that alarm marine-mammal scientists."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/26/2026As Wildfire Grows Near Ex-Nuclear Site, Calif. County Monitors Radiation
"The fire department said “hazardous materials and radiological monitoring teams” continue to track the health of the air in the Ventura County area."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/26/2026"Another First For Renewables: Wind And Solar Outgenerate Gas In April"
"It’s a milestone moment that shows just how much clean energy has matured in a short amount of time — and a lot more growth is on the way."
Source: Canary Media, 05/26/2026Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast: Milder Than Normal Thanks To El Nino
"A developing El Nino that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won’t make the potentially deadly storms disappear, federal and outside meteorologists predict."
Source: AP, 05/22/2026Trump 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, 05/22/2026Firms 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, 05/22/2026RFK Jr. Fires Leaders Of Group That Guides Preventive 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. In letters dated May 11, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. notified the two doctors who chaired the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that he was terminating their appointments immediately, before the end of their multiyear terms."
Source: AP, 05/22/2026Pork Lobbyist Leads “Nonpartisan” Group Opposing State Animal Welfare Laws
"In March, a letter to the editor appeared in the Los Angeles Times imploring Congress to take action against a California law that requires farmers provide hogs, calves and chickens with enough room to turn around, lie down and stretch. A chief problem with the law, according to the letter, is that it applies to animals raised in other states if products from those animals are sold into California."
Source: The New Lede, 05/22/2026"ICE Changes Environmental Review Plan for Detention Centers"
"US Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to be shifting its strategy as it faces environmental review headwinds in its campaign to buy and convert warehouses into detention centers across the country. The Department of Homeland Security is now conducting National Environmental Policy Act reviews for two proposed facilities in New Jersey and Maryland, marking a policy shift after the agency initially exempted the projects from the months-long study process."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/22/2026
