"PFAS in Fertilizer From Sewage Spurs State Control Efforts"
"More than 20 bills introduced among at least 12 states. Fears, farm damage vie with waste control practicalities."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/02/2025
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Collapsing Bird Numbers In N. America Prompt Fears Of Ecological Crisis
"Bird populations across North America are falling most quickly in areas where they are most abundant, according to new research, prompting fears of ecological collapse in previously protected areas."
Source: Guardian, 05/02/2025
Justice Dept Sues Hawaii, Mich., Vt. And New York Over State Climate Actions
"The U.S. Justice Department filed lawsuits against four states this week, claiming their climate actions conflict with federal authority and President Donald Trump’s energy dominance agenda."
Source: AP, 05/02/2025
"Fate Of California’s Auto Standards Will Come Down To Senate Battle"
"The House of Representatives took a trio of votes this week targeting California’s decades-old authority to enforce its own environmental standards, setting the stage for a significant standoff in the U.S. Senate, where Democrats say Republican leaders would have to defy long-standing congressional order to get the measures passed."
Source: LA Times, 05/02/2025
Uncovering Agriculture's Climate Impact: A Food Systems Forensics Webinar, Hosted by FFJN
Panelists Jonathan Foley of Project Drawdown & Helen Harwatt of Chatham House will share the latest research on the industrial food system and the climate crisis, followed by an on-the-record Q and A hosted by a member of the Food and Farming Journalism Network. 11:00 AM ET.
"For Alabama’s Spotted Salamanders, a Win and a Warning"
"A grassroots effort successfully pushed back on a development in Homewood that would have destroyed a critical salamander habitat. Still, amphibians face constant risks."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/01/2025
USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Management
"The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water decisions of local and state governments across the country."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/01/2025
"Trump’s Policies Are Creating Uncertainty for Fossil Fuel Companies"
"Last week, the US Department of the Interior announced that it would speed up the approval process for certain fossil fuel projects, proclaiming that environmental analyses that previously would have taken years must now be taken down to, at maximum, a month. While the new procedures are seemingly a gift to the industry, this may actually be terrible news for pipeline developers, drillers, and miners."
Source: WIRED, 05/01/2025
Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill Ending Ratepayer Subsidies Of 2 Coal Plants
"After years of attempts, Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to end the subsidy for two unprofitable Cold War-era coal plants that had cost Ohio ratepayers nearly $400,000 a day, after they were tucked into the tainted energy bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in state history."
Source: AP, 05/01/2025
"UN Chemicals Negotiators To Debate Potential Global Chlorpyrifos Ban"
"The biennial Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions will consider banning the controversial pesticide and two other toxic compounds"
Source: C&EN, 05/01/2025
