Laws & Regulations

"The Big Lie In The Montana Senate Race"

"Montana GOP Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy has spent the last several months defending himself against accusations that he poses a threat to America’s federal public lands — a mess that the multimillionaire businessman and former Navy SEAL created when, shortly after launching his campaign, he explicitly called for federal lands to be “turned over to state agencies, or even counties.”

Source: HuffPost, 08/28/2024

"As Seen on TV: Big Oil’s Dystopian View of California’s Climate Agenda"

"A $5 million prime-time ad campaign is aimed at climate policies the industry claims make life miserable for Californians."

Source: Capital & Main, 08/28/2024

Chemical Industry Scientists Plan To Derail PFAS Rule On Drinking Water

"Scientists with financial ties to industry and histories of producing controversial research to derail chemical regulations are mobilizing to attack strict new federal drinking water limits for toxic PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, documents reviewed by the Guardian reveal."

Source: HuffPost, 08/28/2024

Corps To Reexamine Permit For Hyundai’s $7.6 Billion Georgia EV Plant

"A federal agency plans to reassess its environmental permit for Hyundai’s $7.6 billion electric vehicle plant in Georgia after a conservation group complained that regulators failed to properly examine the sprawling factory’s potential impacts on the area’s water supply."

Source: AP, 08/27/2024

"Tanzania's Maasai Protest Eviction In The Name Of Conservation"

"For a week, the green hills around Tanzania's famous Ngorongoro crater have been chequered with the blood red shuka cloths of tens of thousands of Maasai herdsman protesting their eviction from their land - all in the name of conservation."

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 08/27/2024

Houston’s Plastic Waste Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling

"When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that’s failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to gain state approval to store plastic, workers quickly closed a gate displaying a “no trespassing” sign."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/26/2024

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