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Laws & Regulations

Jury Orders Chevron To Pay Over $744M For Destroying Louisiana Wetlands

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"Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $744m in damages for destroying parts of south-east Louisiana’s coastal wetlands over the years. The ruling, which came in the form of a civil jury verdict on Friday, marks the conclusion of the first trial among 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years earlier which alleged that the company’s oil and gas projects have led to the degradation of the region’s wetlands."

Source: Guardian, 04/07/2025

"Milwaukee Faces Lead Crisis Without CDC Experts RFK Jr. Fired"

"When Milwaukee officials discovered in January that lead paint in school buildings had poisoned kids, they called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." "“The people who were answering our questions are just gone,” City Health Commissioner Michael Totoraitis said in an interview after the firings Tuesday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Source: E&E News, 04/07/2025

US Electric Vehicle Industry Is Collateral Damage In Trump’s Trade War

"President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz has sent shock waves throughout every aspect of the global economy, including the auto sector, where multi-billion-dollar plans to electrify in the United States are especially at risk."

Source: AP, 04/07/2025

"Trump Officials Quietly Move To Reverse Bans On Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’"

"The Trump administration is quietly carrying out a plan that aims to kill hundreds of bans on highly toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” and other dangerous compounds in consumer goods. The bans, largely at the state level, touch most facets of daily life, prohibiting everything from bisphenol in children’s products to mercury in personal care products to PFAS in food packaging and clothing."

Source: Guardian, 04/07/2025

White House Weighs Executive Order To Fast-Track Deep-Sea Mining: Sources

"The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let mining companies bypass a United Nations-backed review process, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the deliberations."

Source: Reuters, 04/04/2025

B.C. Quietly Let Oil And Gas Giant Sidestep Rules For 4,300+ Pipelines

"The British Columbia government quietly granted one of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies an exemption for thousands of pipelines that should have been deactivated before a legal deadline, according to documents obtained under freedom of information legislation."

Source: The Narwhal/IJF, 04/04/2025

After Outcry, Brazil Supreme Court Nixes Mining On Indigenous Lands

"Brazil’s Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution."

Source: Mongabay, 04/04/2025

"EPA Cuts Could Leave Small Rural Towns Choking In Smoke"

"The EPA’s slashing of more than $1 billion in grant funding has hit hard in Western communities that have felt climate impacts from flooding, wildfire smoke and melting permafrost."

Source: Washington Post, 04/04/2025

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