Laws & Regulations

Water Firms In England ‘Passed’ Pollution Tests That Were Never Carried Out

"Water firms “passed” thousands of pollution tests under a self-monitoring regime … yet the tests were never even conducted, the Observer can reveal. The water firms’ own operational data for sewage plants across the country reveals how outflows of effluent had stopped – in some cases for just a few hours – on days that samples were supposed to be taken."

Source: Guardian, 10/28/2024

Jailed Reporters, Silenced Networks: What Trump Says He'd Do To The Media

"On the campaign trail and in interviews, Trump has suggested that if he regains the White House, he will exact vengeance on news outlets that anger him. More specifically, Trump has pledged to toss reporters in jail and strip major television networks of their broadcast licenses as retribution for coverage he didn't like."

Source: NPR, 10/28/2024

Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers In Southeast Changed From Endangered To Threatened

"The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday."

Source: AP, 10/25/2024

Enviros Sue New York, New Jersey And Delaware Over Endangered Sturgeon

"New York, New Jersey and Delaware were accused in federal lawsuits Thursday of improperly allowing Atlantic sturgeon to be killed by commercial fishing operations even as the prehistoric fish is on the brink of disappearing."

Source: AP, 10/25/2024

Bad State Data May Misdirect $1 Billion In US Funds To Replace Lead Pipes

"The Environmental Protection Agency is at risk of misallocating nearly $1 billion in lead pipe replacement funding to the wrong states because it didn’t verify inaccurate data provided by Texas and Florida, an agency watchdog announced."

Source: AP, 10/25/2024

Nevada Lithium Mine Wins Final Permit Despite Risk To Endangered Wildflower

"For the first time under President Joe Biden, a federal permit for a new lithium mine has been approved for a Nevada project essential to his clean energy agenda, despite conservationists’ vows to sue over the plan, which they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction."

Source: AP, 10/25/2024

"Millions Pour in to Reelect Texas Oil and Gas Regulator"

"Republican incumbent Christi Craddick has raised upwards of $10 million in her campaign for a third term on the Railroad Commission of Texas. Her campaign focuses on fighting federal regulations and what she calls “radical anti-oil protesters.”"

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/24/2024

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