Laws & Regulations

EPA Drops Planned Delay in Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Plants

"Public health advocates pushed back when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it planned to delay for two years a requirement that steel companies monitor air quality at the perimeters of their 11 coke plants in Western Pennsylvania and across the country. Two groups sued. Now, the EPA has reversed course."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2025

Groups Sue EPA Over Canceled $7 Billion Solar Program To Help Poor People

"Several groups and nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency over the canceling of a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans."

Source: AP, 10/08/2025

"Exxon Steps Back From Texas Gulf Coast Plastics Plant"

"Exxon Mobil will postpone its plans for a large new plastics production plant on the Gulf Coast of Texas, according to the company. Construction was initially planned to begin next year on the $10 billion facility in rural Calhoun County."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2025

Tests Show That A Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking

"Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2025

"RCFP Calls DHS Actions Against Journalists ‘Disturbing,’ Seeks Meeting"

"The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is requesting a meeting with officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other agencies to discuss several incidents in which federal agents have arrested and used force against journalists."

Source: Reporters Committee, 10/07/2025

How We Probed A Maze Of Websites To Tally Brazilian Shark Meat Orders

"A recent Mongabay investigation found widespread government purchases of shark meat in Brazil to serve in thousands of public institutions." "As part of the research, we spent months combing through dozens of websites where Brazilian government agencies are legally required to publish their procurement records."

Source: Mongabay, 10/07/2025

"Appeal Seeks To Force Factory Farms To Disclose Hazardous Air Emissions"

"A coalition of food, environmental and animal welfare groups is appealing a recent federal court decision that upheld a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule exempting factory farms from publicly disclosing hazardous air emissions information."

Source: The New Lede, 10/07/2025

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