Laws & Regulations

Virginia AG Takes Steps to Rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

"Virginia’s newly elected Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones took action Thursday that creates a pathway for Virginia to rejoin the carbon market called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI."

Source: Inside Climate News, 01/26/2026

"Trump’s Grant Terminations Upheld by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals"

"Six cities and 13 nonprofit groups still cannot recoup millions of dollars after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals this week overturned a lower court’s ruling that forbade the Trump administration from terminating or freezing grant funding for environmental justice, agricultural and climate programs."

Source: Inside Climate News, 01/26/2026

"Philadelphia Sues Interior Department Over Slavery Exhibit Removal"

"The city of Philadelphia on Thursday sued the Department of the Interior after National Park Service staff removed an exhibit on slavery from the President’s House site in Independence National Historical Park."

Source: The Hill, 01/26/2026

Interpol-Backed Police Arrest Nearly 200 In Amazon Region Gold Mining Sweep

"Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region, authorities said Thursday."

Source: AP, 01/23/2026

Hearing Shows Partisan Rift Over GOP Bill To Loosen Chemical Safety Rules

"The deep rift between Democrats and Republicans over the future of the nation’s premier chemical safety law was on full display on Thursday in a hearing designed to kickstart legislation that would allow faster federal approvals for new chemicals. "

Source: The New Lede, 01/23/2026

Long-Banned Pesticide Still Showing Up In Long Beach And Other Communities

"A highly toxic pesticide that was banned in California more than two decades ago is still widely used across the state, potentially endangering communities near farm fields and bustling shipyards, according to a new study."

Source: LA Times, 01/23/2026

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