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"Louisiana: Controversial Denka Plant Suspends Production After Dire Losses"

"A controversial chemical plant in the centre of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” region has indefinitely suspended all production following dire financial results, the facility’s operators announced on Tuesday."

Source: Guardian, 05/15/2025

NOAA Seeks To Reassign Employees To Understaffed Weather Service Offices

"The Trump administration is seeking to reassign other employees to “critically understaffed” offices in the National Weather Service (NWS), according to an internal document. The move to reassign these other employees comes after the administration fired hundreds of people at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including some staff at the NWS."

Source: The Hill, 05/15/2025

"EPA Tells Scientists To Apply For New Jobs Within The Agency"

"Political leaders at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have told scientists there to apply to new jobs, implying that those who do not may be fired, according to an official with a union representing the agency’s employees."

Source: The Hill, 05/15/2025

Georgia Shields Maker Of Roundup Weed Killer From Some Cancer Claims

"In a victory for global agrochemical maker Bayer, Georgia has become the second state to shield pesticide manufacturers from some lawsuits claiming that they failed to warn customers of potential dangers."

Source: AP, 05/15/2025

"EPA Ditches Historic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Rule"

"The Trump administration will roll back a landmark regulation on “forever chemicals” in drinking water, two weeks after EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promised to address contamination from the toxic, man-made substances."

Source: E&E News, 05/15/2025

Georgia’s Beloved Shrimp Industry Grapples With Disease And Foreign Imports

"The tart saltwater odor of fresh-caught shrimp hangs thick in the air, stronger even than the earthier scent of marsh and mud, at Bubba Gumbo’s and BG Seafood, a dockside restaurant and seafood market on Tybee Island, Georgia. This is one of many restaurants that dot the creeks and rivers snaking like veins through the coastal Georgia marshes. They run the gamut from the upscale and trendy to more bare-bones joints like this one, adjacent to a working dock."

Source: Grist/WABE, 05/14/2025

Project To Raise California’s Shasta Dam Could Move Forward Under Trump

"Enlarging the dam would deliver more Sacramento River water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites and endangered salmon could lose habitat in wet years."

Source: CalMatters, 05/14/2025

"Trump Promised U.S. Dominance. Instead, Energy Companies Are Faltering."

"President Donald Trump promised to unleash an energy renaissance that would lock in U.S. dominance over oil and gas. But that is not how things are working out for America’s drillers, fracking firms and equipment suppliers, including the company founded by Trump’s own energy secretary."

Source: Washington Post, 05/14/2025

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