Environmental Health

State Bans Reduce ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Clothing And Textiles: Report

"State laws banning Pfas in clothing and textiles have significantly reduced the amount of toxic “forever chemicals” used in the products, which public health advocates say marks a major public health win and underscores the value in protective policy."

Source: Guardian, 06/17/2026

Trump Wants To Put A $75M Coal Terminal In Oakland. Residents Resist.

"Residents of West Oakland, which suffers from toxic waste and high pollution rates, rally against a coal export facility"

Source: Guardian, 06/17/2026

Trump DOJ Supports Musk-Owned Data Center In Suit By NAACP

"The Trump administration urged a federal court on Monday to dismiss an environmental lawsuit against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, saying the company’s Grok government model and the data centers that power it are crucial to national security. The NAACP alleges that xAI has rushed to build and continue expanding its Colossus Gas Plant in vulnerable and heavily Black communities near the Tennessee-Mississippi border without legally required permits or pollution controls."

Source: E&E News, 06/17/2026

Billionaire Donor Benefits as Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Wells

"Trump’s EPA is planning to weaken restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane. Oil billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, a major Trump donor, is set to reap the benefits. Society as a whole will deal with the environmental costs."

Source: ProPublica, 06/17/2026

Dangerous Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Found In US Breast Milk Samples

"Breast milk samples from mothers in Seattle contain alarming levels of dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals, including BPA, BPS, melamine, cyanuric acid, and triclosan, new peer-reviewed research has found."

Source: Guardian, 06/16/2026

What Most Battleground House Districts Have In Common: Data Centers

"More than 200 data centers are going up in dozens of competitive House districts — and neither party knows how to handle their political fallout heading into the midterms."

Source: Politico, 06/16/2026

"Another Industry-Led Campaign Targets California’s Animal Welfare Law"

"Several newspapers across farming states have run strikingly similar opinion columns over the past month that take issue with a California law requiring farmers to provide hogs, calves and chickens with enough room to turn around, lie down and stretch."

Source: The New Lede, 06/15/2026

EPA Sends California Emissions Rules To Congress, Hoping For Reversal

"The U.S. Environmental ​Protection Agency on Friday said it was sending the Republican-controlled Congress landmark California vehicle emissions rules for potential ‌repeal, its latest effort to prevent tougher state tailpipe requirements."

Source: Reuters, 06/15/2026

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