Environmental Health

"Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?"

"No modern American city has ever run out of water. But chances are rising that Corpus Christi, Texas, could be the first. Absent a biblical rainfall event, its reservoirs are on track to completely dry up by next year."

Source: Inside Climate News/KUT/KEDT, 04/24/2026

"World Food Systems ‘Pushed To The Brink’ By Extreme Heat, UN Warns"

"Extreme heat is threatening the world’s food systems, with farmers unable to work outside, livestock experiencing stress and crop yields falling, putting the livelihoods of more than a billion people in peril, the UN has warned."

Source: Guardian, 04/24/2026

"A New Bureau Will Oversee Both Offshore Drilling and Seabed Mining"

"The Trump administration is creating a new office that critics say could weaken the environmental oversight of oil drilling and seabed mining in territorial waters." "The new federal office will undo a change made after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Critics say it could reduce environmental oversight."

Source: NYTimes, 04/24/2026

"EPA Adds More Pesticide Industry Reps to Science Board"

"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin appointed four chemical industry representatives to the agency’s Science Advisory Board last week, including employees of pesticide companies and of a leading manufacturer of the forever chemicals that now contaminate U.S. farm soils, waterways, and food."

Source: Civil Eats, 04/23/2026

EPA Ignored Plea To Tighten Limits On Glyphphosate Weed Killer, Lawsuit Claims

"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is putting public health at risk by continuing to let farmers spray glyphosate, a weed killer linked to cancer, directly on top of oats before harvest, a practice that commonly results in residues of the pesticide remaining on popular foods made with oats, according to a new lawsuit."

Source: 8, 04/23/2026

"Trump Invokes War Powers To Juice Fossil Energy, Grid"

"President Donald Trump invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act on Monday to shore up federal funding for a host of energy projects — involving oil, gas, coal and the grid — as the White House moved to buffer climbing electricity and fuel costs."

Source: E&E News, 04/23/2026

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