Laws & Regulations

Pentagon Delays PFAS Cleanup at Over 200 Military Sites for Third Time

"The Pentagon is again delaying its timelines to clean up “forever chemicals” at hundreds of contaminated military sites across �the United States, the third time in a year the department has extended estimates for completing a key phase of the cleanups."

Source: NOTUS, 09/08/2026

New Mexico Bans Uranium Leasing on State Lands

"Officials in New Mexico, the nation’s largest historic producer of uranium ore, banned new leasing of state lands for uranium mining on Friday." "The move to block new mining projects comes as the Trump administration seeks to revive American uranium production."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/08/2026

Pipeline Firm That Spilled Fuel in Pa. Is Trying to Weaken Clean Water Law

"Energy Transfer, the Dallas-based pipeline giant facing a state-level criminal probe related to a jet fuel spill that polluted drinking water in a suburban Philadelphia neighborhood, is seeking to have part of Pennsylvania’s 89-year-old Clean Streams Law declared unconstitutional."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/08/2026

Farmers Are Going Broke While the Ag Secretary Profits Off Them

"As farmers grapple with soaring diesel and fertilizer prices and the Department of Agriculture yanks support for cheaper, renewable forms of energy, the agency’s chief, Brooke Rollins, is carrying millions in highly profitable oil and gas investments."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/08/2026

Patagonia Joins Lawsuit Against Trump’s Utah National Monument Reduction

"The outdoor retailer Patagonia on Wednesday joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its executive orders to shrink the sizes of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah."

Source: The Hill, 09/04/2026

The Trump Admin Halted A Great Lakes Project. Then Whitmer Called Trump

"An unexplained Trump administration hold on construction of a state-federal project aimed at preventing invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes was abruptly lifted this week, hours after a call to President Donald Trump by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer."

Source: AP, 09/04/2026

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