Laws & Regulations

One Year On And The Global Plastics Treaty 'Is Going Backwards'

"A new Aid to Negotiations document for the Global Plastics Treaty has been released a year after Geneva's collapse, but campaigners warn it dilutes key measures and retreats from the ambition needed to end plastic pollution."

Source: Oceanographic, 08/12/2026

Anti-Uranium Advocates Swamp Hearing On Proposed Mine Near Navajo Land

"A recent hearing meant to inform the public about a new uranium mine proposal near Church Rock instead exposed wounds around the legacy of mining’s impacts on Navajo communities, as well as fresh concerns about whether technology that promises to safely extract the mineral is as clean as the industry claims."

Source: Source New Mexico, 08/12/2026

"Trump Administration Kills a Flagship Annual Report on the Arctic"

"The Trump administration has pulled federal funding for an annual report chronicling the changing environment of the Arctic, where rapid warming is upending ecosystems, reconfiguring trade routes and scrambling Great Power strategy."

Source: New York Times, 08/12/2026

Dems Probe Uranium Company For Insider Trading Tied To Bears Ears

"House Democrats are investigating whether executives at a uranium company operating in Utah engaged in possible insider trading by making investments days before President Donald Trump opened a nearby national monument to mining."

Source: E&E News, 08/12/2026

Alito Gained Up To $2.9M From Oil And Gas Assets Since Joining Court

"The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows." "Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case".

Source: Guardian, 08/12/2026

New Amazon Data Center Could Be Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.

"Amazon is investing in a large-scale natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, the company confirmed on Friday, a facility that could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States."

Source: New York Times, 08/11/2026

Cyberattacks On Water Utilities Renew Dem Calls For Regulations

"Two Senate Democrats introduced a bill Monday to set cybersecurity standards for water utilities — something Republicans and industry have long fought."

Source: E&E News, 08/11/2026

EPA Moves To Rescind Biden-Era Tribal Water Quality Rule

"The Trump administration plans to rescind an EPA rule requiring states to consider tribes’ rights to fish, hunt and gather wild plants when establishing water quality protections — a policy the administration argues went beyond the agency’s authority."

Source: E&E News, 08/11/2026
August 21, 2026 to August 27, 2026

Film Screening: TO USE A MOUNTAIN at NYC's DCTV Firehouse Cinema

Catch a screening of an SEJ-supported feature documentary TO USE A MOUNTAIN at NYC's DCTV Firehouse Cinema in Chinatown this week, with Q&As w/ director Casey Carter. Winner of the 2025 Visions du Réel Special Jury Award, the film chronicles a people's history of resistance and stewardship when six rural American communities were marked as candidates to become a burial ground for 77,000 tons of nuclear waste.

Visibility: 

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Laws & Regulations