"Newsom Vetoes Bill Banning Forever Chemicals In Cookware"
"California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill that would have banned the use of “forever chemicals” in cookware and other products in California."
Source: The Hill, 10/16/2025
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"Texas County Sues Trump Admin Over Canceled Solar Grants"
"A Texas county is suing EPA over the agency’s cancellation of nearly $250 million in solar energy grants." "The lawsuit says the Trump administration unlawfully revoked funding for low-income communities to access clean, affordable energy."
Source: E&E News, 10/16/2025
"Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant"
"Five months before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, tearing many houses off their foundations, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from such extreme flooding."
Source: NYTimes, 10/16/2025
UN Warns Colombia Over Mercury In Atrato River As Human Rights Emergency
"The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato River basin has created a “serious and ongoing human rights crisis,” threatening the health and survival of Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities who depend on the river for food, water and culture."
Source: AP, 10/16/2025
"Natural Gas Prices Are Low, But Your Monthly Gas Bill Is Up. Here's Why"
"In the Philadelphia suburb of Wyncote, Pa., Michelle Lordi has taken notice of her higher gas bills. ... Now Lordi is making the connection between her higher gas bill and the nearby construction."
Source: NPR, 10/16/2025
"Court Blocks Trump’s Shutdown Layoff Plans"
"A federal judge in California has temporarily barred the Trump administration from using the government shutdown as the basis for layoffs at EPA, the Energy Department and other agencies."
Source: E&E News, 10/16/2025
"A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone"
"Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January."
Source: WIRED, 10/16/2025
Journalists Turn In Badges, Exit Pentagon Rather Than Agree To New Rules
"Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power."
Source: AP, 10/16/2025
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