Monday, June 29, 2026

Tag: EPA

EPA reapproves drift-prone pesticide dicamba

This decision will allow farmers in 34 states to use the herbicide on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton, following a 2024 court ruling that had previously vacated its use.

Congress passes final spending bill with cuts to EPA, Interior budgets

The bill passed after a year of mass firings were conducted by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

Trump’s EPA could limit its own ability to use new science...

In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.

EPA proposes to double amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale...

Is this change part of a broader reassessment of how the agency evaluates cancer risks from chemicals?

Trump DOJ backs Bayer in Supreme Court fight over Roundup cancer...

A move by the administration aligns federal power with pesticide manufacturers as thousands of cancer patients fight for their day in court.

Scientists completed a toxicity report on this forever chemical. The EPA...

Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it.

America is still using diquat, a toxic weedkiller banned in much...

Despite mounting evidence of serious health risks, the U.S. continues to allow diquat use on farms.

Trump’s EPA deepens environmental rollback with delays, deregulation, and industry favoritism

From coal ash delays to dicamba reapproval, Trump’s EPA faces backlash for gutting public health safeguards and empowering polluters.

Millions exposed to toxic PFAS levels as EPA retreats from safety...

New data reveals over 73 million Americans may be drinking water contaminated with toxic PFAS, while the EPA under Trump moves to weaken or repeal health standards.

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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza

A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Addicted to war?

War Fever, Trump-Style.

Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."