Government

Report: Big Food Firms Often Sue To Stop Or Slow Public Health Policies

"The newsroom Lighthouse Reports, along with several partners around the globe, found food compa�nies have sued more than 200 times in the past 15 years as governments have tried to rein in unhealthy ingredients in people’s diets."

Source: Investgate Midwest, 08/24/2026

NIH Plan To Keep Peer-Review Scores For Grants Secret Draws Concern

"The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) wants to change a key step in the review process determining which research it funds, raising concerns about transparency and political interference."

Source: Science, 08/24/2026

Trump Lifts Summer Gasoline Restrictions Early As Prices Remain Stubborn

"The Trump administration is ending summertime smog restrictions on gasoline early this year in a bid to offer relief for high prices at the pump."

Source: The Hill, 08/21/2026

How Trump Is Trying to Crush California’s Environmental Policies

"The Trump administration has taken a series of extraordinary steps to attack California’s position as a national leader in environmental protection, enlisting at least a half-dozen federal agencies to undermine the state’s efforts to pivot away from fossil fuels."

Source: New York Times, 08/21/2026

Governors’ Races Increasingly Buffeted By Toxic Politics Of Data Centers

"More governors are shifting their stances or taking more steps to squeeze data centers as the midterm elections near and public opinion sours on the energy-hungry behemoths that tech giants and developers are building to fuel artificial intelligence products and cloud computing. The backlash to the massive server warehouses is enveloping races for governor in some of the nation’s biggest states and presidential battlegrounds."

Source: AP, 08/21/2026

Trump Selects Dr. Heidi Overton, White House Aide, To Lead FDA

"President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will nominate Heidi Overton, a top aide at the White House’s Domestic Policy Council, to serve as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration."

Source: Washington Post, 08/21/2026
October 6, 2026 to October 7, 2026

Marine Minerals and the Media: An EJN Webinar for Journalists on Deep-Sea Mining

How can journalists cover this industry accurately and thoroughly as it gains momentum? Speakers will shed light on the murky world of deep sea mining, drawing from their experience in science communication, deep sea ecology, ocean policy, the human-ocean relationship and more.

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Musk Posted, And She Lost Her FEMA Job. Now, She Seeks To Clear Her Name.

"A senior Federal Emergency Management Agency official fired early last year is seeking to clear her name after Elon Musk blamed her for allowing payments to New York City to house immigrants, which she said was approved by a U.S. DOGE Service aide."

Source: Washington Post, 08/20/2026

North Carolina Poultry Industry Grows As Manure Oversight Lags: Report

"North Carolina’s poultry industry continues to add more birds to already highly concentrated barns, generating millions of tons of manure that is largely unregulated by the state, according to a new report."

Source: The New Lede, 08/20/2026

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