Laws & Regulations

"Biden Pushes Out Over $100 Billion in Clean Energy Grants as Term Winds Down"

"U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for international climate policy John Podesta said."

Source: Reuters, 12/04/2024

Arizona’s Grijalva Will Step Down As Top Dem On House Resources Panel

"Raúl Grijalva, the top Democrat on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, will not seek to remain in that position in the next Congress, he said in a written statement Monday."

Source: States Newsroom, 12/03/2024

Environmental Groups Demand EPA Start Monitoring Microplastics In Water

"A new legal petition filed by more than 170 top environmental groups demands that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begin monitoring for microplastics in drinking water, an essential first step to reining in pollution viewed as one of the nation’s most pressing public health threats."

Source: Guardian, 12/03/2024

EPA Takes Partial Step To Ban Chlorpyrifos In Move Called “Unconscionable”

"The long and winding regulatory road for a pesticide known to be harmful to developing babies took another turn on Monday as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was planning to only partially ban the insecticide chlorpyrifos in farming."

Source: The New Lede, 12/03/2024

"How Will Trump’s Covid Contrarians Handle the Next Pandemic?"

"President-elect Donald J. Trump had already succeeded in rattling the nation’s public health and biomedical establishment by the time he announced on Tuesday that he had picked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health. But amid growing fears of a deadly bird flu pandemic, perhaps no one was more rattled than experts in infectious disease."

Source: NYTimes, 12/02/2024

Trump Rejection of Transition Deal Adds Wrinkle to Its Transparency Pledges

"The refusal by President-elect Donald J. Trump’s team to sign a transition agreement with the General Services Administration means that, despite the team’s pledges to abide by several transparency customs of presidential handovers, it isn’t legally bound to follow through on its promises."

Source: NYTimes, 12/02/2024

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