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Insurance Giants Win, Car Dealers Lose: The Massive Hidden Winners of Trump's Right-to-Repair Order

Donald Trump's new 'freedom to fix' memorandum tells US regulators to ease rules on aftermarket parts and emissions repairs, a shift that quietly boosts insurers, independent garages and parts makers.

International Business Times UK

Trump slashes Biden-era refrigerant rule in attempt to bring grocery prices down

Trump, joined by top executives from grocery chains, labelled the regulation ‘unnecessary and costly’

The Independent UK

Endangered Species at Risk as Trump Administration Approves Continued Use of Toxic Atrazine Pesticide

The Trump administration has approved atrazine use, despite environmental groups' concerns over its impact on wildlife, water, and health. The decision contradicts earlier Environmental Protection Agency warnings about the pesticide.

International Business Times UK

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EPA Warning: Hidden Moisture Issues Could Lead to Mold Damage in Your Home This Summer

Summer brings sunshine, backyard barbecues, and a surge of invisible trouble lurking behind walls and under floors. Rising temperatures crank up humidity levels, and that excess moisture creates the perfect breeding ground for mold.

Clever Dude

EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators

The Independent UK

Trump administration guts rules targeting toxic coal plant ash

The Environmental Protection Agency has gutted rules that target waste from burning coal

The Independent UK

What the US attorney general actually does and what happens when fired

The attorney general is the lawyer appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate to lead the DOJ

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What a US attorney general actually does – a law professor spells it out

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, only 14 months after she was sworn into office, making her time in the role the shortest in 60 years.

The Conversation

EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities

The Independent UK

Attorney General Bondi to be out ‘imminently’ after disastrous Epstein files release: report

The president has privately considered replacing Pam Bondi with Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, sources close to the matter told The New York Times

The Independent UK

Texas has taken over issuing permits to store carbon underground. Here’s what to know.

The move of authority to the Texas Railroad Commission from the federal government now makes it easier for energy companies to apply for permits to store carbon underground.

The Texas Tribune

Two dozen states, 10 cities sue EPA over repeal of 'endangerment' finding central to climate fight

Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change

The Independent UK

Will the world fill the climate leadership void left by the US?

The Trump administration pulled the rug out from underneath US federal climate policy in February, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overturned the landmark 2009 “endangerment finding”. Now, the official policy of the US government holds that greenhouse gases do not pose a risk to human health.

The Conversation

EPA moves to weaken pollution limits on chemical used to sterilize medical equipment

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed weakening air pollution limits for a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment

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Do you really need a water filter? Here's what experts say

Most tap water in the U.S. is safe to drink

The Texas Tribune

After years of gains, Republicans in Congress push to roll back chemical regulations

In Texas, environmental activists and experts raise the alarm about the potential impact on public health if the Toxic Substances Control Act is weakened.

Capital & Main

After Years of Gains, GOP Pushes to Roll Back Chemical Regulations

In Texas, environmental activists and experts raise the alarm about the impact on the state's petrochemical industry.

The Conversation

Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and blood

Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced by human activity. Many of these places, designated as Superfund sites by the Environmental Protection Agency, can be found in Houston, Texas, the city where my colleagues and I live…

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Countries in the Americas can act to protect the environment without the United States

The United States federal government recently revoked a landmark scientific ruling by the Environmental Protection Agency that stated greenhouse gases are a threat to public health. U.S. President Donald Trump said the ruling was a “disasterous” policy that “severely damaged the American auto industry and massively drove up prices for…

The Independent UK

Trump administration eases limits on coal plants for emitting mercury, other toxins

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants

The Independent UK

Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections

A coalition of health and environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging its determination last week that revoked a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

The Conversation

Trump has scrapped the long-standing legal basis for tackling climate emissions

Regulating climate emissions just became more difficult. US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has repealed its own 2009 legal finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health.

The Independent UK

EPA ends credits for automatic start-stop vehicle ignition, a feature Zeldin says 'everyone hates'

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is ending credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles

Reason

Is This the End of Endangerment?

The Environmental Protection Agency is reportedly prepared to rescind the "endangerment finding" that underpins the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

The Independent UK

Trump administration approves weed killer dicamba for two common genetically modified crops

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday approved the use of the weed killer dicamba on genetically modified soybeans and cotton

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