A battle is brewing in Congress over whether pesticide makers like Bayer can be shielded from lawsuits. ⤵️ @pesticideaction.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social @biologicaldiversity.org www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/in-w...

Critics say a provision in the House appropriations bill—Section 453—would quietly strip away consumers’ ability to hold pesticide makers liable. The language is “by design, sneaky and complicated,” says American Assoc. for Justice. @pesticideaction.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/in-w...

Exposure to nitrates in drinking water is linked to cancer, birth defects, and infant health problems. Advocates in Wisconsin are calling for tougher enforcement and updated standards. ⤵️ @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social @greatlakesnow.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/new-...

More than 90 percent of Wisconsin’s nitrate pollution comes from agriculture. Advocates say lawmakers are blocking efforts to protect drinking water. ⤵️ @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social @greatlakesnow.bsky.social @foodandwater.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/new-...

A new report warns Wisconsin faces a growing public health crisis from nitrate contamination in drinking water. The problem is driven largely by fertilizer and manure use on farms. @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social @greatlakesnow.bsky.social @foodandwater.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/new-...

The EPA once estimated that tighter slaughterhouse pollution controls could prevent 100 million lbs of waste from entering US waters each year. Now, a rollback is being challenged in court by @earthjustice.org and allies. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

FOIA Records Reveal #EPA Leaders Frequent Meetings With Industry Lobbyists Brian Bienkowski reports for @thenewlede.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

FOIA calendars reveal: – 50+ industry groups met with EPA leaders (Bayer, BASF, ExxonMobil, Occidental Chemical, etc.) – Few environmental/health voices got meetings Read the full story: www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

“We’re seeing unfettered industry access to all the decision-making around things like toxic chemicals and pesticides. It’s beyond anything we’ve already seen,” said Dr. Tracey Woodruff of @ucsfhealth.bsky.social. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

Important work from #EWG that demonstrates we need to do more to ensure our drinking water supply is safe. @thenewlede.bsky.social @careygillam.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/new-...

Our Editor-in-Chief @careygillam.bsky.social appeared on WFLA’s Bloom to discuss the harmful effects of chemicals seeping into America’s food supply. Watch the full segment here: www.wfla.com/video/the-ha...

FOIA records show top EPA officials met dozens of times with agrichemical and chemical lobbyists in early 2025. The meetings were followed by regulatory rollbacks and a downplaying of pesticide risks by the #MAHA Commission. @sejorg.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

“The U.S. meat industry slaughters 18,000 animals a minute, creating a waste stream full of blood, fecal bacteria & pathogens.” — Hannah Connor, @biologicaldiversity.org, on why 10 groups are suing the EPA over abandoned water rules. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

Environmental groups, including @earthjustice.org and @biologicaldiversity.org are suing the EPA in the 9th Circuit, claiming its move to scrap stricter slaughterhouse pollution rules violates the Clean Water Act. Story by @shannonkelleher.bsky.social. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

More than 200 million Americans are at risk of drinking tap water contaminated with arsenic and nitrate chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects, and reproductive harms. A new @ewgofficial.bsky.social report includes an interactive map of high-risk hot spots. ⤵️ www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/new-...

Opinion: The EPA continues to side with chemical corporations. And now the #MAHA Commission has chosen to rubber-stamp that failure. Read @cfstruefood.bsky.social Food Legal Director George Kimbrell's full column: www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

Researchers say the EPA underestimated the benefits of advanced water filtration. New analysis shows installing #PFAS treatment could also slash other contaminants—cutting trihalomethanes by 42% and haloacetic acids by 50%. @pfasproject.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/pfas...

Opinion: "This policy “improvement” is not reform, it’s Orwellian propaganda. The #MAHA report is not a solution, it’s a smokescreen," writes @cfstruefood.bsky.social Legal Director George Kimbrell. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

Opinion: Once again, the EPA sides with pesticide giants. Instead of protecting kids from toxins like glyphosate, atrazine & dicamba, the #MAHA Commission wants to speed approvals and launch PR campaigns. @cfstruefood.bsky.social @pesticideaction.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

Opinion: "The #MAHA Report is not reform. It is business as usual. [...] The health of our children and farmworkers cannot wait for more empty promises," writes @cfstruefood.bsky.social Legal Director George Kimbrell. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

More than 100 solar companies went bankrupt in 2024 as federal tax credits were cut and state policies shifted. Critics say utilities are winning the fight over who controls the grid. @sejorg.bsky.social @eia-news.bsky.social @commercialsolarguy.com www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/roof...

More than 42 states saw rooftop solar installs fall in 2024. Meanwhile, utilities boosted solar capacity by 60% last year. The US solar story is shifting from rooftops to utility-scale. @eia-news.bsky.social @energycommerce.bsky.social @iea.org www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/roof...

Rooftop solar is in a slump. Installs dropped 39% in 2024 & more than 100 solar firms went bankrupt. Are dark days ahead for home solar? @solarenergy4u.bsky.social @nrdc.org @eia-news.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/roof...

“Deeply disappointed”: advocates say the Trump admin’s #MAHA report put chemical companies over kids’ health. @cleanairmoms-pa.bsky.social @cleanaircatf.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/maha...

The final #MAHA report scrubs language on glyphosate and atrazine—herbicides linked to cancer and birth defects—despite earlier drafts highlighting risks. Advocates call it a betrayal of public health. @cfstruefood.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/maha...

Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the US. It is the most commonly used pesticide in parks and is even found in foods. Is glyphosate hazardous for kids? Absolutely. Yet MAHA’s final report has erased any mention of glyphosate. Story: @careygillam.bsky.social @thenewlede.bsky.social

Critics blast the new #MAHA report as a corporate giveaway: references to pesticide risks, corporate influence, and chemical exposures were deleted after lobbying from Crop Life America and others. @cfstruefood.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/maha...

Nutrition experts call the MAHA report a missed opportunity. “What’s still missing is regulation,” said Marion Nestle. Critics say the report offers “crumbs” to health advocates while bowing to chemical and food industry pressure. @cfstruefood.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/maha...

The “Make America Healthy Again” commission released a final report critics say favors corporate interests over public health. Mentions of pesticides like glyphosate were erased after industry pushback. @cfstruefood.bsky.social @marionnestle.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/maha...

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The EPA is retreating from proposed rules to curb slaughterhouse water pollution, even as toxic waste continues to flow into rivers and streams. @earthjustice.org @nrdc.org @foodandwater.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/pfas...

Thank you to Nicholas Kristof and the @nytimes.com for spotlighting our investigation into Syngenta’s handling of paraquat, a chemical tied to Parkinson’s disease. Explore the internal corporate documents here: thenewlede.org/paraquat-pap...

Slaughterhouses release 28 million+ lbs of pollutants yearly into US waterways. Advocates say the EPA’s decision to abandon new water pollution rules keeps that threat alive. @sierraclub.org @earthjustice.org @ehnewsroom.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

New: Cancer in the Corn Belt Our reporting hub on farm pollution, water quality, and rising cancer rates in Iowa. Explore investigations, watch videos, and share your own experience. Check it out now: www.thenewlede.org/cancer-in-th...

@ewgofficial.bsky.social researchers examined data from the EPA’s national water monitoring program and found that #PFAS was detected along with pollutants such as trihalomethanes, haloacetic acid, heavy metals and nitrates in 64% of 1,083 systems. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/pfas...

🚨 The EPA has walked back its proposal to strengthen water pollution rules for slaughterhouses—despite evidence the industry dumps millions of pounds of nitrogen & phosphorus into waterways each year. @earthjustice.org @envirointegrity.bsky.social @nrdc.org www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

🚨 A new @ewgofficial.bsky.social study finds just 8% of US water systems have advanced filters to remove toxic #PFAS & other contaminants. Small rural towns are the least protected, leaving millions exposed. @nrdc.org @pfaspathways.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/pfas...

After allegedly polluting a Maryland small town's water supply with #PFAS, Perdue Chicken has pledged to pay to maintain filtration systems it installed until 2029. However, Maryland residents fear they’ll shoulder future costs. @pfasproject.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/06/mary...

Congress is moving to strip key safeguards protecting service members, firefighters & families from toxic #PFAS. @pfasproject.bsky.social @pfasproject.bsky.social @pfoaprojectny.bsky.social @ewgofficial.bsky.social

Roughly a quarter of the nation’s large cattle, dairy and hog farms are located in just 30 U.S. counties, a new satellite-mapping study has found. The research also links large farms to elevated air pollution. Brian Bienkowski reports via @thenewlede.bsky.social:

A $1M water study in Iowa linked ag pollution to health risks and cancer. But funds for public outreach were suddenly “zeroed out.” Critics say politics trumped public health. @harkininstitute.bsky.social @drakeuniversity.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/iowa...

Iowa’s drinking water is under threat: high nitrates, pesticides, and farm runoff. A major scientific report warned of risks—yet officials pulled the money meant to share its findings. @drakeuniversity.bsky.social @harkininstitute.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/iowa...

A new bill would allow the military to keep using and buying #PFAS firefighting foam. “The PFAS-free alternative is out there,” said Evan Davis of @iaffofficial.bsky.social. “We don’t see why DOD needs to delay.” www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/cong...

Congress proposes scrapping #PFAS safeguards that protect service members, firefighters, and families on military bases. @shannonkelleher.bsky.social reports. @iaffofficial.bsky.social @ewgofficial.bsky.social @pfasproject.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/cong...

Over half of US counties lack a single federally-monitored air quality station, with more than 50 million Americans living in “air quality monitoring deserts.” @stoptoxics.bsky.social @cleanairclub.bsky.social @cleanaircatf.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/oil-...

Opinion: California built its reputation as America’s clean energy leader. Now, Trump’s rollback of EV rules & climate protections threatens to unravel decades of progress. The fight isn’t over—but @gavinnewsom.bsky.social must pick a side: people or polluters. www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/post...

Opinion: From cutting rooftop solar rebates to easing oil drilling, Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social’s record is tilting toward utilities & Big Oil. California can’t claim climate leadership while undermining clean energy at home. @just-stopoil.bsky.social @iea.org www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/post...

PM2.5 levels are 28% higher near large cattle farms & 11% higher near hog farms, according to a new study. @foodandwater.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social #CAFOs www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/cafo...

Oil and gas pollution costs the US an estimated $77 billion annually in health damages. @envdefensefund.bsky.social@cleanaircatf.bsky.social @cleanairclub.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/oil-...

Air pollution from oil and gas activities is responsible for an estimated 91,000 deaths and over 10,000 preterm births in the US each year, according to a new study that examined the impacts of the industry from extraction to refining to burning fuel in power plants. Via @thenewlede.bsky.social