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EPA Flags Microplastics as ‘Priority’ Water Contaminants, but the Move Doesn’t Guarantee Regulation

Inclusion on the agency’s draft Contaminant Candidate List doesn’t require the EPA to monitor or set limits on microplastics in drinking water.

By Anika Jane Beamer

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (left) and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announce the EPA’s draft Contaminant Candidate List on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
A child receives a standard immunization at a pediatric office on Sept. 15, 2025, in Coral Gables, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

States Sue to Block Trump’s ‘Anti-Science’ Vaccine Policy

By Liza Gross

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses new dietary guidelines during a news briefing at the White House on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Reversing Years of Dietary Advice, the Trump Administration Tells Consumers to Eat More Red Meat

By Georgina Gustin

President Donald Trump speaks alongside coal miners before signing executive orders about coal production at the White House on April 8 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Marianne Lavelle, Wyatt Myskow

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Trump Administration Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills

By Kiley Bense

Workers remove an AC unit from a mobile home in order to tow it out of Congress Mobile Home Park in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 29, 2022. Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune

Funds to Help Low-Income Families With Summer Electric Bills Are Stretched Thin

By Martha Pskowski, Jenaye Johnson

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