“This idea that you can invoke a national security exemption when there is no threat to national security is not only brand new, it’s ridiculous.”

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Pat Parenteau, an emeritus professor and senior fellow for climate policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Why Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Is Not Like the God Squads Before It

Years of debate on electric vehicles in Virginia have slowed the transition, now under full Democratic control.

By Charles Paullin

Republican state lawmakers want a temporary pause on Virginia’s 32 cent per gallon gas tax to help offset rising prices at the pump resulting from President Donald Trump’s ill-defined and unpopular war in Iran.

Virginia Republicans Want Tax Relief to Ease Gas Costs. There’s Also Electric Vehicles.

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

Citing the Trump administration’s promise to “Make America Healthy Again,” the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a draft list of contaminants maintained by the agency.

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