Tom O'Malley
@tromals.bsky.social
Reposted by Tom O'Malley
The chemical industry has launched a multi-million dollar lobbying blitz to influence Trump, including on regulations related to "forever chemicals."
Trump's EPA has also recently added chemical lobbyists to regulatory positions.
"Make America Healthy Again."
Trump's EPA has also recently added chemical lobbyists to regulatory positions.
"Make America Healthy Again."
The Trump administration has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale under EPA regulations.
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The chemical industry has launched a multi-million dollar lobbying blitz to influence Trump, including on regulations related to "forever chemicals."
Trump's EPA has also recently added chemical lobbyists to regulatory positions.
"Make America Healthy Again."
Trump's EPA has also recently added chemical lobbyists to regulatory positions.
"Make America Healthy Again."
Surely the taxing bodies that have negotiated these deals, have stipulations that have the companies repaying the giveaways......right?
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/f...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/f...
How families could get stuck with higher electric bills if the AI data center boom goes bust
Investors and energy analysts question whether the AI race has turned into a bubble, one that would be costly to unravel as major infrastructure gets built.
www.cnbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Surely the taxing bodies that have negotiated these deals, have stipulations that have the companies repaying the giveaways......right?
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/f...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/f...
When the world’s largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the fallout
theconversation.com/when-the-wor...
theconversation.com/when-the-wor...
When the world’s largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the fallout
The Moss Landing battery fire became an unintended experiment – showing how burning lithium-ion cells scattered nickel, cobalt and manganese over a protected marsh.
theconversation.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
When the world’s largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the fallout
theconversation.com/when-the-wor...
theconversation.com/when-the-wor...
AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient – and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets
theconversation.com/ai-is-making...
theconversation.com/ai-is-making...
AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient – and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets
A subset of AI called reinforcement learning is helping scientists improve nuclear fuel technology, which they could use to power spacecraft and rockets.
theconversation.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient – and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets
theconversation.com/ai-is-making...
theconversation.com/ai-is-making...
Deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/d...
Deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows
A full transcript of Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s deposition has been made public in an ongoing lawsuit accusing federal immigration agents of routinely violating a restraining order on tactics in …
www.chicagotribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/d...
Congress Moves to Revive State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the PILLAR Act, which reauthorizes CISA’s cybersecurity grant program through 2033 but does not specify an amount for the potential funding.
www.govtech.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
