On July 17, the Interior Department announced that all wind and solar projects would have to undergo "elevated review" from department Secretary Doug Burgum's office. On July 29, Burgum ordered an end to "preferential treatment" for "unreliable, foreign controlled energy sources," specifically wind and solar. The next day, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which sits within the Interior Department, rescinded all designated Wind Energy Areas along the continental shelf.
Earlier this month, the wellness entrepreneur Calley Means delivered opening remarks at a symposium called "The Future of Farming: Exploring a Pro-Health, Pro-Farmer Agenda," held in Washington, D.C., at the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank. Means is prominent in Make America Healthy Again, the clean-eating, vaccine-skeptical movement that opposes corruption in the food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries. He is also a top adviser to MAHA's patron saint, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., now the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Despite the apparent benefits of treated sewage sludge as a fertilizer, it poses significant environmental risks due to the presence of 'forever chemicals', microplastics, and toxic waste, which current regulations fail to adequately address.