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"E.P.A. Delays Required Cleanups of Toxic Coal Ash Landfills"

"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that it would give utility companies an additional year to begin cleaning up contamination from toxic coal ash landfills across the country."

Source: NYTimes, 07/18/2025

"Trump Exempts Scores of Plants From Biden’s Pollution Rules"

"President Donald Trump is allowing chemical makers, coal-fired power plants and other facilities to bypass a range of environmental regulations on grounds that the waivers are needed for national security purposes."

Source: Bloomberg, 07/18/2025
August 22, 2025

DEADLINE: IJNR Crown of the Continent Institute

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will bring 15 journalists to Montana, Oct 5-12, 2025, and introduce them to subject matter experts including Tribal members, ecologists, wildlife and fisheries biologists, climate scientists, ranchers, land managers, and other stakeholders whose life or livelihood is based on the landscape. Deadline: Aug 22.

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Trump Axes NOAA Tool To Help Communities Prepare For Future Rainfall

"The Commerce Department has indefinitely suspended work on a tool to help communities predict how rising global temperatures will alter the frequency of extreme rainfall, according to three current and former federal officials familiar with the decision, a move that experts said will make the country more vulnerable to storms supercharged by climate change."

Source: Washington Post, 07/17/2025

"OSHA Just Reduced the Value of a Worker’s Life"

"The Trump administration slashed fines for safety violations by small businesses and other employers and plans to reduce already rare workplace inspections. Experts say that will lead to more worker injuries, illnesses and deaths."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/17/2025

Trump Hails $90 Billion Push to Make Pennsylvania A Gas-Fired AI Hub

"Flanked by titans of the fossil fuel, tech and finance industries, President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed $90 billion in private investments aimed at building a massive artificial intelligence hub around Pennsylvania’s natural gas resources."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/17/2025

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