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  • "Mayors Are Making Climate Action Personal. It’s Working." [9]

    "As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels and rolls back regulations, mayors are greening their cities — in more ways than one." 

    Activism [10]
    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Government [14]
    Infrastructure [15]
    Transportation [16]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: Grist [19], 06/02/2025
    • Read more about "Mayors Are Making Climate Action Personal. It’s Working." [9]
  • "PBS And Minnesota Public TV Station Sue Trump White House" [20]

    "PBS and a public television station in rural Minnesota filed suit on Friday against President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the network. The suit alleges Trump's order is unlawful, exceeding his authority as president and violating Constitutional protections of free speech because he has made clear he doesn't like PBS's news coverage and programming."

    Environmental Politics [13]
    Journalism & Media [21]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
    Source: NPR [24], 06/02/2025
    • Read more about "PBS And Minnesota Public TV Station Sue Trump White House" [20]
  • "Supreme Court Sets Tighter Limits On NEPA Reviews" [25]

    "The Supreme Court on Thursday placed new limits on environmental reviews for major federal projects such as pipelines and railways."

    Biodiversity [26]
    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Health [27]
    Environmental Justice [28]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Environmental Studies [29]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Natural Resources [30]
    Transportation [16]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: E&E News [31], 05/30/2025
    • Read more about "Supreme Court Sets Tighter Limits On NEPA Reviews" [25]
  • $14 Billion In Clean Energy Projects Canceled In US This Year: Analysis [32]

    "More than $14 billion in clean energy investments in the U.S. have been canceled or delayed this year, according to an analysis released Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s pending megabill has raised fears over the future of domestic battery, electric vehicle and solar and wind energy development."

    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Infrastructure [15]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: AP [33], 05/30/2025
    • Read more about $14 Billion In Clean Energy Projects Canceled In US This Year: Analysis [32]
  • Trump Admin Reverses Planned Closures Of 3 Dozen US Mine Safety Offices [34]

    "The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws, the Department of Labor said Thursday."

    Climate Change [11]
    Environmental Health [27]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Natural Resources [30]
    People & Population [35]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: AP [36], 05/30/2025
    • Read more about Trump Admin Reverses Planned Closures Of 3 Dozen US Mine Safety Offices [34]
  • Appeals Court Revives Tribal Challenge To $10B SunZia Transmission Project [37]

    "A federal appeals court has sided with Native American tribes in their fight against the federal government over a $10 billion energy transmission line designed to carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away as California."

    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Justice [28]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Infrastructure [15]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    People & Population [35]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
    Source: AP [39], 05/30/2025
    • Read more about Appeals Court Revives Tribal Challenge To $10B SunZia Transmission Project [37]
  • "Louisiana Republicans Help Kill Anti-Fluoride Bill" [40]

    "Republicans in the Louisiana House stifled a proposal Wednesday that would have banned the addition of fluoride in public water systems — rejecting a burgeoning movement backed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

    Chemicals [41]
    Consumer [42]
    Environmental Health [27]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Water & Oceans [43]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
    Source: The Hill [45], 05/30/2025
    • Read more about "Louisiana Republicans Help Kill Anti-Fluoride Bill" [40]
  • "HHS Cancels Funding For Moderna To Develop Vaccines To Combat Bird Flu" [46]

    "The Department of Health and Human Services is pulling millions of dollars it had committed to give Moderna to aid the effort to develop a vaccine to combat the bird flu in humans, the company announced Wednesday.

    Environmental Politics [13]
    Health [47]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    People & Population [35]
    Science [48]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: Washington Post [49], 05/30/2025
    • Read more about "HHS Cancels Funding For Moderna To Develop Vaccines To Combat Bird Flu" [46]
  • "Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Stop Arizona Copper Mine" [50]

    "The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from some members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe to block a massive proposed copper mine that they say will destroy a holy site in Arizona known as Oak Flat."

    Environmental Justice [28]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Infrastructure [15]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Natural Resources [30]
    People & Population [35]
    Religion, Faith and Spirituality [51]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
    Source: E&E News [52], 05/29/2025
    • Read more about "Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Stop Arizona Copper Mine" [50]
  • "Trump Plan Could Offload Hundreds Of National Park Sites To States" [53]

    "The National Park Service manages 433 units around the country, including many smaller parks aimed at preserving places of historical significance." 

    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Natural Resources [30]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: E&E News [54], 05/29/2025
    • Read more about "Trump Plan Could Offload Hundreds Of National Park Sites To States" [53]
  • "Judge Halts Trump Administration Effort To Axe New York Congestion Pricing" [55]

    "A judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program, which imposes a significant toll on cars entering part of Manhattan."

    Climate Change [11]
    Consumer [42]
    Economy & Business [56]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Infrastructure [15]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    People & Population [35]
    Pollution [57]
    Transportation [16]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [58]
    Source: The Hill [59], 05/29/2025
    • Read more about "Judge Halts Trump Administration Effort To Axe New York Congestion Pricing" [55]
  • "A Michigan Coal Plant Was About To Close. Trump Ordered It To Stay Open." [60]

    "The Trump administration has followed through on a threat to use emergency wartime powers to force expensive and polluting coal-fired power plants to stay open — even if the utilities that own them, the states in which they operate, and the grid operators responsible for maintaining reliability all agree it’s safe to shut them down."

    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Health [27]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Pollution [57]
    Technology [61]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
    Source: Canary Media [62], 05/29/2025
    • Read more about "A Michigan Coal Plant Was About To Close. Trump Ordered It To Stay Open." [60]
  • Md. Advocates Urge Penalties on Gas Firm After False Environmental Claims [63]

    "Advocates are ramping up pressure on the Maryland Public Service Commission to penalize Washington Gas Light Company following a March ruling which found that the company misled millions of customers by claiming methane gas was better for the environment than electricity."

    Climate Change [11]
    Economy & Business [56]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Journalism & Media [21]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Pollution [57]
    Science [48]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [64]
    Source: Inside Climate News [65], 05/29/2025
    • Read more about Md. Advocates Urge Penalties on Gas Firm After False Environmental Claims [63]
  • Friends Complete Murdered Journalist Dom Phillips's Book on The Amazon [66]

    "After British journalist Dom Phillips was shot and killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the project. Three years later, their task is complete."

    Activism [10]
    Biodiversity [26]
    Environmental Justice [28]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Forests [67]
    Journalism & Media [21]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Public [17]
    International [68]
    South America [69]
    Source: AP [70], 05/29/2025
    • Read more about Friends Complete Murdered Journalist Dom Phillips's Book on The Amazon [66]
  • "In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Battle Over Who Gets to Measure Air Pollution" [71]

    "Community groups are fighting an unusual Louisiana law that restricts how they use data from air-quality monitors, saying it violates free speech."

    Activism [10]
    Air [72]
    Chemicals [41]
    Environmental Health [27]
    Environmental Justice [28]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Environmental Studies [29]
    Journalism & Media [21]
    Laws & Regulations [22]
    Pollution [57]
    Science [48]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
    Source: NYTimes [73], 05/28/2025
    • Read more about "In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Battle Over Who Gets to Measure Air Pollution" [71]

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