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"What Trump’s Environmental Record Says About a Second Term" [9]

"Mr. Trump and his allies envision a second term that would try to permanently eliminate protections for air, water and climate."

Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 11/04/2024
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"Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Mind’ If Someone Has To ‘Shoot Through’ The Media" [21]

"Donald Trump said Sunday that he wouldn’t “mind” if someone had to “shoot through the fake news” to get to him, a further escalation of his violent rhetoric."

Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Politico [23], 11/04/2024
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"Trump 2.0 Would Bring Whiplash To Interior Department" [24]

"Former President Donald Trump has promised on the campaign trail to take a sledgehammer to the Biden administration’s energy and environmental policies. That means the Interior Department — a vast agency that oversees public lands, the national parks, Western water conservation and endangered species protections — is sure to witness drastic policy shifts if Trump reclaims the White House in January."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [27]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [31], 11/04/2024
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Campaign Cash: Louisiana Regulators’ Ties To The Utilities They Oversee [32]

"The state is tied for dead last in renewable energy adoption. Little surprise, with so much fossil fuel money flowing to its commissioners."

Climate Change [12]
Consumer [33]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Floodlight [37], 11/04/2024
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"Conservative Outfits Are Scouring Feds’ Emails" [38]

"Right-leaning groups have filed tens of thousands of information requests as Donald Trump plans a scorched-earth reign over civil servants."

Activism [39]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [40]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [41], 11/04/2024
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"Cop16 Ends In Disarray And Indecision Despite Biodiversity Breakthroughs" [42]

"A global summit on halting the destruction of nature ended in disarray on Saturday, with some breakthroughs but key issues left unresolved."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Forests [27]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
Wildlife [30]
Public [18]
International [44]
Source: Guardian [45], 11/04/2024
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"Why Is China Upping Coal Power Despite Green Energy Boom?" [46]

"The world has pledged to wean itself off 'dirty' coal to slow the pace of climate change, so why is China - already the world's top producer and consumer of coal - upping its output?"

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [35]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
Asia [47]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [48], 11/04/2024
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Colorado Ballot Measure To Ban Big Cat Hunting Raises Clashing Concerns [49]

"Colorado wildlife experts are at odds over whether a ballot measure to ban the hunting of certain wildcats would help or hurt the formidable felines that have long been intrinsic to Rocky Mountain ecosystems."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
Wildlife [30]
Public [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [50]
Source: The Hill [51], 11/04/2024
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"London Protesters Demand Water Companies Clean Up Sewage-Tainted Rivers" [52]

"Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain’s sewage-clogged waterways."

Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [18]
Europe [53]
Source: AP [54], 11/04/2024
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"Trump Will Push To Get Fluoride Out Of Drinking Water, RFK Jr. Says" [55]

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged Saturday that a future Trump administration would seek to remove fluoride from drinking water as a Day 1 goal, reversing a decades-old intervention widely credited for boosting public health."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [56], 11/04/2024
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"Oil Bigwigs Open Wallets For Trump After Billion-Dollar Request" [57]

"Oil and gas tycoons made significant contributions to the Trump campaign after the former president asked the industry for $1 billion to support his reelection bid — and reportedly said it would be a “deal” for them to do so."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [58], 11/01/2024
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"What Trump Winning The Election Could Mean For The CDC" [59]

"State and local health departments would no longer be able to track opioid overdoses, provide cancer screenings and help people quit smoking, according to health officials, if Republicans carry out their plans to dramatically shrink the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a second Donald Trump presidency."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [60]
Pollution [17]
Science [61]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [62], 11/01/2024
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Slow Firefighting, Costlier Ag Likely If Trump Dismantles NOAA: Experts [63]

"Many industries rely on the agency’s weather and climate data. Even a small gap in its operations could raise food prices and drastically disrupt how people navigate the West’s changing climate."

Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [64]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Government [40]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 11/01/2024
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"China Resists Mounting Pressure To Do More On Climate Change" [66]

"With less than a month before the annual U.N. Climate Change Conference, China is so far defying pressure to set ambitious climate targets early and to do more to help poor nations cope with the ravages of a warming world."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
Asia [47]
Source: Washington Post [67], 11/01/2024
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1st US Case Of Bird Flu In A Pig Raises Concerns Over Human Threat [68]

"A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. It’s the first time the virus has been detected in U.S. swine and raises concerns about bird flu’s potential to become a human threat."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Wildlife [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [69], 11/01/2024
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