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Texas Flood Protest Goes To DC: ‘No More Kids Lost To Climate Disasters’" [9]

"Twenty-seven blue, pink and purple trunks, adorned with yellow roses and other flowers, were placed within view of the White House on Monday – each representing a child who perished when Camp Mystic in Texas was overwhelmed by a devastating flood."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 07/22/2025
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As Wildfires Rage, Trump Cuts Force Firefighters To Clean Toilets: Critics [21]

"The U.S. Forest Service faced criticism from current and former employees who say federal workforce reductions under the Trump administration have left fire teams understaffed, as the country grapples with decade-high U.S. wildfire numbers this year."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [22]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [26], 07/22/2025
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"Seabed-Mining Firm Faces Legal Questions Over Controversial Trump Policy" [27]

"After Trump pledged to open international waters to mining, The Metals Company sought U.S. permits. But other countries are raising legal concerns."

Chemicals [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 07/22/2025
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"Trump Radically Overhauls EPA Mission, Scope in First Six Months" [32]

"Just six months into his second term, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to reshape the Environmental Protection Agency in ways not seen over its 55-year history, drastically restructuring offices, realigning priorities, and reducing staff."

Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 07/22/2025
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Dismantling of EPA’s Scientific Arm Fulfills Key Chemical Industry Goal [35]

"Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on the Office of Research and Development’s assessments of the dangers of formaldehyde, ethylene oxide and other substances."

Chemicals [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [33]
Science [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 07/22/2025
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Weather Extremes Caused by Climate Change Are Driving Up Food Prices: Report [38]

"Extreme weather has stoked food prices around the world in recent years and could lead to more political instability and inflation, with the world’s poor bearing most of the economic pain and health impacts, according to new research."

Agriculture [39]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [41]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
International [30]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 07/22/2025
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"Former BP Spokesperson Is Now EPA Region 6 Chief of Staff" [43]

"Wynn Radford IV, chief of staff for the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, previously worked as a spokesperson for the multinational oil company BP following the Deepwater Horizon disaster."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 07/22/2025
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Iowa Agriculture Runs on 110 Billion Pounds of Manure, Impairing Its Water [48]

"In the nation’s leading pork-producing state, animal waste fuels crop growth but impairs water quality in a leaky circular system."

Agriculture [39]
Pollution [33]
Waste [49]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 07/22/2025
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"With Help From AI, This Threatened Frog Is Making A Comeback" [52]

"If you were a miner in California during the Gold Rush, you might have dined on a California red-legged frog."

Biodiversity [53]
Natural Resources [25]
Technology [54]
Wildlife [55]
Public [18]
California [56]
Source: NPR [57], 07/22/2025
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Some Australian Dolphins Use Sponges To Hunt Fish. It’s Harder Than It Looks [58]

"Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose."

Biodiversity [53]
Environmental Studies [59]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
International [30]
Australia & Oceania [61]
Source: AP [62], 07/22/2025
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"E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm" [63]

"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so."

Biodiversity [53]
Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [59]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [33]
Science [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [64], 07/21/2025
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West Virginia Factory’s Pollution Could Trouble Louisville’s Drinking Water [65]

"Louisville’s drinking water utility says a West Virginia factory’s PFAS pollution could cause problems locally. The facility faces a lawsuit for violating its permit."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [66]
Source: Louisville Public Media [67], 07/21/2025
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"White House Says MAHA Won't Restrict Pesticide Use" [68]

"Trump administration officials say the White House has no plans to crack down on pesticides in farming, despite a report led by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that called crop protection chemicals a danger to people’s health."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [28]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Politico [69], 07/21/2025
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"After Devastating Winter Losses, Another Threat Looms for U.S. Beekeepers" [70]

"Every January, Charles Linder travels from Illinois to Idaho to retrieve thousands of bee hives from a temperature-controlled storage facility. He loads boxes of hives onto a semi truck headed west for almond season, the first of many stops his bees will make on a cross-country pollination tour. But two winters ago, Mr. Linder opened those boxes and discovered that around 90 percent of his bees were dead."

Agriculture [39]
Biodiversity [53]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [25]
Wildlife [55]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [71], 07/21/2025
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Trump Names New Energy Regulator To Replace Democrat He Asked To Step Down [72]

"President Trump on Thursday announced a new nominee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to fill the seat of a previous Democratic commissioner who stepped down at the White House’s request."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [73], 07/21/2025
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