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Chaos? Trump Plans To Merge Wildland Firefighting Into One Agency. [9]

"President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to merge the government’s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some former federal officials warn could increase the risk of catastrophic blazes and ultimately cost billions of dollars."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [17], 05/21/2025
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Padilla Puts Hold On Trump EPA Nominees Over Efforts To Ax Calif. EV Mandate [18]

"Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule that phases out new gas-powered cars in the state."

Air [19]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [24], 05/21/2025
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"Just How Many Jobs And GDP Dollars Do US Clean Energy Factories Create?" [25]

"A new report aims to quantify how much domestic solar, wind, and battery production uplifts local economies. Its authors hope Republicans in Congress will take note."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [28], 05/21/2025
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Greens Urge Court To Force Feds To Restore Online Environmental Data [29]

"Advocacy groups are asking a federal court to restore public access to climate and environmental justice webpages removed by EPA and other agencies earlier this year."

Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Science [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [35], 05/21/2025
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"On ‘World Bee Day,’ The Bees Did Not Seem Bothered. They Should Be" [36]

"Bees and other pollinators have been on the decline for years, and experts blame a combination of factors: insecticides, parasites, disease, climate change and lack of a diverse food supply. A significant part of the human diet comes from plants pollinated by bees — not just honeybees, but hundreds of species of lesser-known wild bees, many of which are endangered."

Agriculture [37]
Biodiversity [38]
Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [39]
Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [22]
Science [34]
Wildlife [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [43]
Source: AP [44], 05/21/2025
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"GOP Budget Plan Contains A Massive Poison Pill For Clean Energy" [45]

"Tucked into the House Republicans’ 389-page tax bill released on Monday is a poison pill for U.S. clean energy developers and manufacturers, one that energy and tax policy experts say would essentially repeal the hundreds of billions of dollars of tax credits now flowing to energy projects and solar, battery, and EV factories across the country."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [46], 05/20/2025
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"Electricity Costs Keep Climbing, Despite Trump’s Promises" [47]

"On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump vowed to cut energy costs in half. So far, that’s not coming true. And estimates say that his policies could only make things worse."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Technology [48]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [49], 05/20/2025
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"Trump Officials Allow Massive New York Offshore Wind Project To Restart" [50]

"The Trump administration lifted the stop-work order on a major wind farm off the coast of New York on Monday, according to a statement by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), following direct appeals she made to the president."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Source: Washington Post [52], 05/20/2025
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Doge Cuts Could Wreck The Cleanup Of Wartime Nuclear Waste At Hanford, Wa. [53]

"Hanford made the plutonium for US atomic bombs, and its radioactive waste must be dealt with. Enter Elon Musk"

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [41]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [54]
Pollution [22]
Waste [55]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [57]
Source: Guardian [58], 05/20/2025
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"White House Weighs NRC Overhaul" [59]

"Industry experts are warning that political oversight of the independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission could do more harm than good."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [54]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [60], 05/20/2025
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"Helene’s Unheard Warnings" [61]

"As Hurricane Helene barrels toward Yancey County in North Carolina, the predictions are grim. Communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains are particularly vulnerable. But there are no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along these rivers and creeks. Few grasp what’s coming."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Journalism & Media [33]
People & Population [62]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [63]
Source: ProPublica [64], 05/20/2025
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Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Restore Environmental Grant Funding [65]

"A federal judge said Monday he would order the Trump administration to restore $176 million granted by Congress to 13 nonprofit groups and six municipalities nationwide."

Activism [66]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 05/20/2025
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Company Decides Not To Rebuild Ga. Chlorine Plant With History Of Fires [68]

"The company that operated a Georgia chlorine plant with a history of explosions, chemical fires and toxic clouds that have drifted over neighborhoods outside Atlanta has decided not to rebuild the main manufacturing facility in Conyers."

Chemicals [30]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [63]
Source: AP [69], 05/20/2025
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"WOTUS: A Narrowing EPA Definition Is Reshaping The Clean Water Act" [70]

"Debra Shankland was a kid when the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire in 1969. ... Shankland was one of many speakers at the latest listening session led by the EPA as the agency crafts a new definition for the long controversial language “waters of the United States” contained in the Clean Water Act. The interpretation of that phrase, commonly shorthanded as WOTUS, can have massive implications for the health of small streams, remote wetlands, creeks and other waters."

Agriculture [37]
Biodiversity [38]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [71]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [72], 05/20/2025
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Endangered Whales Gave Birth To Few Babies This Year As Population Declines [73]

"A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct. The whale is the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers only about 370 and has declined in population in recent years."

Biodiversity [38]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Fish & Fisheries [71]
Natural Resources [41]
Transportation [23]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [74], 05/20/2025
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