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US Says Chemours To Pay $450M To Settle ‘Forever Chemicals’ Case [9]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains. The settlement is the first by the federal government to resolve enforcement claims against a manufacturer of harmful chemicals known as PFAS."

Chemicals [10]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [17], 06/25/2026
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Dems Embrace ‘Climate Hushing’ -- A Mistake As The Midterms Loom? [18]

"To some political pundits and Democratic strategists, one takeaway from the 2024 presidential election was clear: Don’t talk about climate change." "An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted the focus to energy affordability."

Climate Change [19]
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Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 06/25/2026
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"Internal Memo Orders Staff Not To Reveal Deaths In National Parks" [24]

"The Interior Department’s guidance instructs parks staff not to confirm deaths, the severity of injuries or other details."

Consumer [25]
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Source: Washington Post [28], 06/25/2026
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Michigan Floods Expose Lack Of Maps, Insurance In Many Rural Areas [29]

"Tom and Diane Peterman tried to buy flood insurance when they moved to their retirement home on the shores of Black Lake 14 years ago but were told it wasn’t available. John Solum was told he wasn’t in a flood zone when his family bought a 1940s-era cabin there."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [11]
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People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: AP [33], 06/25/2026
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"Rare Suit Between Cookware Makers Centers on PFAS Toxicity Claim" [34]

"The makers of popular cookware brands All-Clad and Farberware have launched an unusual legal fight against a rival whose products don’t contain “forever chemicals,” alleging the company’s ads falsely paint the presence of PFAS in its competitors’ products as toxic."

Chemicals [10]
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Food [35]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [37], 06/25/2026
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Rennert Company Settles Peru Lead Poisoning Case For $150 Million [38]

"A business controlled by the American billionaire Ira Rennert reached a $150 million settlement in the United States with 1,373 Peruvians who claimed they were poisoned by lead and other toxic substances while growing ‌up near a Peruvian smelter, lawyers for the plaintiffs said on Wednesday."

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South America [40]
Source: Reuters [41], 06/25/2026
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"Bipartisan House Bill Would Ban Paraquat Pesticide" [42]

"Lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill to federally ban the use of paraquat, an herbicide widely used in U.S. agriculture despite its potential health impacts."

Agriculture [43]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Civil Eats [44], 06/25/2026
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Trump Ally’s Rise in Colombia Could End Landmark Climate Policies [45]

"Abelardo de la Espriella, the apparent winner of the presidential election, has vowed to expand oil, gas and mining production, alarming activists in the world’s deadliest country for environmental defenders."

Climate Change [19]
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Pollution [14]
Public [15]
South America [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 06/25/2026
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"An Influx of Climate Cash" [47]

"Many philanthropists are backing away from climate giving. But one is writing very big checks." Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and founder of Bloomberg L.P., has announced $590 million in new environmental commitments in recent days."

Activism [48]
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Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [49]
Source: New York Times [50], 06/25/2026
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"The Ebola Outbreak’s Central Mystery: Where Did This Virus Come From?" [51]

"Since April, an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ballooned to 1,114 confirmed cases and 279 deaths, already the third-largest such epidemic since the disease was identified 50 years ago. Despite its worrying size, this outbreak is threaded with mystery — particularly regarding its origins."

Biodiversity [52]
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Forests [53]
People & Population [13]
Science [54]
Wildlife [55]
Public [15]
Africa [56]
Source: New York Times [57], 06/25/2026
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Trump DOE Announces $17.5 Billion In Loans For 10 New Nuclear Reactors [58]

"The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers."

Energy & Fuel [20]
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [59]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [60], 06/24/2026
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17 States Sue To Block California Single-Use Plastics Law [61]

"Attorneys general in seventeen states are suing California over its landmark single-use plastic law, which went into effect on May 1."

Climate Change [19]
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Infrastructure [62]
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Technology [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [63]
Source: Los Angeles Times [64], 06/24/2026
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Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate Site Shut by Trump Administration [65]

"The database of federal global warming research recreates a website that was closed amid the administration’s broad retreat from climate science."

Activism [48]
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Source: New York Times [66], 06/24/2026
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How Plastic Pollution Is Clogging Our Great Lakes Waters [67]

"More than 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Each glass of treated lake water is laden with tiny bits of plastic — microplastics — made of toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases. Also contaminated are fish, staples of Midwestern fish fries and fish boils, and an important part of the diet of Indigenous tribes, certain immigrant populations and communities of color."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [25]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [39]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: Chicago Tribune [68], 06/24/2026
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DOJ Drops Grand Jury Subpoenas To Force Post, WSJ Reporters To Testify [69]

"The Justice Department took the extraordinary step of seeking to force reporters for The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal to testify before a federal grand jury — but withdrew the subpoenas earlier this month after they were challenged by the news organizations, according to a Justice Department official familiar with the matter."

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Source: Washington Post [70], 06/24/2026
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