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Line 5, A Trump Donor, Profiting Off A Pipeline Deal Threatening Pollution [9]

"Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Canada [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 03/18/2025
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"A Famous Climate Scientist Won A $1M Verdict. Then His Case Took A Turn." [24]

"A judge vastly reduced climate researcher Michael Mann’s award, sanctioned his lawyers for presenting false evidence and ordered him to pay $530,000."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [27]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [28], 03/18/2025
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After Cuts, Former NOAA Chief Scientist Says U.S. Science Risks Downgrade [29]

"With its first wave of firings, the new Trump administration has decimated NOAA."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [30]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Science [27]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: bioGraphic [31], 03/18/2025
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"Trump Says He’s Authorizing Administration to Produce Coal Power" [32]

"US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorizing his administration to ramp up production of energy from the fossil fuel."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [33]
Source: Bloomberg [34], 03/18/2025
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"Want Cheap Power, Fast? Solar and Wind Firms Have a Suggestion." [35]

"Renewable energy companies are shifting strategy under President Trump, emphasizing the economic benefits of low-carbon electricity."

Climate Change [25]
Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [38]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [39], 03/18/2025
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Tornadoes, Winds And Wildfires Killed At Least 39 People Across U.S. [40]

"A dynamic storm that prompted foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed at least 39 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [11]
People & Population [42]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [43], 03/17/2025
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"Judge Orders EPA To Rehire Fired Employees" [44]

"EPA is now among the agencies facing court orders to reinstate “probationary” employees who were terminated as part of President Donald Trump’s endeavor to shrink the federal government."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [45]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [46], 03/17/2025
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"Burn Pit Fund For Veterans On Chopping Block In GOP Spending Bill" [47]

"Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in a stopgap federal spending bill passed by House Republicans this week that would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs fund meant to cover costs for illnesses linked to military burn pits and other chemical exposure."

Air [48]
Chemicals [49]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [50]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [51], 03/17/2025
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"Reality Check: Hurdles Await EPA’s Deregulatory Spree" [52]

"The Trump administration won’t have an easy time legally defending its massive regulatory rollback. It could still cause major damage."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [53], 03/17/2025
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Some US Scientists Stick with the IPCC Despite Trump Pullout [54]

"Despite a series of directives from the Trump administration aimed at disengaging the U.S. government from international climate collaboration, five U.S. scientists are part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s team of 100 experts from 50 countries who met in Osaka, Japan, this week to start writing a report about global warming and cities that is due in 2027."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [30]
Science [27]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 03/17/2025
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Trump Admin Voids Permit for New Jersey Wind Farm Trump Opposes [56]

"A critical permit for an offshore wind farm planned near the New Jersey Shore has been invalidated by an administrative appeals board, seven weeks after President Donald Trump declared he hoped the project was “dead and gone.”

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [57]
Source: Bloomberg [58], 03/17/2025
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"Decision To Axe Advisory Groups Could Spell Trouble For US Food Safety" [59]

"A Trump administration move to axe key food safety advisory committees could leave the public more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses, critics fear, particularly alongside current legislative efforts to undermine proposed safety regulations on food processors."

Agriculture [60]
Chemicals [49]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [61]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [27]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [62], 03/17/2025
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"Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen" [63]

"The Trump administration, with DOGE, is pulling the rug from under growers and producers across the country"

Agriculture [60]
Biodiversity [64]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [65]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Sierra [66], 03/17/2025
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"Confusion Clouds The Fate Of Two New California Monuments" [67]

"The Trump administration touched off consternation and confusion over the weekend, issuing, and then apparently rolling back, an announcement implying the president had rescinded his predecessor’s order creating two popular national monuments in California."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [68]
Source: LA Times [69], 03/17/2025
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"The Great British Sewage Dump" [70]

"Widespread sewage spills contaminate Britain’s waterways and hit the broader economy"

Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [45]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
Europe [71]
Source: Reuters [72], 03/17/2025
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