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Biden Issues Ban On Drilling In Most Federal Waters. Trump Vows To Undo It [9]

"President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [19], 01/07/2025
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Trump Aims To Crush Climate Deception Lawsuits – But It May Not Be Easy [20]

"The president-elect said he will ‘stop the wave of frivolous litigation from environmental extremists’ but the ability to block suits will be limited, experts say"

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [22], 01/07/2025
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Pet Food Pulled In 12 States After Ore. Cat Dies From Bird Flu-Tainted Chow [23]

"A brand of natural cat food sold in California is being pulled from store shelves after reports that a cat in Oregon who ate the pet food contracted bird flu and died."

Agriculture [24]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: McClatchy [28], 01/07/2025
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Climate-Driven Sea Level Rise Will Overwhelm Major Oil Ports, Study Shows [29]

"Rising sea levels driven by the climate crisis will overwhelm many of the world’s biggest oil ports, analysis indicates."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [30]
Transportation [31]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
International [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 01/07/2025
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"How Elon Musk Could End Fossil Fuel Subsidies" [34]

"If the Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut $2 trillion in spending, handouts to the fossil fuel industry may be "a truth test to all of their messaging.""

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Grist [36], 01/07/2025
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"Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems" [37]

"On the U.S.-Mexico border, the International Boundary and Water Commission has the unglamorous job of stopping sewage flows and negotiating water disputes. Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner has earned allies in long-standing border conflicts, a job that won’t get any easier under Trump."

Agriculture [24]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [38]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mexico [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 01/07/2025
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"Biden Signs Bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Bill Into Law" [41]

"President Biden on Monday signed a bipartisan bill aimed at boosting outdoor recreation weeks after it cleared the Senate."

Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [42]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [43]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [44], 01/07/2025
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23M Americans Exposed To Toxic PFAS Chemicals Via Treated Wastewater: Study [45]

"Nearly 7 percent of Americans may be exposed to hazardous levels of “forever chemicals” through treated municipal wastewater, a new study has found."

Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [46]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Studies [47]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [15]
Science [48]
Waste [49]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [50], 01/07/2025
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"What Happened to Carter’s White House Solar Panels? They Lived On." [51]

"The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates."

Activism [52]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [30]
Pollution [15]
Technology [53]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [54], 01/07/2025
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Biden Admin Adds Exemptions Into New Climate Rules For Hydrogen Energy [55]

"The Biden administration on Friday finalized fairly strict climate rules for the nascent hydrogen energy industry — but the rules contain new flexibilities that are expected to make them less stringent than the administration’s original proposal."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [53]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [56], 01/06/2025
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FWS OKs Expanding Okefenokee Refuge, Enabling Buyout Of Mining Project [57]

"A federal agency said Friday that it has approved a plan to expand the Okefenokee Swamp’s vast wildlife refuge, setting up a potential buyout offer for land intended for a private company’s mining project that conservationists have fought for years."

Biodiversity [58]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [59]
Source: AP [60], 01/06/2025
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Controversial Red Dye Used In Food Could Soon Be Banned [61]

"The FDA is weighing a ban on red dye No. 3, a synthetic dye used in some foods and drinks after concerns have been raised over its potential health risks."

Chemicals [46]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [26]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [62], 01/06/2025
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"Jimmy Carter Made Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease A Top Mission" [63]

"Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world’s poorest people."

Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [32]
Africa [64]
Source: AP [65], 01/06/2025
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"Biden Admin Cedes Pivotal Air Pollution Rules To Trump" [66]

"While EPA rejected a push to scrap tougher safeguards for accidental industrial emissions, it has relented on the timetables for smog and incinerator rules."

Air [67]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Politico [68], 01/06/2025
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"In Mobile Bay, the Oysters’ Tale of Woe" [69]

"Academics, conservationists, nonprofits, government agencies—and one passionate, retired scientist—are working to rebuild reefs, reduce the carbon imprint and educate the public about the importance of restoring the oyster population."

Biodiversity [58]
Fish & Fisheries [70]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [59]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 01/06/2025
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