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EPA Was Considering Massive Omaha Lead Cleanup. Then Trump Shifted Guidance. [9]

"For over a century, a smelter and other plants polluted Omaha with 400 million pounds of lead. The city now has the largest residential lead cleanup site in the U.S."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
Source: Flatwater Free Press [20], 12/12/2025
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"Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Oil Exploration in Remote Areas of the Arctic" [21]

"A federal lawsuit filed Thursday challenges an oil company’s new permit to explore for oil in a remote region of the Arctic in Alaska, arguing that such activity threatens the tundra’s ecosystem and the caribou herds that Native communities rely on for sustenance."

Biodiversity [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 12/12/2025
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Montana Youth Who Won Landmark Climate Case Push For Court Enforcement [26]

"The young Montanans who scored a landmark triumph in the lawsuit Held v Montana are calling on the state’s highest court to enforce that victory."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [28], 12/12/2025
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Big Oil’s Climate Ads Have Propped Up Fake Promises for 25 Years: Report [29]

"First-of-its-kind analysis of hundreds of climate-related advertisements from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell suggests that oil companies are continuing to mislead the public on climate."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Journalism & Media [30]
Science [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 12/12/2025
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US To Lose Ground In Antarctica After Pulling Out Last Research Ship [33]

"Scientists said the loss hinders their work and diminishes America’s leading presence on the continent. The NSF said it continues to support Antarctic research."

Climate Change [27]
Science [31]
Water & Oceans [34]
Wildlife [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [36]
Antarctica & Arctic [37]
Source: Washington Post [38], 12/12/2025
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"Trump Says The US Has Seized An Oil Tanker Off The Coast Of Venezuela" [39]

"President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
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Military [40]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Central America & the Caribbean [41]
South America [42]
Source: AP [43], 12/11/2025
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Top Trump Official Has Financial Ties To Controversial Nevada Lithium Mine [44]

"Karen Budd-Falen, a top official at the Department of the Interior, has financial ties to the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada — a project that the Trump administration worked to fast-track during its first term. In recent months, the administration took an equity stake in the mine and the mine’s parent company."

Economy & Business [45]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [46]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Source: Public Domain [48], 12/11/2025
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Deadly November Asian Storms 'Supercharged' By Climate Change: Researchers [49]

"The deadly storms that devastated Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in late November were "supercharged" by higher sea temperatures and made worse by rapid deforestation, scientists said in a study published on Thursday."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [50]
People & Population [15]
Science [31]
Public [17]
International [36]
Asia [51]
Australia & Oceania [52]
Source: Reuters [53], 12/11/2025
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"Trump EPA Preaches ‘Compliance First.’ Does That Mean Enforcement Last?" [54]

"EPA has set out new guidelines for its staff interacting with polluters, championing quick compliance for violators of the law before turning to tough enforcement."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [55], 12/11/2025
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"USDA Reorganization Fight Tests Congressional Backbone" [56]

"Lawmakers’ bid to slow the closure of the department’s largest research facility rests on iffy legal ground but waves a yellow flag at the Trump administration."

Agriculture [57]
Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [58], 12/11/2025
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Chemicals In Food System Creating Health Burden Of $2.2Tn A Year: Report [59]

"Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture."

Agriculture [57]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [60]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [36]
Source: Guardian [61], 12/11/2025
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"Roadmap For Trump’s FEMA Reforms Set For Release Thursday" [62]

"The Trump administration is set to unveil its plan this week to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a proposal that is sure to be contentious but is not expected to go as far as earlier calls to eliminate the agency completely."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [50]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [63]
Infrastructure [64]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [65], 12/11/2025
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Greenpeace Scrutinizes Environmental Record of the Company That Sued Them [66]

"The nonprofit said in a new report that pipeline company Energy Transfer reported hundreds of oil spills to federal regulators in recent years, among other incidents."

Activism [67]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [68]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 12/11/2025
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"A New Report Describes Deep Environmental Cuts, State by State" [70]

"Fewer inspections, weaker enforcement and less oversight: Deep cuts to state budgets and at the Environmental Protection Agency are preventing regulators from fully protecting the public from pollution, according to a report released today by the Environmental Integrity Project."

Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 12/11/2025
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"Lawsuit Challenges Park Service Passes Featuring Trump" [72]

"An environmental group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging the National Park Service’s plan to emblazon President Trump’s face on some annual passes to national parks starting Jan. 1."

Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [73], 12/11/2025
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