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Trump EPA Will Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eliminate long-standing requirements for polluters to collect and report their emissions of the heat-trapping gases that cause climate change. The move, ordered by a Trump appointee, would affect thousands of industrial facilities across the country, including oil refineries, power plants and coal mines as well as those that make petrochemicals, cement, glass, iron and steel, according to documents reviewed by ProPublica."

Climate Change [10]
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National (U.S.) [20]
Source: ProPublica [21], 04/11/2025
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Trump BLM Nominee Sgamma Withdraws [22]

"President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management has withdrawn from consideration."

Biodiversity [23]
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Environmental Politics [14]
Government [24]
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National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [26], 04/11/2025
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1000s of US Water Systems Show Dangerous Levels Of Cancer-Causing Chemicals [27]

"Millions of people across the United States could be drinking water contaminated with dangerous levels of substances created when utilities disinfect water tainted with animal manure and other pollutants, according to a report released Thursday."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
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Infrastructure [30]
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Water & Oceans [31]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [32], 04/11/2025
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Firm Cancels Plant To Process Plastic Waste To Be Burned In Steel Mills [33]

"International Recycling Group (IRG) has announced that they will cancel a planned plastic waste processing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, due to President Trump’s federal funding cuts and tariffs, among other reasons."

Air [34]
Chemicals [28]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Waste [35]
Public [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Source: EHN [37], 04/11/2025
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Haze Rule Helped Clear Air Over American Parks. Trump EPA Wants To Kill It [38]

"During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across the valley below. All he saw was a wall of gray haze. Today, he said, he can see some 50 miles (80 kilometers) across that same valley to the Cumberland Mountains."

Air [34]
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National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [39], 04/11/2025
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Bayer Asks Supreme Court To Block State Suits About Roundup Cancer Warning [40]

"Global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether federal law preempts thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer."

Agriculture [41]
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Source: AP [42], 04/11/2025
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"Water Looms As New Front In Mexico's Trade Negotiations With The U.S" [43]

"Mexican officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to increase the amount of water the country sends to the United States because of growing concern that President Donald Trump could drag a dispute over an 81-year-old water treaty into trade negotiations, according to three sources familiar with the matter."

Agriculture [41]
Climate Change [10]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mexico [44]
Source: Reuters [45], 04/11/2025
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"See How Rescue Workers Are Trying To Save California’s Poisoned Sea Lions" [46]

"An inside look at the effort to help marine mammals sickened by domoic acid, a neurotoxin in the water resulting from a bloom of algae."

Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [47]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Studies [15]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [48]
Public [19]
California [49]
Source: Washington Post [50], 04/11/2025
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Renewables Face Little Regulation In Texas. Lawmaker Wants To Change That. [51]

"The legislation would put new requirements on wind and solar companies that oil and gas companies in Texas do not face."

Climate Change [10]
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Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [52]
Public [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [53]
Source: Texas Tribune [54], 04/11/2025
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Smithsonian Could Be Start Of Trump’s Plan To Edit History. Or The End. [55]

"The president may not like how the museum and research institution tells the American story — but Americans do."

Environmental Justice [56]
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Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [57]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [58]
Public [19]
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Source: Washington Post [59], 04/11/2025
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Trump Makes Sweeping Move To Undercut State Climate Laws Like Calif.'s [60]

"President Trump issued a sweeping executive order aimed at undermining states’ ability to set their own environmental policies. The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify and “stop the enforcement” of state laws that address climate change and other environmental initiatives."

Climate Change [10]
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Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [49]
Source: LA Times [61], 04/10/2025
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"US Exits Carbon Talks On Shipping, Urges Others To Follow, Document Says" [62]

The United States has withdrawn from talks in London looking at advancing decarbonisation in the shipping sector and Washington will consider "reciprocal measures" to offset any fees charged to U.S. ships, according to a diplomatic note seen by Reuters. Delegates are at the U.N. shipping agency's headquarters this week for negotiations over decarbonisation measures aimed at enabling the global shipping industry to reach net zero by "around 2050"."

Climate Change [10]
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Infrastructure [30]
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Pollution [17]
Transportation [63]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [64]
Source: Reuters [65], 04/10/2025
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White House Ends Funding For Key US Climate Research Body [66]

"The White House is ending funding for the body that produces the federal government’s pre-eminent climate report, which summarizes the impacts of rising global temperatures on the United States."

Climate Change [10]
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Environmental Justice [56]
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Government [24]
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Science [18]
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Source: Guardian [68], 04/10/2025
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Trump Admin. Cuts Research Funding, Claiming It Creates ‘Climate Anxiety’ [69]

"The Trump administration announced it is cutting nearly $4 million in federal funding for climate change research at Princeton University, saying that the work promoted “exaggerated and implausible climate threats” and increased “climate anxiety” among young Americans."

Climate Change [10]
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Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
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Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [64]
Source: NYTimes [70], 04/10/2025
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Fact Focus: Trump Misrepresents Coal As He Signs EOs To Boost Its Use [71]

"President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed four executive orders designed to boost the U.S. coal industry, outlining steps to protect coal-fired power plants and expedite leases for coal mining on U.S. land. But in touting the benefits of coal, he misrepresented several aspects of its safety and use."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Journalism & Media [67]
Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [72], 04/10/2025
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