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"Scientists Take On Trump: These Researchers Are Fighting Back" [9]

"Through lawsuits, grant tracking, whistle-blowing and more, resistance to the US war on science is growing."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Nature [19], 09/18/2025
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Challenge to Maryland Offshore Wind Project Stokes Legal Concerns [20]

"The Trump Administration wants to vacate approval of US Wind’s Maryland project. Experts believe the move could be illegal and could jeopardize the clean energy transition nationwide."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 09/18/2025
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Musk Companies May Have Sidestepped Criticized Environmental Regulations [25]

"Before and after the 2024 election, Elon Musk made it clear he disliked environmental regulations and considered them a barrier to innovation, especially given the quick timelines his companies prefer to operate on."

Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: ProPublica [29], 09/18/2025
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Trump EPA Will Defend Biden Rule Making Polluters Pay For PFAS Cleanup [30]

"The Trump administration says it will defend a Biden era-rule that is expected to keep polluters on the hook to clean up toxic “forever chemicals.”

Chemicals [31]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [33], 09/18/2025
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Gas Stove Makers Quietly Delete Air Pollution Warnings As They Fight Regs [34]

"Manufacturers sued to stop a Colorado law requiring air quality warnings, arguing gas stoves are safe. Some of their websites once said the opposite."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Grist [35], 09/18/2025
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"Trump Golf Course In Scotland Accused Of Breaching Sewage Limits" [36]

"Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course has breached sewage contamination limits 14 times since 2019, documents reveal."

Environmental Health [26]
Infrastructure [37]
Pollution [27]
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
Europe [39]
Source: Guardian [40], 09/18/2025
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"Climate Change Is Accelerating, Scientists Find In ‘Grim’ Report" [41]

"The amount of heat trapped by climate-warming pollution in our atmosphere is continuing to increase, the planet’s sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, and the Paris agreement’s ambitious 1.5°C target is on the verge of being breached, according to a recent report by the world’s top climate scientists."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [32]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Pollution [27]
Science [15]
Public [17]
International [42]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [43], 09/17/2025
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"Trump Files Defamation And Libel Lawsuit Against New York Times" [44]

"President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against the New York Times and four of its reporters, accusing the newspaper of libeling him in several articles in the lead-up to last year’s presidential election."

Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [45], 09/17/2025
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"Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes" [46]

"The Trump administration has ordered several National Park Service sites to take down materials related to slavery and Native Americans, including an 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back that became one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era."

Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [48]
People & Population [49]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [50], 09/17/2025
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"Black Communities, Shaken By Trump Cuts, Feel ‘Left Behind Again’" [51]

"The Trump administration has axed nearly two dozen projects addressing health and environmental issues in Southern Black communities, a Washington Post analysis found, reversing years of work to address pollution, sewage leaks, flooding and more."

Consumer [52]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [37]
People & Population [49]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Washington Post [54], 09/17/2025
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Senator Calls On Big Oil To Disclose Suspected Lobbying Over Climate Rule [55]

"In the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement that it will overturn the rule which underpins virtually all US climate regulations, a Senate committee has launched an investigation into a suspected lobbying push that led to the move."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [56]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Science [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [57], 09/17/2025
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Hanford Will Lock Up Nuclear Waste In Glass — If The White House Lets It [58]

"Hanford vitrification plant set to open but some fear Trump officials are pushing for a cheaper alternative"

Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [37]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [59]
Pollution [27]
Technology [16]
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [60]
Source: Science [61], 09/17/2025
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"Effort to Curb Southern California Rail Yard Pollution Stalls Under Trump" [62]

"The region’s rail yards continue to pose serious health hazards, prompting local advocates to push state leaders for action."

Economy & Business [56]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [49]
Pollution [27]
Transportation [63]
Public [17]
California [64]
Source: Capital & Main [65], 09/17/2025
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As Federal Aid for Farm Solar Declines, Is Community Agrivoltaics the Future? [66]

"While the Trump administration disincentivizes solar developments on farms, agrivoltaics continue anyway, with local and state support."

Agriculture [67]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Infrastructure [37]
Natural Resources [48]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Civil Eats [68], 09/17/2025
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Solar Evangelists: Houses of Worship Could Help Fuel the Energy Transition [69]

"Some faith-based nonprofits are helping congregations fund energy alternatives, an effort that complements a national Sun Day event this weekend to promote solar use."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [37]
People & Population [49]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [70]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 09/17/2025
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