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Climate Disaster Survivors Organize Across America, Turning Loss Into Action [9]

"U.S. disaster declarations totaled 108 last year, touching 137 million people. “Climate change is here, it’s impacting people, and it’s going to get more severe,” says one activist."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 05/06/2025
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"Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers" [18]

"For the first time, scientists have mapped groundwater variables nationally to understand which aquifers are most vulnerable to contamination from orphan wells." "A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast and California is susceptible to contamination from orphaned oil and gas wells."

Agriculture [19]
Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
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Environmental Studies [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [26]
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Water & Oceans [28]
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Source: Inside Climate News [29], 05/06/2025
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"Republicans Say EVs Don’t Pay Their Fair Share. Here’s The Math." [30]

"Driving an electric vehicle could get more expensive if congressional Republicans have their way." "House Republicans want to impose an annual $250 fee on electric vehicle drivers, who don’t pay the gas tax. Critics say the fee is too high."

Air [31]
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Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [23]
Infrastructure [24]
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Pollution [26]
Transportation [35]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [36], 05/06/2025
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To Save Tiniest Turtle, Scientists Are Rebuilding Bogs From Scratch [37]

"Amid the vast forests carpeting the corrugated slopes of the Appalachians sit some of the country’s only remaining mountain bogs and a rare, threatened species of turtle living in them."

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Source: Sierra [41], 05/06/2025
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"Trump Budget Would Decimate Climate, Renewables Funding" [42]

"The White House unveiled a preliminary fiscal 2026 budget Friday, outlining a plan for Congress’ Republican majorities to try to slash funding for climate programs, renewable energy, vulnerable communities and other Democratic-aligned priorities." "The preliminary funding proposal outlines cuts the administration wants for myriad clean energy, climate and environment programs."

Chemicals [20]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [44], 05/05/2025
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"Treated Like Dirt: Uncovering The Toxic Soil Lurking In L.A.’s Burn Zones" [45]

"The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January incinerated more than 16,000 structures and unleashed tons of toxic material into the air, water and soil. Many Pacific Palisades and Altadena homeowners who lost everything hoped the government debris-removal process would at least offer a fresh start for the land where their houses once stood."

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Pollution [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [46]
Source: LA Times [47], 05/05/2025
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"Industry Braces For Change As Feds Target Synthetic Food Dyes" [48]

"As synthetic food dyes increasingly come under public and federal scrutiny over health concerns — in part bolstered by the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement — slightly altered flavors in some of Americans’ favorite snacks are just one of the concerns and challenges with switching to dyes made from radishes, cabbages, beets, carrots, butterfly pea flower extract, turmeric, paprika, hibiscus and other natural foods."

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Food [49]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [50], 05/05/2025
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"Trump Has Cut Global Climate Finance. China Is More Than Happy To Step In." [51]

"Even U.S. allies locked in national security disputes with Beijing, like the Philippines, are finding it impossible to resist China’s green energy infrastructure."

Climate Change [11]
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Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
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Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [52]
Asia [53]
Source: Washington Post [54], 05/05/2025
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Scientific Societies To Do Climate Assessment After Trump Dismissed Authors [55]

"Two major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key Congress-mandated report on climate crisis preparedness."

Climate Change [11]
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Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [23]
Science [27]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [56], 05/05/2025
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Mexico Factory That Imports US Toxic Waste To Relocate After Guardian Report [57]

"A factory processing US hazardous waste in Mexico has promised to relocate what authorities call its “most polluting” operations following a Guardian investigation."

Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [58]
Journalism & Media [59]
People & Population [14]
Waste [60]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mexico [61]
Source: Guardian [62], 05/05/2025
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"Out at the E.P.A.: Independent Scientists. In: Approving New Chemicals." [63]

"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would disperse scientists from its independent research office to other divisions where they among other things will be tasked with approving the use of new chemicals."

Chemicals [20]
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Pollution [26]
Science [27]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [64], 05/05/2025
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Man Accused Of Hacking US Climate Activists Loses UK Extradition Fight [65]

"A judge in the United Kingdom has recommended the extradition of a private investigator to the United States whom the Justice Department accuses of leading a hacking operation that targeted American climate activists."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Justice [58]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [59]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Europe [66]
Source: NPR [67], 05/05/2025
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"Trump Buyouts Drive Brain Drain At Federal Agencies" [68]

"Federal workers who once held energy and environment positions protecting national parks and public health or trying to bolster the electric grid to avoid disasters are heading for the exit as President Donald Trump’s campaign to shrink the government accelerates."

Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [58]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [23]
Government [43]
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People & Population [14]
Pollution [26]
Science [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [69], 05/05/2025
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"Elon Musk’s xAI in Memphis: 35 Gas Turbines, No Air Pollution Permits" [70]

"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma."

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Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [58]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [43]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [71], 05/05/2025
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"Fate Of California’s Auto Standards Will Come Down To Senate Battle" [72]

"The House of Representatives took a trio of votes this week targeting California’s decades-old authority to enforce its own environmental standards, setting the stage for a significant standoff in the U.S. Senate, where Democrats say Republican leaders would have to defy long-standing congressional order to get the measures passed."

Air [31]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [21]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [26]
Technology [73]
Transportation [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: LA Times [74], 05/02/2025
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