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Chinese EV Maker BYD Says Charging Could Be As Quick As Filling A Tank [9]

"The Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has unveiled a new charging system that it said could make it possible for EVs to charge as quickly as it takes to refill with petrol."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Technology [13]
Transportation [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Asia [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 03/19/2025
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Analysis: Destructive Dust, Trump Cuts Mark Latest US Storms And Tornadoes [20]

"Over the weekend, more than 120 tornadoes rampaged across at least 11 states in a three-day severe weather outbreak that killed more than 40 people. In addition to the tornadoes, the storm system brought extremely strong winds to drought-stricken parts of the plains states, kicking up dust storms and wildfires from Texas to Kansas. The combined impact has now become one of the deadliest non-hurricane weather disasters in decades in the US."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [21]
Science [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [23], 03/19/2025
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"Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Causes a Deadly Oil Spill on the Black Sea" [24]

"Russia’s “shadow fleet” of aging oil tankers helps fund the ongoing war but puts the region at risk of more environmental disasters."

Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: The Revelator [27], 03/19/2025
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"The End Of The EPA’s Fight To Protect Overpolluted Communities" [28]

"The first thing Amanda Cronin did when her supervisor offered her a job at the Environmental Protection Agency was buy herself a big piece of chocolate cake."

Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Government [32]
Laws & Regulations [33]
People & Population [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [35], 03/19/2025
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"‘Our People Are Hungry’: What Federal Food Aid Cuts Mean In A Warming World" [36]

"Every Friday, as he’s done for the last year and a half, Mark Broyles hops in his truck and drives 20 minutes from his home in Big Stone Gap to Duffield, Virginia, to pick up two boxes of free food. Though their contents are always a surprise, as the retired mechanic describes it, he’s able to get “fresh produce and stuff that a lot of us can’t afford because of the price of groceries.”"

Agriculture [37]
Consumer [38]
Economy & Business [39]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Food [40]
Government [32]
Laws & Regulations [33]
People & Population [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [41], 03/19/2025
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Environmental Groups Sound Alarm As Fossil Fuel Lobby Pushes For Immunity [42]

"Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits"

Activism [43]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [44], 03/18/2025
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"Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About Tariffs" [45]

"Tariff threats. Growing uncertainty about the economy. And a push for much lower oil prices. For all of their bravado about U.S. energy dominance and enthusiasm for deregulation, American energy executives are beginning to worry about President Trump’s agenda."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [46], 03/18/2025
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Trump Halted Agent Orange Cleanup, Putting Hundreds of Thousands at Risk [47]

"In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia. Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding."

Chemicals [48]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [31]
Military [49]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Asia [18]
Source: ProPublica [50], 03/18/2025
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"Ohio Supreme Court Weighs High-Stakes Solar Permitting Case" [51]

"A regulatory board’s rejection of a permit for a large solar farm in southwestern Ohio has “essentially rewritten” state law to give local governments veto power over clean energy projects, an attorney for the project’s developer argued last week before the Ohio Supreme Court."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [31]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Source: Canary Media [53], 03/18/2025
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COP30 Mulls Hiring PR Firm That Worked For Weaker Amazon Protections [54]

"Edelman, the world’s largest public relations agency, is in talks to work with the Cop30 team organising the UN climate summit in the Amazon later this year despite its prior connections to a major trade group accused of lobbying to roll back measures to protect the area from deforestation, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal."

Biodiversity [55]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [31]
Forests [56]
Journalism & Media [57]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
South America [58]
Source: Guardian [59], 03/18/2025
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Line 5, A Trump Donor, Profiting Off A Pipeline Deal Threatening Pollution [60]

"Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [31]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [62]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Canada [63]
Source: Guardian [64], 03/18/2025
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"A Famous Climate Scientist Won A $1M Verdict. Then His Case Took A Turn." [65]

"A judge vastly reduced climate researcher Michael Mann’s award, sanctioned his lawyers for presenting false evidence and ordered him to pay $530,000."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [57]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Science [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [66], 03/18/2025
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After Cuts, Former NOAA Chief Scientist Says U.S. Science Risks Downgrade [67]

"With its first wave of firings, the new Trump administration has decimated NOAA."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [31]
Environmental Studies [68]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [62]
Science [22]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: bioGraphic [69], 03/18/2025
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"Trump Says He’s Authorizing Administration to Produce Coal Power" [70]

"US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorizing his administration to ramp up production of energy from the fossil fuel."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [31]
Pollution [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: Bloomberg [71], 03/18/2025
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"Want Cheap Power, Fast? Solar and Wind Firms Have a Suggestion." [72]

"Renewable energy companies are shifting strategy under President Trump, emphasizing the economic benefits of low-carbon electricity."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [38]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [31]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Technology [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [73], 03/18/2025
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