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Nations Gather In Geneva To Again Confront The World’s Plastic Crisis [9]

"Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [22]
International [23]
Source: AP [24], 08/06/2025
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"E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy" [25]

"The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Technology [27]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: NYTimes [29], 08/06/2025
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"Air Quality Alerts In Place For 10 States Due To Canadian Wildfires" [30]

"The National Weather Service announced air quality alerts in 10 states Tuesday as smoke from the Canadian wildfires continues to spread across the U.S. border."

Air [31]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [15]
Forests [33]
Pollution [19]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
Canada [34]
Source: The Hill [35], 08/06/2025
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"As EPA Weakens Rules On ‘Forever Chemicals,’ States Are Moving Forward" [36]

"At least 250 bills to regulate the hazardous chemicals have been introduced this year in more than two dozen states."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Washington Post [37], 08/06/2025
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"Another Burgum Order Coldcocks Solar And Wind" [38]

"An order issued late Friday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that targets wind and solar development has left renewable energy developers and industry observers scrambling to determine whether green energy has any future in the Trump administration."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Technology [27]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: E&E News [39], 08/06/2025
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Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site and Protected Forest [40]

"To offset Resolution Copper’s impacts on the hallowed ground of Oak Flat, the federal government will take possession of a rare old-growth mesquite forest. But it already approved exploratory drilling for another mine nearby."

Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [42]
People & Population [43]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [44]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 08/06/2025
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Trump Reshaped Climate Program To Extract More Oil. Occidental Could Profit [47]

"Occidental Petroleum could benefit from bigger subsidies for using carbon dioxide to squeeze more crude from sputtering wells."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Technology [27]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: E&E News [48], 08/06/2025
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Alabama Power Gets OK to Buy $622 Million Natural Gas Plant For Data Centers [49]

"Alabama state regulators have cleared the way for Alabama Power to purchase an 895-megawatt gas-fired power plant, further tying Alabama’s largest electric utility to climate-polluting natural gas for decades to come."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 08/06/2025
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Court Temporarily Blocks Trump From Reallocating FEMA Preparedness Funds [52]

"A federal court on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from reallocating funds used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help communities prevent future storm damage."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [32]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [43]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: The Hill [53], 08/06/2025
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Photos Of Mexican Ranchers Struggling As Screwworm Ravages Their Cattle [54]

"The U.S. has suspended live cattle imports from Mexico due to concerns about the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite found in southern Mexico. This suspension has severely impacted ranchers in Sonora, who are already struggling with drought."

Agriculture [55]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [15]
People & Population [43]
Wildlife [56]
Public [22]
Mexico [57]
Source: AP [58], 08/06/2025
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Report Calls Plastics “Grave” Danger To Health As Nations Negotiate Treaty [59]

"Plastics are a “grave” danger to humans and the planet, responsible for an estimated $1.5 trillion annually in health-related costs, and nations need to center human health as they finalize the global plastics treaty, scientists said in a new report released Monday."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [60]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [42]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [22]
Mexico [57]
Source: The New Lede [61], 08/05/2025
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"NOAA Officials Who Led ‘Sharpiegate’ Investigation Placed On Leave" [62]

"Two top officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who led the investigation into the so-called “Sharpiegate” scandal, were placed on leave amid clashes with the Trump administration, according to a report." "The move comes days before a Senate committee votes on the nomination of Neil Jacobs, who was found to have violated the agency’s scientific integrity policy"

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Science [63]
Technology [27]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Independent [64], 08/05/2025
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Amid PFAS Rollbacks, New Jersey Scores Record $2 Billion DuPont Settlement [65]

"While the federal government is scaling back regulations on “forever chemicals,” New Jersey is holding polluters accountable, announcing a record-breaking $2 billion settlement with DuPont and several related companies with a $875 million payout and up to $1.2 billion in cleanup costs."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [66]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 08/05/2025
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"Trump Officials Aim To Divert Money Meant For Buying Wilderness Land" [68]

"After a plan to sell public land faced bipartisan backlash, the Interior Department appears to be making a bid to halt the expansion of federal public lands."

Biodiversity [69]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Forests [33]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [42]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Washington Post [70], 08/05/2025
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"Experts Slam Chesapeake Bay Draft Plan Over Lack of Pollution Targets" [71]

"The newest draft of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement lacks meaningful pollution reduction targets and allows states to evade legal accountability, according to concerned environmental advocates and experts who have reviewed the document."

Agriculture [55]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [60]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [42]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [72]
Source: Inside Climate News [73], 08/05/2025
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