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Trump Admin Memo Urges Nations To Reject Plastic Production Caps In Treaty [9]

"The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives at the start of U.N. plastic treaty talks in Geneva, according to a memo and communications seen by Reuters."

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Source: Reuters [22], 08/07/2025
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Document Shows Plastics Industry Knew Recycling Was False Solution in 1974 [23]

"Exclusive finding by DeSmog shows high-level industry awareness that recycling plastic ‘not feasible’ as companies face lawsuits over alleged public deception campaign."

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Source: DeSmog [25], 08/07/2025
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Denial Of Gray Wolf Protections Violated Endangered Species Act, Judge Rules [26]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service will have to reconsider whether gray wolves in the western United States merit Endangered Species Act protections in light of Republican-backed efforts to aggressively cull the animals in the Northern Rockies, a federal judge ruled Tuesday."

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Source: Public Domain [31], 08/07/2025
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"The Air Conditioning Dilemma: Cooling Homes Heats The Planet" [32]

"As temperatures soar around much of the world, people are cranking up the air conditioning, but blasting icy air into buildings fuels global warming, which increases demand for more cooling, creating a vicious circle."

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Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [37], 08/07/2025
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"At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Biggest Risk Isn’t Alligators" [38]

"The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by a number of environmental hazards like hurricanes, intense heat and even wildfires."

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Source: NYTimes [43], 08/07/2025
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"Used EV Batteries Could Upend The Race For Long-Duration Storage" [44]

"Redwood Materials says second-life batteries are the cheapest form of long-duration storage. If true, battery startups are in trouble — and renewables are in luck."

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Source: Canary Media [45], 08/07/2025
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"Burgum Nixes ‘Thoughtless’ Biden Approval Of Idaho Wind Farm" [46]

"The Interior Department reversed the Biden-era approval of a contentious wind project in southern Idaho on Wednesday, part of a broader Trump administration effort to shift development on public lands away from renewable energy."

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Source: E&E News [48], 08/07/2025
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Pakistan’s Deadly Monsoon Floods Were Worsened By Global Warming: Study [49]

"Heavy rainfall that triggered floods in Pakistan in recent weeks, killing hundreds of people, was worsened by human-caused climate change, according to a new study."

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Source: AP [51], 08/07/2025
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Class-Action Suit Would Force EPA To Reinstate $3bn Climate Justice Program [52]

"Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants"

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Source: Guardian [53], 08/07/2025
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NIH Details Options For Limiting Its Payments For Open-Access Publishing Fees [54]

"In a move that could shake up scientific publishing, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) last week proposed specific limits on how much it would reimburse grantees who pay publishers to make their articles open access, or free to read. The suggested limits, which include possible caps of $2000 to $6000 per paper, may block scientists from publishing in top-tier journals with much higher fees, unless they or their institution come up with the difference."

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Source: Science [58], 08/07/2025
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Nations Gather In Geneva To Again Confront The World’s Plastic Crisis [59]

"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."

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Source: AP [61], 08/06/2025
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"E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy" [62]

"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."

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Source: NYTimes [63], 08/06/2025
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"Air Quality Alerts In Place For 10 States Due To Canadian Wildfires" [64]

"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."

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Canada [67]
Source: The Hill [68], 08/06/2025
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"As EPA Weakens Rules On ‘Forever Chemicals,’ States Are Moving Forward" [69]

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

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Source: Washington Post [70], 08/06/2025
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"Another Burgum Order Coldcocks Solar And Wind" [71]

"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."

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Source: E&E News [72], 08/06/2025
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