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Trump Loosens Gas Mileage Rule for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy [9]

"President Trump on Wednesday threw the weight of the federal government behind vehicles that burn gasoline rather than electric cars, gutting one of the country’s most significant efforts to address climate change and thrusting the automobile industry into greater uncertainty."

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Source: NYTimes [22], 12/04/2025
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As Countries Set Trade Rules at CITES, Animal and Plant Trafficking Rages On [23]

"Whether people realize it or not, traces of the global wildlife trade are ubiquitous, from expensive reptile-skin boots in department stores to the colorful fish swimming around a tank in your dentist’s office."

Biodiversity [24]
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National (U.S.) [21]
International [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 12/04/2025
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"Trump Logging Plan Threatens Centuries-Old Trees, Fuels Lawsuits" [29]

"Visiting a freshly logged forest in western Oregon earlier this fall, retired federal wildlife surveyor Erich Reeder stepped over mangled tree roots and dead limbs scattered across a denuded slope that was once an evergreen forest. He squatted over a foot-tall Douglas fir stump to count its rings: 120 years old."

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 12/04/2025
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"Trump Dismantles Programs Designed To Cut Electricity Demand" [32]

"The Trump administration is scrambling to ensure there’s enough electricity to power new data centers and stem rising utility bills — even as it dismantles some critical programs designed to help solve the problem."

Climate Change [11]
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Pollution [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [33], 12/04/2025
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Whitmer 7th Governor Urging EPA To Monitor Microplastics In Drinking Water [34]

"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week joined governors from six other states signing onto a petition demanding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency add microplastics to its program collecting data on contaminants not currently covered by the Safe Drinking Water Act."

Chemicals [35]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Source: Michigan Advance [38], 12/04/2025
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"NY City Bill Aims To Ban Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighting Gear" [39]

"A new bill proposed in the New York city council would ban the use of toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in protective gear worn by the city’s 11,000 firefighters." "Approval of legislation to ban Pfas would be major win for advocates pushing for safer gear alternatives across US"

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Source: Guardian [41], 12/04/2025
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Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump DOE Funds Geothermal Network Expansion [42]

"The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an $8.6 million grant that will allow the nation’s first utility-led geothermal heating and cooling network to double in size."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Technology [43]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 12/04/2025
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"After Ohio’s Landmark Decisions On HB 6 Utility Scandal, What’s Next?" [45]

"In landmark rulings last month, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ordered FirstEnergy’s three regulated companies to pay roughly $250 million for violations linked to the state’s largest-ever utility corruption scandal. More than $186 million of that will be refunded or credited to consumers."

Climate Change [11]
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Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [46]
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [47]
People & Population [25]
Public [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Source: Canary Media [49], 12/04/2025
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"EPA Staffers Challenge Their Terminations Over ‘Dissent’ Letter" [50]

"Six staffers who the Trump administration fired after they signed a “Declaration of Dissent” letter have filed claims with the Merit Systems Protection Board, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which is helping to represent the ex-employees."

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Source: The Hill [51], 12/04/2025
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"What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution" [52]

"How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists found that kissing was likely present in the ancestor of all apes – which lived 21 million years ago."

Biodiversity [24]
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Source: NPR [53], 12/04/2025
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"Trump Expected to Significantly Weaken Fuel Economy Rules" [54]

"The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to propose weakening automobile fuel efficiency standards that were set under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to spur the sale of electric vehicles, according to three people familiar with the plan."

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Climate Change [11]
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Source: NYTimes [55], 12/03/2025
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"Millions Have Fled Weather Disasters, But They Had Few Champions At COP30" [56]

"Advocates are working to ensure that world leaders don’t ignore people displaced by climate change."

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Source: Yale Climate Connections [59], 12/03/2025
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"New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives" [60]

"As the Trump administration is expected to finalize a standard to prevent heat-related injury and illness for workers by early next year, a new study shows that clear, comprehensive rules save lives."

Agriculture [61]
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Source: Inside Climate News [62], 12/03/2025
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Phthalates Are In Our Food, Decades After Scientists Recognized Dangers [63]

"A large body of science has linked phthalates to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility."

Chemicals [35]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [64]
Food [65]
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Science [66]
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Source: Washington Post [67], 12/03/2025
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"Canada Lifts Climate Laws for Alberta Oil Sands, Planning Pipeline" [68]

"Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada signed a sweeping agreement on Thursday that laid the groundwork for a new oil pipeline to expand Alberta’s oil sands, exempting the province’s energy industry from several environmental laws."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [18]
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Canada [69]
Source: NYTimes [70], 12/03/2025
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