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Judge Rules That Exxon May Sue Calif. AG For Defamation Over Recycling [9]

"The federal judge rejected the California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s request to dismiss Exxon Mobil’s lawsuit accusing Bonta of defamation for criticizing Exxon Mobil’s advanced plastics recycling initiatives."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
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Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 02/25/2026
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"Virginia House Delays Action on Bill Banning Paraquat" [21]

"A bill banning the pesticide paraquat died last week in the Virginia House of Delegates after the chamber’s Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee voted 22-0, with little explanation, to carry the measure over to next year for consideration."

Agriculture [22]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 02/25/2026
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"Massie Seeks To Undo Trump’s Pro-Glyphosate Executive Order" [26]

"At least one Republican lawmaker is formally pushing back on President Trump’s effort to boost a controversial herbicide, glyphosate, that’s reviled by supporters of the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement."

Agriculture [22]
Chemicals [10]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [29], 02/25/2026
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"Trump Changes To Black History Exhibits Spark Fears Of Self-Censorship" [30]

"President Trump, who has eyes on the nation’s 250th birthday this summer, says historical sites focus too much on the issue of slavery instead of the “success” of the country. His administration has been accused of whitewashing the history of slavery at Smithsonian Institution facilities and National Park Service sites, including recently the President’s House in Philadelphia."

Diversity [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [34], 02/25/2026
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"This Tiny Tracker Monitors Monarch Migration" [35]

"Monarch butterflies that hatch in the spring and early summer live fast and die young at only two to six weeks. But those that emerge in late summer can survive six to nine months. That’s long enough to migrate thousands of miles south for the winter and start the return north the following spring to breed."

Agriculture [22]
Biodiversity [36]
Environmental Studies [37]
Transportation [38]
Wildlife [39]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mexico [40]
Source: Living on Earth [41], 02/25/2026
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Huge Snowstorm In The Northeast Hits Millions, Disrupts Flights, Schools [42]

"A massive snowstorm pummeled the northeastern United States from Maryland to Maine on Monday, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures."

Climate Change [43]
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Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]
Source: AP [46], 02/24/2026
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"Trump Spares Power Plants From Mercury Emissions Clampdown" [47]

"The Trump administration is reopening a loophole to allow more mercury emissions from some coal-fired power plants, provoking swift denunciations from public health advocates who said the rollback will leave children at further risk of exposure to the brain-damaging element."

Air [48]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [43]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [49], 02/24/2026
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"Supreme Court Accepts Oil Industry’s Bid To Quash Climate Lawsuits" [50]

"The Supreme Court has [agreed to hear] green-lighted the fossil fuel industry’s latest attempt to quash a swath of lawsuits seeking to hold oil companies accountable for the costs of climate change."

Climate Change [43]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [51], 02/24/2026
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"Interior Claws Back NEPA Regs" [52]

"The Department of the Interior issued a final rule that curbs and streamlines its environmental reviews. Critics say the move is illegal."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [37]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [53], 02/24/2026
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"A Quiet Climate Retreat At IEA" [54]

"The International Energy Agency downplayed global warming this week amid U.S. pressure."

Climate Change [43]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [55]
Source: E&E News [56], 02/24/2026
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USDA Has Ability To Respond To PFAS Crisis On Farmland: NAS Report [57]

"Federal regulators have a range of solutions available to tackle the widespread contamination of farmland with toxic chemicals, according to a new report by US academics."

Agriculture [22]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Food [58]
Science [59]
Technology [60]
Waste [61]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [62], 02/24/2026
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"USA Has A Looming Sewage Nightmare, Potomac Wastewater Spill Shows" [63]

"While the average lifespan of a wastewater system is 40 to 50 years, many of the plants and pipes across the nation could be twice that old or more."

Environmental Health [23]
Infrastructure [64]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Technology [60]
Waste [61]
Water & Oceans [65]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: USA TODAY [66], 02/24/2026
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"U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS" [67]

"Following a ProPublica article revealing that the U.S. Forest Service had for years issued clothing to wildland firefighters that it knew contained potentially dangerous “forever chemicals,” the agency has stopped distributing those garments."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [43]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [28]
Technology [60]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [68], 02/24/2026
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"Documents Shed New Light On Interior Official's Growing Ethics Scandal" [69]

"President Donald Trump’s Interior Department is withholding key ethics disclosure information for Karen Budd-Falen, a high-ranking agency appointee who is facing calls for an investigation into her financial ties to a massive lithium mining project, Public Domain has learned."

Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Public Domain [70], 02/24/2026
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"Virginia Senate Proposes to End Data Center Tax Exemption in January" [71]

"The Virginia Senate’s Finance and Appropriations Committee approved budget legislation for the coming fiscal year that ends a tax exemption for data centers on January 1."

Climate Change [43]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [64]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [60]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 02/24/2026
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