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"California Banned Polystyrene. So Why Is It Still On Store Shelves?" [9]

"Styrofoam coffee cups, plates, clamshell takeout containers and other food service items made with expanded polystyrene plastic can still be found in restaurants and on store shelves, despite a ban that went into effect on Jan. 1."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
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Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
California [17]
Source: LA Times [18], 03/24/2025
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"Sardines In Hot Water Are Swapping Plankton For Plastics" [19]

"Sardines in the Mediterranean struggling for a decent bite of shrinking plankton are accidentally ingesting more and more microplastics and microfibres, scientists have found. And the root cause of all their problems? Well, it's climate change - of course."

Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Europe [25]
Source: Oceanographic [26], 03/24/2025
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States Push To Shift Road Funds To Transit And Bike Projects Amid Trump Cuts [27]

"Hundreds of bicycle advocates were at an annual summit this month in Washington, D.C., when their cellphones lit up over breakfast with an urgent email warning that President Donald Trump’s transportation department had just halted federal grant funding for bike lanes."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: AP [32], 03/24/2025
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"Slow Pace of Mining, Federal Layoffs to Stymie Trump's Order" [33]

"Federal agencies will need fully-staffed teams to implement President Donald Trump’s order for the Interior Department and other agencies to expedite mining on federal lands, natural resources lawyers say. But massive staffing cuts could get in the way of Trump’s demand to mine more minerals domestically, and it could take years for agencies and companies to mobilize and begin digging rock."

Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 03/24/2025
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"E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk" [35]

"The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution in poorer areas."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [28]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: NYTimes [37], 03/24/2025
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"Interior To Open Millions Of Acres In Alaska To Drilling And Mining" [38]

"Trump officials said they would open up areas of Alaska that Joe Biden had made off-limits to oil and gas production, and allow for a gas pipeline to be built across the state."

Climate Change [28]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Source: Washington Post [42], 03/21/2025
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EPA Mulls Giving Drillers More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Toxic Wastewater [43]

"The Trump administration plans to increase “regulatory flexibility” for oil and gas companies trying to find ways to dispose of copious amounts of toxic wastewater."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 03/21/2025
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"Lake Tahoe Could Be A Deathtrap During Major Wildfires" [45]

"Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties in South Lake Tahoe are at risk — yet new resorts are being built in high-danger fire areas."

Climate Change [28]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [47]
Infrastructure [29]
People & Population [48]
Planning & Growth [49]
Transportation [30]
Public [16]
California [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [50]
Source: CalMatters [51], 03/21/2025
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Black Farmers Face Setbacks Over Trump Budget Cuts: ‘We Are In Survival Mode’ [52]

"A consortium of Black farmers in the north-east take financial hits as harsh USDA cuts threaten their operations"

Agriculture [53]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [48]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [54]
Source: Guardian [55], 03/21/2025
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Calif. Falls Short in Enforcing Regulations for Metal Shredding Industry [56]

"After decades of lax oversight, new efforts are underway to protect communities from toxic emissions without putting the industry out of business."

Chemicals [10]
Economy & Business [39]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [24]
Waste [57]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
California [17]
Source: Public Health Watch [58], 03/21/2025
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Trump Orders Shift Disaster Prep From FEMA To States, Local Governments [59]

"U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that seeks to shift responsibility for disaster preparations to state and local governments, deepening his drive to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency."

Climate Change [28]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [60]
People & Population [48]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Reuters [61], 03/21/2025
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"US Baby Formulas Often Contain Contaminants, Study Finds" [62]

"A new investigation that tested 41 types of powdered baby formula sold in the US found that about half of the products contained concerning levels of contaminants, including lead, arsenic, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), bisphenol A (BPA) and acrylamide."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Food [63]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [48]
Pollution [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: The New Lede [64], 03/21/2025
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Duffy Gives NYC 30-Day Congestion Pricing Extension, Puts Hochul ‘On Notice’ [65]

"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the administration was giving New York City a 30-day extension for its congestion pricing plan and putting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) “on notice.”

Climate Change [28]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [48]
Planning & Growth [49]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [54]
Source: The Hill [66], 03/21/2025
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"Trump Signs Order On Critical Mineral Production" [67]

"President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to boost production of critical minerals in the United States and confirmed a deal to gain access to minerals in Ukraine was still on track.'

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [28]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: The Hill [68], 03/21/2025
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Oystercatcher Recovery Campaign Offers a Rare Conservation Success Story [69]

"Fifteen years of coordinated conservation efforts have produced a significant recovery in the U.S. population of the American oystercatcher, a bird with a distinctive bright red bill that breeds and roosts on beaches and coastal marshes, at a time when most shorebirds are declining."

Activism [70]
Biodiversity [20]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 03/21/2025
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