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"Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide" [9]

"The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 09/09/2025
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"California Quietly Guts Ambitious Virtual Power Plant Bill" [21]

"Bills boosting solar, batteries, EVs, and smart thermostats to rein in California’s utility costs moved ahead — but the most innovative approaches were cut."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [22]
Public [18]
California [23]
Source: Canary Media [24], 09/09/2025
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Trump Cancels Study on Health Impacts of Biogas Industrial Hog Farms [25]

"N.C. research would have provided crucial data on understudied effects of the burgeoning industry on predominantly Black, Indigenous and Latino residents."

Agriculture [26]
Air [27]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 09/09/2025
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"Sweden’s Rare-Earths Mine Could Harm Indigenous Sami Reindeer Herders [31]

"High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [16]
Wildlife [34]
Public [18]
Antarctica & Arctic [35]
Europe [36]
Source: AP [37], 09/09/2025
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"Charting Whale ‘Superhighways’ for Conservation" [38]

"A new digital platform, Blue Corridors, showcases 30 years of tracking data revealing global whale migrations and mounting threats from ships, fisheries and climate change."

Biodiversity [32]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Infrastructure [40]
Journalism & Media [41]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [42]
Wildlife [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 09/09/2025
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Energy Sector Has Spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Lobbying This Year [45]

"The energy and natural resource sector has spent hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying the federal government so far this year, according to data compiled by the nonprofit OpenSecrets."

Chemicals [46]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [47]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 09/08/2025
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"Democratic Lawmakers Demand Interior DOGE Leader’s Financial, Ethics Docs" [49]

"Documents obtained by Public Domain raise ethics questions about former oil executive Tyler Hassen's investments." "A day after two Democratic lawmakers sent a letter seeking Tyler Hassen's financial and ethics documents, Hassen was replaced as Interior's Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [47]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Public Domain [51], 09/08/2025
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"Florida’s Fix For Its Struggling Insurance Market Hurt Homeowners, Data Shows" [52]

"In March 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law meant to curb “frivolous lawsuits” that he said were raising insurance rates for consumers while enriching predatory lawyers and scaring off insurance carriers. But a new analysis suggests the law — which has served as a model for other states — may have benefited insurance companies more than it has protected consumers."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [53]
Economy & Business [50]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Washington Post [54], 09/08/2025
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"Virginia’s Data Center Boom Tests Clean Energy Law" [55]

"Known as the data center capital of the world, Virginia offers a crucial test case for electric utilities: Can they meet power demand from the explosion of AI while keeping bills affordable and slashing carbon emissions? Many experts fear that Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest utility, is failing that test."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [40]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: Canary Media [57], 09/08/2025
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"1 In 4 Homes Face ‘Severe Or Extreme’ Climate Risks, Study Finds" [58]

"More than a quarter of U.S. homes — worth a combined $12.7 trillion — are exposed to “severe or extreme climate risk,” according to a new Realtor.com analysis. The report examined threats from wildfires, floods and wind damage — hazards that have been top of mind after a string of recent disasters."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [53]
Economy & Business [50]
Infrastructure [40]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [59], 09/08/2025
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"Rising Electric Bills Become Political Problem For Trump, GOP" [60]

"Rising power prices are becoming a political liability for Republicans as electricity costs outpace inflation."

Activism [10]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [61], 09/08/2025
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"Trump Wants Mining. Federal Mine Safety Workers Are On The Chopping Block." [62]

"Federal scientists and engineers working to prevent deadly disasters and the spread of disease in miners could soon lose their jobs, even as President Donald Trump moves to supercharge U.S. production of coal and critical minerals."

Disasters [53]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [47]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [63], 09/08/2025
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"Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying" [64]

"The smoke from the wildfires that burned through Los Angeles in January smelled like plastic and was so thick that it hid the ocean. Firefighters who responded developed instant migraines, coughed up black goo and dropped to their knees, vomiting and dizzy."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [53]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [28]
Forests [65]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [66], 09/08/2025
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"Tracing The Brutal Paths Enslaved Took For Freedom In America" [67]

"Leaving their farmhouse hideout at night, a band of wannabe saviors brimming with revolt made their way to a West Virginia hamlet one early October morning. But their plans soon went awry. Instead of seizing a federal weapons cache and inciting a massive resistance, the band wound up captured or killed by the U.S. government."

Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [68]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: National Parks Traveler [69], 09/08/2025
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"Fat Bear Week Is Coming. Prepare To Binge On Bear Cams." [70]

"Fat Bear Week, an online vote conducted via a single-elimination bracket, will take place from Sept. 23 to 30, the National Park Service announced Thursday."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [32]
Consumer [71]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Food [72]
Forests [65]
Journalism & Media [41]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [42]
Wildlife [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [73]
Source: Washington Post [74], 09/08/2025
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