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N. Carolina Lawmakers Approve Additional $528M For Hurricane Helene Recovery [9]

"North Carolina lawmakers agreed Wednesday to spend another $528 million on still-pressing needs from Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding nearly six months ago, with an emphasis on home and private road repairs, agriculture and infrastructure to aid businesses."

Climate Change [10]
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Source: AP [18], 03/20/2025
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"Fishermen Want To Go Green But Say DOGE Cuts Prevent That" [19]

"Commercial fishermen and seafood processors and distributors looking to switch to new, lower-carbon emission systems say the federal funding they relied on for this work is either frozen or unavailable due to significant budget cuts promoted by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency."

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Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [20]
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Source: AP [26], 03/20/2025
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Trump EPA Aims To Cut Pollution Rules Projected To Save Nearly 200,000 Lives [27]

"A push by Donald Trump’s administration to repeal a barrage of clean air and water regulations may deal a severe blow to US public health, with a Guardian analysis finding that the targeted rules were set to save the lives of nearly 200,000 people in the years ahead."

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People & Population [14]
Pollution [31]
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National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [32], 03/20/2025
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"Canadians Protest Imports Of US Toxic Waste Amid Trump Tariff War" [33]

"The proposed expansion of a Quebec landfill that accepts hazardous waste from the United States has ignited a turf war between the Quebec provincial government and local leaders, who say they oppose putting US trash into a local peat bog."

Chemicals [34]
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Waste [35]
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Canada [36]
Source: Guardian [37], 03/20/2025
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"Why We Should Worry When Whales Stop Singing" [38]

"A hungry whale is a quiet whale. A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems."

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International [43]
Source: Bloomberg [44], 03/20/2025
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"Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm" [45]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, according to documents reviewed by Democrats on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology."

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Environmental Politics [21]
Environmental Studies [39]
Government [46]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [31]
Science [47]
Technology [48]
Transportation [49]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [50], 03/19/2025
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Kennedy Links Measles to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories [51]

"In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments. He issued a muffled call for vaccinations in the affected community, but said the choice was a personal one. He suggested that measles vaccine injuries were more common than known, contrary to extensive research."

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Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [53], 03/19/2025
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"America’s Ports Have Labored To Clean Up Pollution. Will That Continue?" [54]

"On a gray March afternoon at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest in the U.S., powerful electric top-handlers whir, beep and grind as they motor back and forth, grabbing trailers from truck beds and stacking them as they move on or off the mighty container ships that ferry goods across the Pacific. Some of the ships, rather than burning diesel to sustain operations as they sit in harbor, plug into electricity instead."

Air [55]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [31]
Transportation [49]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [56], 03/19/2025
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"RFK Jr., Once Poisoned By Mercury, Is Silent As EPA Weakens Rules Against It" [57]

"The HHS secretary has fought mercury pollution for years. He’s now in an administration that wants to make it easier for industries to dump it into the air and water."

Activism [58]
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National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [60], 03/19/2025
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How Bird Flu Hits Wild Birds And What It Means For Backyard Bird Feeders [61]

"Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been the toll on wild birds? More than 170 species of North American wild birds – including ducks, geese, gulls, owls, eagles and others – have been infected with bird flu."

Biodiversity [62]
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Natural Resources [41]
Wildlife [42]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [63], 03/19/2025
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Chinese EV Maker BYD Says Charging Could Be As Quick As Filling A Tank [64]

"The Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has unveiled a new charging system that it said could make it possible for EVs to charge as quickly as it takes to refill with petrol."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [13]
Technology [48]
Transportation [49]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [43]
Asia [65]
Source: Guardian [66], 03/19/2025
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Analysis: Destructive Dust, Trump Cuts Mark Latest US Storms And Tornadoes [67]

"Over the weekend, more than 120 tornadoes rampaged across at least 11 states in a three-day severe weather outbreak that killed more than 40 people. In addition to the tornadoes, the storm system brought extremely strong winds to drought-stricken parts of the plains states, kicking up dust storms and wildfires from Texas to Kansas. The combined impact has now become one of the deadliest non-hurricane weather disasters in decades in the US."

Climate Change [10]
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National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [68], 03/19/2025
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"Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Causes a Deadly Oil Spill on the Black Sea" [69]

"Russia’s “shadow fleet” of aging oil tankers helps fund the ongoing war but puts the region at risk of more environmental disasters."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
International [43]
Source: The Revelator [70], 03/19/2025
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"The End Of The EPA’s Fight To Protect Overpolluted Communities" [71]

"The first thing Amanda Cronin did when her supervisor offered her a job at the Environmental Protection Agency was buy herself a big piece of chocolate cake."

Environmental Health [28]
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Government [46]
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Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Grist [72], 03/19/2025
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"‘Our People Are Hungry’: What Federal Food Aid Cuts Mean In A Warming World" [73]

"Every Friday, as he’s done for the last year and a half, Mark Broyles hops in his truck and drives 20 minutes from his home in Big Stone Gap to Duffield, Virginia, to pick up two boxes of free food. Though their contents are always a surprise, as the retired mechanic describes it, he’s able to get “fresh produce and stuff that a lot of us can’t afford because of the price of groceries.”"

Agriculture [74]
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Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [21]
Food [40]
Government [46]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Grist [75], 03/19/2025
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