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"Trump vs. Birds: Proposed Budget Eliminates Critical Research Programs" [9]

"Two federal programs that experts consider indispensable for bird research and conservation in the United States could be eliminated under the Trump administration’s proposed budget for 2026."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Science [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Revelator [20], 06/18/2025
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Lobbyist Claims That NY Plastic Bill Harms People Of Color Called ‘Misleading’ [21]

"The oil and petrochemical lobby is attempting to fend off a New York state proposal to slash plastic waste by arguing that it will disproportionately burden people of color, advocates and assembly sources say, despite widespread evidence that the plastic supply chain poses serious health risks to Black and brown communities."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [27]
Waste [28]
Public [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 06/18/2025
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Judge Rules Some NIH Grant Cuts Illegal, Calling Them "Discrimination" [31]

"A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination."

Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [33], 06/18/2025
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"Kraft Heinz To Remove Synthetic Dyes From All Products By 2027" [34]

"Kraft Heinz, the food giant behind dozens of popular brands including Oscar Mayer, Jell-O, Velveeta and Kool-Aid, will not launch any new foods with synthetic dyes and will remove the dyes from its current products by the end of 2027, the company said Tuesday."

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [32]
Food [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [36], 06/18/2025
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Trump Shutters Agency That Investigates Industrial Chemical Explosions [37]

"Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?"

Chemicals [22]
Disasters [38]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [27]
Technology [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Verite/Grist [41], 06/18/2025
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Trump EPA Is Telling Some Staff To Stop Policing The Oil And Gas Industry [42]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has told staff overseeing the country’s industrialized Midwest — a region plagued by a legacy of pollution — to stop enforcing violations against fossil fuel companies, multiple sources told CNN."

Air [43]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [44]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: CNN [45], 06/17/2025
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"E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos" [46]

"The Trump administration plans to reconsider a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States, according to a court filing on Monday."

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [47], 06/17/2025
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Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Residents' Tearful Protests [48]

"The Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, N.J., has two distinct sections: an immigrant-rich area of rowhouses, ethnic restaurants and shops, and a clogged industrial zone with three power plants, the state’s largest incinerator and biggest sewage facility, a slew of factories and a near-constant parade of diesel trucks."

Air [43]
Climate Change [44]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Public [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 06/17/2025
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Trump Orders Merger Of Wildland Firefighting Into Single Force, Despite Chaos [51]

"President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered government officials to consolidate wildland firefighting into a single program, despite warnings from former federal officials that it could be costly and increase the risk of catastrophic blazes."

Climate Change [44]
Disasters [38]
Forests [52]
Government [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [53], 06/17/2025
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Trump Fires Democratic Commissioner Of Independent NRC [54]

"President Donald Trump has fired a Democratic commissioner for the federal agency that oversees nuclear safety as he continues to assert more control over independent regulatory agencies."

Disasters [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [55]
Pollution [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [56], 06/17/2025
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US Proposes Listing Pangolins, Most Trafficked Mammal, As Endangered Species [57]

"U.S. officials proposed Monday to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered Species Act. The pangolin is “the most trafficked mammal in the world” in large part for its scales, used in traditional Chinese medicine, and meat, according to the World Wildlife Fund."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [58], 06/17/2025
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"CDC Virus Expert Resigns After RFK Jr.’s Purge Of Vaccine Advisers" [59]

"A senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who oversaw respiratory virus surveillance has resigned and raised concerns about the future of vaccine policy as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the agency’s long-standing approach to immunization."

Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [60]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [26]
Science [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [61], 06/17/2025
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"Birds vs. Wind Turbines: New Research Aims to Prevent Deaths" [62]

"Window collisions and cats kill more birds than wind farms do, but ornithologists say turbine impacts must be taken seriously. Scientists are testing a range of technologies to reduce bird strikes — from painting stripes to using artificial intelligence — to keep birds safe."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [44]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Studies [12]
Infrastructure [49]
Natural Resources [15]
Technology [40]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: YaleE360 [63], 06/17/2025
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"As Floods Keep Coming, This Small City Can’t Afford To Let People Leave" [64]

"Floodplain buyouts can reduce the financial toll of future disasters. But some small towns losing property and people are now saying no."

Climate Change [44]
Disasters [38]
Economy & Business [65]
Infrastructure [49]
People & Population [26]
Water & Oceans [66]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: Washington Post [67], 06/17/2025
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Florida Removes Record Haul Of Invasive Pythons In Control Effort [68]

"It was a milestone moment in Florida’s 25-year war on invasive Burmese pythons: an eye-popping announcement that biologists had removed 20 tons of the slithering invaders from waters in and around the Everglades in little more than a decade, as well as shattering their previous record for a single-season haul."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [69]
Source: Guardian [70], 06/17/2025
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