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Pipeline Company’s $300M Lawsuit vs. Greenpeace Heads To Trial In N. Dakota [9]

"A Texas pipeline company’s lawsuit seeking potentially hundreds of millions of dollars from Greenpeace was set to advance with opening statements Wednesday in a trial the environmental organization calls an effort to silence critics of the oil industry."

Activism [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Canada [19]
Source: AP [20], 02/26/2025
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"White House Says It Will Control Press Access To Trump, Not Reporters" [21]

"The White House said Tuesday that it would decide which news outlets have access to President Donald Trump, ripping power away from an independent association of journalists who have traditionally determined which publications are part of the press pool."

Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: USA TODAY [23], 02/26/2025
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"Egg Prices Are Soaring. Bird Flu May Not Be the Only Culprit." [24]

"The nation’s biggest egg producer has seen rising revenues and profits. Now some Democrats are calling for an investigation into pricing practices in the industry."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [26]
Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [29]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [30], 02/26/2025
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"Coffee Prices Are at a 50-Year High. Producers Aren’t Celebrating." [31]

"Climate change is behind the windfall gains, and growers are worried about whether they can adapt."

Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [32]
Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [28]
Food [29]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [34]
Source: NYTimes [35], 02/26/2025
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Top Execs Leave Oppo Firm That Targeted Climate Litigants, Move To RNC [36]

"A founder of a conservative opposition research group that has investigated people who are suing the oil industry has left the group amid a staff reshuffling." "The former Argus Insight leaders have taken key roles at the Republican National Committee and the White House."

Climate Change [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [37], 02/26/2025
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"Legal Snags Could Foil Trump’s Climate And Air Pollution Rollbacks" [38]

"The president’s deregulatory blitz might crash into the same repetitive setback from his first term: court defeats stemming from procedural fumbles."

Air [39]
Climate Change [32]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [42], 02/26/2025
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"The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town" [43]

"An EPA investigation confirmed residents’ worst fears about operations at an industrial landfill. What happens next is all too uncertain."

Chemicals [44]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [12]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [41]
Waste [45]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 02/26/2025
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"BP Expected To Scrap Renewables Target In Shift Back To Fossil Fuels" [48]

"Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this week"

Climate Change [32]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [34]
Source: Guardian [49], 02/26/2025
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"Congress Set to Vote on Repeal of Biden Administration Climate Regulations" [50]

"Congress is scheduled to vote on two bills this week that would roll back climate regulations issued in the final months of the Biden administration. The agencies that implemented the rules, which limit methane emissions from the oil and gas sector and set efficiency standards for water heaters, expected them to prevent tens of millions of tons of climate pollution in coming decades if left in place."

Climate Change [32]
Consumer [27]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 02/26/2025
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"Take a Look: A Dark Scottish Isle Where Starlight Reigns Supreme" [52]

"On Rum, Europe’s newest dark-sky sanctuary, the island’s 40 residents have learned to embrace darkness."

Infrastructure [14]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [17]
Europe [53]
Source: NYTimes [54], 02/26/2025
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"What The Firings At FEMA Could Mean For The Next Hurricane Or Wildfire" [55]

"More than 200 employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have been fired, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA. ... The loss is likely to hinder FEMA's ability to respond to disasters, according to several current and former FEMA employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity over concerns of reprisal."

Climate Change [32]
Disasters [56]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [57]
People & Population [58]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NPR [59], 02/25/2025
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Talks To Protect Earth’s Biodiversity Resume In Rome With Money Atop Agenda [60]

"An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda. That is, how to spend what’s been pledged so far — and how to raise a lot more to help preserve plant and animal life on Earth."

Biodiversity [26]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Government [57]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Wildlife [62]
Public [17]
International [34]
Source: AP [63], 02/25/2025
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"Bank Accounts For $20B Climate Program Frozen Amid Trump Scrutiny [64]

"The bank accounts of nonprofits administering a $20 billion climate program have been frozen as the program faces significant scrutiny from the Trump administration."

Climate Change [32]
Consumer [27]
Disasters [56]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [65], 02/25/2025
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"Trump’s CEQ Has No Nominee As It Tears Down NEPA Rules" [66]

"President Donald Trump in recent days has relied on a White House policy shop — the Council on Environmental Quality — to take a sledgehammer to what’s known as the “Magna Carta” of environmental laws."

Biodiversity [26]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [67]
Government [57]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [68], 02/25/2025
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"Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals" [69]

"One of President Donald Trump’s most damaging strikes at the foundation of U.S. climate policy is buried deep in a sweeping Inauguration Day executive order focused on “Unleashing American Energy.” Half way through the lengthy document is a directive that would obliterate an obscure but critically important calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change is imposing on the U.S. economy."

Climate Change [32]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [67]
Government [57]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [70], 02/25/2025
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