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States, Enviros Sue Trump Over Billions in Funding Freezes for EV Charging [9]

"Sixteen states, the District of Columbia and more than a half dozen environmental groups have alleged in a lawsuit that the Trump administration has indefinitely and unlawfully frozen funds for a nationwide electric vehicle program." "Congress appropriated funds in the 2021 infrastructure bill for a national network of electric vehicle charging stations. The administration, which opposes EVs in favor of gasoline-power vehicles, has frozen the money."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [16]
Transportation [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 05/27/2025
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"From EVs to HVAC, Clean Energy Means Jobs In Central Illinois" [21]

"Decatur has been losing factory jobs for years. A clean energy workforce hub promises renewal — and provides training for students from disenfranchised communities."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [22]
People & Population [23]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Source: Canary Media [25], 05/27/2025
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Suit Challenges Trump Order To Allow Commercial Fishing In Pacific Monument [26]

"Environmentalists are challenging in court President Trump’s executive order that they say strips core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and opens the area to harmful commercial fishing."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [30]
Source: LA Times [31], 05/27/2025
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"How Trump’s Return Is Pushing the Media to Self-Censor" [32]

"Trump—as he has made clear again and again—disdains the press. And that hatred has consequences. He has launched legal challenges against outlets whose coverage he deems unfavorable, mocked journalists, and picked an obsequious Federal Communications Commission nominee ready to help him do as he pleases."

Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Mother Jones [34], 05/27/2025
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In India, Indigenous Women Make ‘Dream Maps’ To Protect Lands From Warming [35]

"At a small stream in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Indigenous villagers catch eels and fish for a dinner celebrating an annual harvest festival. The bounty of communal farming, foraging and fishing marks the start of a new season."

Activism [36]
Agriculture [37]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [18]
Asia [39]
Source: AP [40], 05/27/2025
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"Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air" [41]

"In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s electric-vehicle mandates, revoking the state’s right to implement the nation’s toughest emissions standards."

Air [42]
Chemicals [43]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 05/23/2025
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House GOP Passes Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Holdouts? [48]

"Early this morning, the House voted 215-214 to pass a sweeping budget reconciliation bill with provisions that include a cancellation or phaseout for just about everything that was in the Inflation Reduction Act."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [45]
Transportation [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 05/23/2025
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"Republicans Strip Public Land Sales From Reconciliation" [50]

"House Republicans have scrapped public land sales from the latest version of their tax cut, energy and border security megabill, according to text released Wednesday evening."

Biodiversity [27]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [51]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [52]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [53], 05/23/2025
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NOAA Predicts Another Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season, But Not As Bad As 2024 [54]

"With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don’t think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record as it spawned killer storms Beryl, Helene and Milton."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [55]
Science [56]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [57], 05/23/2025
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Nations Still Emit Banned Climate Pollutant HFC-23 at High Levels. Now What? [58]

"HFC-23 emissions from chemical plants in eastern China and elsewhere likely violate an international climate agreement despite readily available pollution controls. Advocates are pressing for action."

Chemicals [43]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [59]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [45]
Technology [16]
Public [18]
International [60]
Source: ICN/Foreign Policy [61], 05/23/2025
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"RFK Jr.’s MAHA Report Targets Food, Drug, Tech Industries: Key Takeaways" [62]

"The Trump administration issued its long-awaited Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report Thursday, hammering various industries while deviating from mainstream science on key issues including farming practices, vaccinations and psychiatric medications."

Chemicals [43]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Health [63]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [45]
Science [56]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [64], 05/23/2025
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"Congress Moves To Loosen Toxic Air Pollution Rules" [65]

"Congress has voted to undo a Clean Air Act regulation that strictly controls the amount of toxic air pollutants emitted by many industrial facilities like oil refineries, chemical plants, and steel mills."

Air [42]
Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NPR [66], 05/23/2025
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"Trump Spared A New York Wind Project. What Did He Get In Return?" [67]

"President Donald Trump’s sudden decision Monday to reverse course and lift a stop work order on Empire Wind 1 prompted widespread speculation in Albany and Washington that the president had extracted a commitment from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to allow a new gas pipeline to move forward."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [68]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [69]
Source: E&E News [70], 05/23/2025
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"Global Forest Loss Hit a Record Last Year as Fires Raged" [71]

"The planet lost a record amount of forests last year, driven by fires that raged around the world, data shows."

Climate Change [10]
Forests [51]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [45]
Science [56]
Public [18]
International [60]
Source: NYTimes [72], 05/23/2025
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Texas Cattle Industry Braces For An Imminent Screwworm Infestation [73]

"Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar cattle industry."

Agriculture [37]
Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [74]
Mexico [75]
Source: Texas Tribune [76], 05/23/2025
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