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EPA Walks Back Proposal To Curb Water Pollution From Meat And Poultry Plants [9]

"In a move celebrated by US meat and poultry producers but mourned by environment and health advocates, federal regulators are walking back a proposed rule that would have strengthened water pollution standards for slaughterhouse operators."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [19], 09/05/2025
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Small Communities Lack Advanced Water Treatment For PFAS, Other Contaminants [20]

"As the US wrestles with how to deal with widespread PFAS pollution in drinking water supplies, most utilities are lacking advanced filtration systems that could protect public health from not just PFAS but an array of harmful contaminants, according to a new study."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [25], 09/05/2025
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Calif. Begins $38M Pilot Project To Cool Hellishly Hot Cells In 3 Prisons [26]

"As climate change exacerbates the risks of extreme heat across California, the state’s prison officials plan to embark on a $38 million pilot project to figure out how to keep their prison cells cool."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [29]
Infrastructure [30]
People & Population [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [32]
Source: CalMatters [33], 09/05/2025
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"Humans Are Altering the Seas. Here’s What the Future Ocean Might Look Like." [34]

"Working from a dock on St. Helena Island, S.C., on a sweltering day this summer, Ed Atkins pulled in a five-foot cast net from the water and dumped out a few glossy white shrimp from the salt marsh."

Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [27]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Food [13]
Natural Resources [37]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [38]
Source: NYTimes [39], 09/05/2025
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"White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind" [40]

"The White House has taken the extraordinary step of instructing a half-dozen agencies to draft plans to thwart the country’s offshore wind industry as it intensifies its governmentwide attack on a source of renewable energy that President Trump has criticized as ugly, expensive and inefficient."

Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [42]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [43], 09/04/2025
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FEMA Staffing Shortages Could Hinder Disaster Recovery Efforts, GAO Says [44]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s past recovery efforts have been impeded by staffing shortages, and officials are facing an ongoing hurricane season with even fewer employees, according to a Government Accountability Office report released on Tuesday."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [29]
People & Population [31]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Government Executive [45], 09/04/2025
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"Republicans Secure Massive Water, Environment Earmarks" [46]

"GOP lawmakers could nab hundreds of millions of dollars for major water projects if fiscal 2026 spending bills become law."

Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [47]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [48], 09/04/2025
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Washington, D.C.: "The View From The Militarized Zone" [49]

"Bobbi Stevenson Bauer loves her flowers. The Arlington, Virginia, resident often travels to downtown Washington, D.C., to visit the Enid A. Haupt Garden at the Smithsonian and the U.S. Botanic Garden, two of the many tourist destinations that are situated along the National Mall. ... “I haven’t seen it this empty since Covid,” she reported during a recent visit."

Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [50]
Natural Resources [37]
People & Population [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Source: National Parks Traveler [52], 09/04/2025
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Despite Trump's Brags, New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells [53]

"Hakim Dermish moved to the small South Texas town of Catarina in 2002 in search of a rural lifestyle on a budget. The property where he lived with his wife didn’t have electricity or sewer lines at first, but that didn’t bother him."

Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Source: ICN/ProPublica [55], 09/04/2025
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Explosion at La. Oil Plant Leaves Black Community Coated in Toxic Fallout [56]

"As oily rain fell on Roseland, where 90% of kids live in poverty, the Trump administration is considering gutting chemical-disaster safeguards."

Chemicals [21]
Disasters [28]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [57]
Source: Capital B [58], 09/04/2025
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"How Mass Emails Eroded Support For A North Carolina Pipeline" [59]

"Williams Cos. went online to seek local backing for its Transco expansion project, but the effort may have backfired."

Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [30]
Journalism & Media [60]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [47]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [57]
Source: E&E News [61], 09/04/2025
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"Dem NRC Members Warn They Could Be Fired Over Safety Decisions" [62]

"Democratic members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told lawmakers Wednesday that it’s a possibility they could be fired by President Donald Trump at any moment for their regulatory decisions, while questioning recent White House executive orders to accelerate reactor design approvals."

Disasters [28]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [63]
Technology [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [64], 09/04/2025
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"Scientists May Have Identified a Culprit Behind Declining Amazon Rains" [65]

"For decades, the dry season in the Amazon rainforest has been getting drier. A new study, published on Tuesday, found that about 75 percent of the decrease in rainfall is directly linked to deforestation."

Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
Forests [66]
Natural Resources [37]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
South America [67]
Source: NYTimes [68], 09/04/2025
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"Wildfire Retardants Help Stop Fires — But Also Impact Ecosystems" [69]

"In the rush to put out wildfires, hundreds of millions of litres of fire retardant are dropped on forests across North America. New research shows the effects they can have on water and ecosystems — especially when accidents happen"

Biodiversity [35]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Forests [66]
Natural Resources [37]
Pollution [15]
Technology [42]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [70]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [38]
Canada [71]
Source: The Narwhal [72], 09/04/2025
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"Dozens of Scientists Call DOE Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’" [73]

"More than 85 climate scientists declared the Department of Energy’s new climate report unfit for policymaking in a comprehensive review released Tuesday. The DOE’s report cherry-picked evidence, lacked peer-reviewed studies to support its questioning of the detrimental effects of climate change in the U.S. and is “fundamentally incorrect,” the authors concluded."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [74]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [75], 09/03/2025
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