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  • US Bans on some Fish Imports Could Help Save Marine Mammals Worldwide: Experts [9]

    "The Trump administration set strict import bans on fisheries in more than 40 nations that do not meet standards for conserving marine mammals like whales and dolphins." 

    Biodiversity [10]
    Environmental Politics [11]
    Fish & Fisheries [12]
    Natural Resources [13]
    Water & Oceans [14]
    Wildlife [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    International [18]
    Source: Inside Climate News [19], 09/11/2025
    • Read more about US Bans on some Fish Imports Could Help Save Marine Mammals Worldwide: Experts [9]
  • Many Countries Are Saying No To ‘Unthinkable’ Room Costs For Climate Talks [20]

    "Brazil brought the U.N.’s COP30 climate conference to the Amazon. Then the price frenzy began." "The idea had seemed symbolically fitting at first — a global climate summit set on the edge of the threatened Amazon rainforest."

    Climate Change [21]
    Economy & Business [22]
    Environmental Justice [23]
    Infrastructure [24]
    People & Population [25]
    Public [16]
    International [18]
    South America [26]
    Source: Washington Post [27], 09/11/2025
    • Read more about Many Countries Are Saying No To ‘Unthinkable’ Room Costs For Climate Talks [20]
  • "Geoengineering Won’t Save Us From Global Warming, New Study Says" [28]

    "A team of the world’s best ice and climate researchers studied a handful of recently publicized engineering concepts for protecting Earth’s polar ice caps and found that none of them are likely to work."

    Climate Change [21]
    Journalism & Media [29]
    Science [30]
    Technology [31]
    Public [16]
    International [18]
    Source: Inside Climate News [32], 09/11/2025
    • Read more about "Geoengineering Won’t Save Us From Global Warming, New Study Says" [28]
  • MAHA Report Critics Say Corporate Pressure Wins Over Public Health [33]

    "A long-awaited and highly controversial report issued on Tuesday by the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission provides a few “crumbs” for public and environmental health advocates, but big wins for powerful food and chemical industries seeking to skirt limits on their products and practices."

    Agriculture [34]
    Chemicals [35]
    Consumer [36]
    Economy & Business [22]
    Environmental Health [37]
    Environmental Politics [11]
    Food [38]
    Health [39]
    People & Population [25]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: The New Lede [40], 09/11/2025
    • Read more about MAHA Report Critics Say Corporate Pressure Wins Over Public Health [33]
  • "California’s First Solar-Covered Canal Is Now Fully Online" [41]

    "A novel solar power project just went online in California’s Central Valley, with panels that span across canals in the vast agricultural region." "The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide."

    Climate Change [21]
    Energy & Fuel [42]
    Infrastructure [24]
    Technology [31]
    Water & Oceans [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    California [43]
    Source: Canary Media [44], 09/11/2025
    • Read more about "California’s First Solar-Covered Canal Is Now Fully Online" [41]
  • "AP Finds Major Disaster Declarations Are Taking Longer Under Trump" [45]

    "Disaster survivors are having to wait longer to get aid from the federal government, according to a new Associated Press analysis of decades of data. On average, it took less than two weeks for a governor’s request for a presidential disaster declaration to be granted in the 1990s and early 2000s. ... It’s taking more than a month, on average, so far during Trump’s current term, the AP found."

    Climate Change [21]
    Disasters [46]
    Environmental Health [37]
    Environmental Justice [23]
    Environmental Politics [11]
    Government [47]
    Laws & Regulations [48]
    People & Population [25]
    Water & Oceans [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: AP [49], 09/10/2025
    • Read more about "AP Finds Major Disaster Declarations Are Taking Longer Under Trump" [45]
  • "Budget Shortfalls Put Mass Transit At Risk Across US" [50]

    "Transit agencies have been warning for years that the twin problems of diminished ridership and rising costs could send entire public transportation systems into a tailspin. Now, some worry that day has come."

    Climate Change [21]
    Consumer [36]
    Economy & Business [22]
    Energy & Fuel [42]
    Environmental Justice [23]
    Environmental Politics [11]
    Infrastructure [24]
    People & Population [25]
    Pollution [51]
    Transportation [52]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: E&E News [53], 09/10/2025
    • Read more about "Budget Shortfalls Put Mass Transit At Risk Across US" [50]
  • "Top US Energy Official Lobbies for Fossil Fuels in Europe" [54]

    "U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright is in Europe this week to lobby for oil and gas, and some European policy experts say his pro-fossil fuel arguments are based on disinformation, including a misleading climate report his department published this summer."

    Climate Change [21]
    Economy & Business [22]
    Energy & Fuel [42]
    Environmental Politics [11]
    Government [47]
    Pollution [51]
    Technology [31]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    International [18]
    Source: Inside Climate News [55], 09/10/2025
    • Read more about "Top US Energy Official Lobbies for Fossil Fuels in Europe" [54]
  • Former Trump Interior Secretary Rakes In Corporate Cash At New Lobbying Firm [56]

    "David Bernhardt's new firm is making big bucks lobbying for major energy corporations, agricultural giants and more." 

    Climate Change [21]
    Energy & Fuel [42]
    Environmental Health [37]
    Environmental Politics [11]
    Government [47]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: Public Domain [57], 09/10/2025
    • Read more about Former Trump Interior Secretary Rakes In Corporate Cash At New Lobbying Firm [56]
  • Online Disaster Planning Tool May Go Dark On Wednesday, FEMA Site Says [58]

    "An online disaster management tool that U.S. emergency managers use to communicate may no longer be supported Wednesday, according to a notice posted and later deleted from a federal government website."

    Climate Change [21]
    Disasters [46]
    Economy & Business [22]
    Environmental Health [37]
    Environmental Politics [11]
    Government [47]
    Journalism & Media [29]
    People & Population [25]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: Reuters [59], 09/10/2025
    • Read more about Online Disaster Planning Tool May Go Dark On Wednesday, FEMA Site Says [58]
  • "Trump EPA Seeks To Speed Up Permitting For AI Infrastructure" [60]

    "The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed new measures aimed at speeding construction of infrastructure needed for the rapid buildup of data centers for artificial intelligence that would enable companies to start building before obtaining air permits."

    Chemicals [35]
    Climate Change [21]
    Energy & Fuel [42]
    Environmental Health [37]
    Environmental Politics [11]
    Government [47]
    Infrastructure [24]
    Laws & Regulations [48]
    Pollution [51]
    Technology [31]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: Reuters [61], 09/10/2025
    • Read more about "Trump EPA Seeks To Speed Up Permitting For AI Infrastructure" [60]
  • Enviros Worry Spraying Glyphosate Makes Forests More Vulnerable To Wildfires [62]

    "Herbicides in forestry kill broadleaf vegetation that compete with softwoods, which are more flammable" 

    Agriculture [34]
    Chemicals [35]
    Environmental Health [37]
    Forests [63]
    Laws & Regulations [48]
    Natural Resources [13]
    People & Population [25]
    Pollution [51]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Canada [64]
    Source: CBC News [65], 09/10/2025
    • Read more about Enviros Worry Spraying Glyphosate Makes Forests More Vulnerable To Wildfires [62]
  • House Bill Amending Clean Water Act Could Mean Dirtier Water in Iowa and US [66]

    "A bill drastically reducing the scope of the Clean Water Act passed through committee in the U.S. House and will likely reach the floor for debate later this month. The legislation would narrow the definition of bodies of water that qualify for protection under the Clean Water Act and would remove laws requiring permits before discharging pesticides or manure-contaminated stormwater from factory farms into waterways."

    Agriculture [34]
    Consumer [36]
    Environmental Health [37]
    Environmental Politics [11]
    Laws & Regulations [48]
    Pollution [51]
    Water & Oceans [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: Inside Climate News [67], 09/10/2025
    • Read more about House Bill Amending Clean Water Act Could Mean Dirtier Water in Iowa and US [66]
  • Georgia Judge To Toss Racketeering Charges Against ‘Cop City’ Protesters [68]

    "A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that critics pejoratively call “Cop City.”"

    Activism [69]
    Environmental Politics [11]
    Infrastructure [24]
    Laws & Regulations [48]
    Natural Resources [13]
    Wildlife [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [70]
    Source: AP [71], 09/10/2025
    • Read more about Georgia Judge To Toss Racketeering Charges Against ‘Cop City’ Protesters [68]
  • "Exxon Wants to Make More of the Materials Needed for E.V. Batteries" [72]

    "The oil giant said Tuesday that it was acquiring assets from a Chicago company as it looks to start producing graphite, a key battery ingredient, by the end of the decade."

    Chemicals [35]
    Climate Change [21]
    Economy & Business [22]
    Energy & Fuel [42]
    Infrastructure [24]
    Natural Resources [13]
    Technology [31]
    Transportation [52]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    International [18]
    Source: NYTimes [73], 09/10/2025
    • Read more about "Exxon Wants to Make More of the Materials Needed for E.V. Batteries" [72]

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