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Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump DOE Funds Geothermal Network Expansion [9]

"The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an $8.6 million grant that will allow the nation’s first utility-led geothermal heating and cooling network to double in size."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 12/04/2025
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"EPA Staffers Challenge Their Terminations Over ‘Dissent’ Letter" [20]

"Six staffers who the Trump administration fired after they signed a “Declaration of Dissent” letter have filed claims with the Merit Systems Protection Board, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which is helping to represent the ex-employees."

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Source: The Hill [22], 12/04/2025
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"What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution" [23]

"How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists found that kissing was likely present in the ancestor of all apes – which lived 21 million years ago."

Biodiversity [24]
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International [26]
Source: NPR [27], 12/04/2025
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"Trump Expected to Significantly Weaken Fuel Economy Rules" [28]

"The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to propose weakening automobile fuel efficiency standards that were set under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to spur the sale of electric vehicles, according to three people familiar with the plan."

Air [29]
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Climate Change [10]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
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Pollution [33]
Technology [15]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [35], 12/03/2025
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"Millions Have Fled Weather Disasters, But They Had Few Champions At COP30" [36]

"Advocates are working to ensure that world leaders don’t ignore people displaced by climate change."

Climate Change [10]
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Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [38]
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International [26]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [40], 12/03/2025
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"New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives" [41]

"As the Trump administration is expected to finalize a standard to prevent heat-related injury and illness for workers by early next year, a new study shows that clear, comprehensive rules save lives."

Agriculture [42]
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Source: Inside Climate News [43], 12/03/2025
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Phthalates Are In Our Food, Decades After Scientists Recognized Dangers [44]

"A large body of science has linked phthalates to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility."

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [45]
Food [46]
Laws & Regulations [14]
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Pollution [33]
Science [47]
Technology [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [48], 12/03/2025
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"Canada Lifts Climate Laws for Alberta Oil Sands, Planning Pipeline" [49]

"Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada signed a sweeping agreement on Thursday that laid the groundwork for a new oil pipeline to expand Alberta’s oil sands, exempting the province’s energy industry from several environmental laws."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [33]
Transportation [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Canada [51]
Source: NYTimes [52], 12/03/2025
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"Top FDA Drug Regulator Plans To Depart Weeks Into Job" [53]

"Richard Pazdur had clashed with Trump officials on the legality and pace of their initiatives. His sudden retirement adds to the recent upheaval at FDA."

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [31]
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Health [54]
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Source: Washington Post [55], 12/03/2025
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"Trump Admin Backs Monsanto Effort To Limit Roundup Lawsuits Over Glyphosate" [56]

"The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to get the Supreme Court to shield it from liability over cancer claims related to its Roundup weedkiller, a move that could anger the Trump administration’s allies in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement."

Agriculture [42]
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Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
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Science [47]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [57], 12/03/2025
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Trump Admin’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals [58]

"The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals — with limited oversight."

Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [33]
Technology [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: WIRED [59], 12/03/2025
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Trump Admin Strips ‘Renewable’ And ‘Energy’ From NREL Laboratory Name [60]

"The Trump administration on Monday stripped the words “renewable” and “energy” from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory name, furthering White House directives to abandon clean energy sources."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [61]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [47]
Technology [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [62], 12/03/2025
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"Resurrected Lawsuit Puts FPL’s Past Controversies Back In The Spotlight" [63]

"An investor lawsuit accusing Florida Power & Light’s parent company, NextEra, and several current and former executives of securities fraud can move forward, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled last week in a remarkable resurrection of the case."

Economy & Business [11]
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Source: The Tributary [65], 12/03/2025
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"Southeast Asia Storm Deaths Near 800 As Scale Of Disaster Revealed" [66]

"The death toll from cyclone-induced floods and landslides in Indonesia passed 600 on Monday as rescuers battled to clear roads and improved weather conditions revealed the scale of a disaster that has killed nearly 800 people in Southeast Asia."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [32]
People & Population [21]
Water & Oceans [67]
Public [16]
International [26]
Asia [68]
Australia & Oceania [69]
Source: Reuters [70], 12/02/2025
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"EPA Cements Delay Of Biden-Era Methane Rule For Oil And Gas" [71]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday cemented its delay of Biden-era regulations on planet-warming methane coming from the oil and gas industry."

Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [33]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [72], 12/02/2025
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