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120 Environmental Defenders Killed Or Disappeared In Latin America Last Year [9]

"At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or have gone missing around the world in 2024, with more than 80% of those cases in Latin America, according to a report released Wednesday by watchdog group Global Witness."

Activism [10]
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Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [16]
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People & Population [18]
Public [19]
International [20]
Central America & the Caribbean [21]
South America [22]
Source: AP [23], 09/18/2025
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"Scientists Take On Trump: These Researchers Are Fighting Back" [24]

"Through lawsuits, grant tracking, whistle-blowing and more, resistance to the US war on science is growing."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [27]
Technology [28]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Nature [30], 09/18/2025
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Challenge to Maryland Offshore Wind Project Stokes Legal Concerns [31]

"The Trump Administration wants to vacate approval of US Wind’s Maryland project. Experts believe the move could be illegal and could jeopardize the clean energy transition nationwide."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [28]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 09/18/2025
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Musk Companies May Have Sidestepped Criticized Environmental Regulations [36]

"Before and after the 2024 election, Elon Musk made it clear he disliked environmental regulations and considered them a barrier to innovation, especially given the quick timelines his companies prefer to operate on."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [37]
Technology [28]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Source: ProPublica [39], 09/18/2025
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Trump EPA Will Defend Biden Rule Making Polluters Pay For PFAS Cleanup [40]

"The Trump administration says it will defend a Biden era-rule that is expected to keep polluters on the hook to clean up toxic “forever chemicals.”

Chemicals [41]
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Water & Oceans [33]
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National (U.S.) [29]
Source: The Hill [42], 09/18/2025
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Gas Stove Makers Quietly Delete Air Pollution Warnings As They Fight Regs [43]

"Manufacturers sued to stop a Colorado law requiring air quality warnings, arguing gas stoves are safe. Some of their websites once said the opposite."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [37]
Technology [28]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Grist [44], 09/18/2025
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"Trump Golf Course In Scotland Accused Of Breaching Sewage Limits" [45]

"Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course has breached sewage contamination limits 14 times since 2019, documents reveal."

Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [46]
Pollution [37]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [19]
Europe [48]
Source: Guardian [49], 09/18/2025
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"Climate Change Is Accelerating, Scientists Find In ‘Grim’ Report" [50]

"The amount of heat trapped by climate-warming pollution in our atmosphere is continuing to increase, the planet’s sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, and the Paris agreement’s ambitious 1.5°C target is on the verge of being breached, according to a recent report by the world’s top climate scientists."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Pollution [37]
Science [27]
Public [19]
International [20]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [51], 09/17/2025
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"Trump Files Defamation And Libel Lawsuit Against New York Times" [52]

"President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against the New York Times and four of its reporters, accusing the newspaper of libeling him in several articles in the lead-up to last year’s presidential election."

Environmental Politics [14]
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Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Washington Post [53], 09/17/2025
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"Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes" [54]

"The Trump administration has ordered several National Park Service sites to take down materials related to slavery and Native Americans, including an 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back that became one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era."

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [26]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: NYTimes [55], 09/17/2025
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"Black Communities, Shaken By Trump Cuts, Feel ‘Left Behind Again’" [56]

"The Trump administration has axed nearly two dozen projects addressing health and environmental issues in Southern Black communities, a Washington Post analysis found, reversing years of work to address pollution, sewage leaks, flooding and more."

Consumer [57]
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Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [46]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Source: Washington Post [59], 09/17/2025
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Senator Calls On Big Oil To Disclose Suspected Lobbying Over Climate Rule [60]

"In the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement that it will overturn the rule which underpins virtually all US climate regulations, a Senate committee has launched an investigation into a suspected lobbying push that led to the move."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [61]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [37]
Science [27]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Guardian [62], 09/17/2025
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Hanford Will Lock Up Nuclear Waste In Glass — If The White House Lets It [63]

"Hanford vitrification plant set to open but some fear Trump officials are pushing for a cheaper alternative"

Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [46]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [64]
Pollution [37]
Technology [28]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Northwest (OR WA) [65]
Source: Science [66], 09/17/2025
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"Effort to Curb Southern California Rail Yard Pollution Stalls Under Trump" [67]

"The region’s rail yards continue to pose serious health hazards, prompting local advocates to push state leaders for action."

Economy & Business [61]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [37]
Transportation [68]
Public [19]
California [69]
Source: Capital & Main [70], 09/17/2025
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As Federal Aid for Farm Solar Declines, Is Community Agrivoltaics the Future? [71]

"While the Trump administration disincentivizes solar developments on farms, agrivoltaics continue anyway, with local and state support."

Agriculture [72]
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Infrastructure [46]
Natural Resources [17]
Technology [28]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Civil Eats [73], 09/17/2025
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