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As UN Plastic Treaty Talks Face Possible Deadlock, What Will Happen? [9]

"In August, representatives of the world's nations will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, to hopefully finalize a U.N. plastic treaty. But negotiators remain far apart, with an overwhelming number of nations wanting a legally binding treaty that limits plastic production, while a much smaller number want a voluntary agreement focused on waste management."

Chemicals [10]
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International [20]
Source: Mongabay [21], 08/01/2025
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Op-Ed: Can a Powerful CITES Meeting Help Save Sharks? [22]

"Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks -- if they pass."

Biodiversity [23]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Government [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Science [26]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
International [20]
Source: The Revelator [28], 08/01/2025
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Charge: Perdue Breaking Law By Improperly Disposing Of PFAS-Laced Waste [29]

"In the latest move to combat contamination of a Maryland community's drinking water, two Salisbury residents allege Perdue Agribusiness is violating federal law by failing to properly dispose of waste that contains toxic PFAS chemicals, according to a lawsuit filed July 25."

Activism [30]
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Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [32]
Food [33]
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Pollution [17]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Source: The New Lede [36], 08/01/2025
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Experts Urge Brazil's President to Veto a Law To Cut Environmental Reviews [37]

"Independent experts with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday publicly called on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to veto parts of a new law that would carve giant loopholes in the country's environmental regulations."

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Climate Change [38]
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South America [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 08/01/2025
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Fireflies Are Lighting Up Summer Skies, But They Are Still On The Decline [43]

"Fireflies are lighting up summer evenings across the U.S. Northeast, putting on dazzling shows in backyards and city parks."

Biodiversity [23]
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Wildlife [40]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]
Source: AP [46], 08/01/2025
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EPA Climate Rollback Based On Document Authored By 5 Climate Contrarians [47]

"In one of its most significant reversals on climate policy to-date, the Trump administration on Tuesday proposed to repeal a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate change endangers human health and safety, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced." "The repeal was based in part on a hastily produced report — authored by five researchers who have spent years sowing doubt in the scientific consensus around climate change — that questions the severity of the impacts of climate change."

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Source: CNN [48], 07/31/2025
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"Trump Yanks Millions of Acres of Ocean Designated for Wind Power" [49]

"The Trump administration is revoking approval for millions of acres of ocean to be set aside for offshore wind development amid an escalating attack on the renewable power source."

Climate Change [38]
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Infrastructure [50]
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National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Bloomberg [52], 07/31/2025
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Resignation of Nuclear Regulator Seen as an Attack on Agency Independence [53]

"NRC Commissioner Annie Caputo “apparently resigned rather than be compromised by politics.”"

"A top official at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is resigning from her post amid the Trump administration’s attempts to overhaul atomic energy rules and chip away at the agency’s independence.
Activism [30]
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Source: Mother Jones [56], 07/31/2025
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"4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment" [57]

"In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system."

Climate Change [38]
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Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [50]
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Technology [51]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
International [20]
Source: New Yorker [58], 07/31/2025
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"The West’s Data Centers Suck (Water And Power)" [59]

"From simple searches to chatGPT, the big digital buildup threatens the grid and water supplies."

Climate Change [38]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Technology [51]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: High Country News [60], 07/31/2025
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Trump Moves to Cut Chemical Safety Board, Putting Texans and Others at Risk [61]

"Amid increasingly intense weather, the Chemical Safety Board is the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor."

Chemicals [10]
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Source: Capital & Main [63], 07/31/2025
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"The EU’s ‘Fantasy’ $750B Energy Promise To Trump" [64]

"The EU has narrowly avoided a full-blown trade war with Donald Trump by pledging to buy $750 billion of U.S. oil and gas by the end of his term. But achieving that will be almost impossible."

Climate Change [38]
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Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [51]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
International [20]
Europe [65]
Source: Politico [66], 07/31/2025
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"USDA Reorganization Will Cut Agricultural And Forest Research" [67]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will close its flagship, but deteriorating research site in Maryland as part of a major reorganization aiming to shift 2600 employees away from the nation’s capital area, the agency announced this week. At the same time, USDA said it plans to shutter most of its forest research stations around the country. "

Agriculture [31]
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Climate Change [38]
Consumer [11]
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Science [26]
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Wildlife [40]
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Source: Science [69], 07/31/2025
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Countries Failing To Act On UN Climate Pledge To Triple Renewables: Thinktank [70]

"Most global governments have failed to act on the 2023 UN pledge to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, according to climate analysts."

Climate Change [38]
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Infrastructure [50]
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Technology [51]
Public [19]
International [20]
Source: Guardian [71], 07/31/2025
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DRC Opens Gorilla Habitats And Pristine Forest To Oil And Gas Drilling Bids [72]

"The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is opening crucial gorilla habitats and pristine forests to bids for oil and gas drilling, with plans to carve up more than half the country into fossil fuel blocks."

Biodiversity [23]
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Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [68]
Natural Resources [16]
Wildlife [40]
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Africa [73]
Source: Guardian [74], 07/31/2025
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