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New Zealand Mountain Granted Personhood, Recognizing It As Sacred For Māori [9]

"A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being."

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Australia & Oceania [14]
Source: AP [15], 01/31/2025
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"EPA Fires Science Advisers" [16]

"Acting EPA Administrator James Payne has ousted all members of two of the agency’s most influential science advisory panels, giving President Donald Trump’s administration the opportunity to reshape them with its own appointees."

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Source: E&E News [26], 01/30/2025
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Trump DOT Orders Reverse Of Miles Per Gallon Rule For Cars And Pickups [27]

"Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it regulates air pollution and addresses climate change. Duffy ordered the federal agency in charge of fuel economy standards to reverse them as soon as possible. The standards have been in place since the 1970s energy crisis and were intended to conserve fuel and save consumers money at the gas pump."

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Source: AP [31], 01/30/2025
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"Lutnick Says He Won’t Dismantle NOAA As Called For In Project 2025" [32]

"President Trump’s pick to lead the Commerce Department assured senators on Wednesday he won’t try to dismantle the nation’s climate, oceans and weather science agency during a largely genial confirmation hearing."

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Source: The Hill [36], 01/30/2025
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"Senate Confirms Zeldin To Lead Environmental Protection Agency" [37]

"The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles."

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Source: AP [38], 01/30/2025
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Shipments Of Uranium Ore Can Resume Under Pact With The Navajo Nation [39]

"Shipments of uranium ore from a revived mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon are expected to resume in February after the Navajo Nation reached a settlement with the mining company, clearing the way for trucks to transport the ore across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S."

Chemicals [18]
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [41]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
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Source: AP [44], 01/30/2025
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Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s First Confirmation Hearing As HHS Secretary [45]

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two Senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary."

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Source: AP [47], 01/30/2025
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Amid Freeze Fracas, Uncertainty Lives On For Environmental Programs [48]

"A chaotic back-and-forth over President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans has farmers, activists, organizations and businesses wondering whether they will receive the funding they rely on. It’s funding that among many other things is being used to address environmental problems or tackle climate change."

Climate Change [19]
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Water & Oceans [35]
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National (U.S.) [25]
Source: AP [50], 01/30/2025
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Maryland Renewables Program: More Smoke and Mirrors Than Wind and Solar [51]

"Maryland’s clean energy ambitions are crumbling under the weight of its policy missteps, environmental advocates suggest in a new report."

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 01/30/2025
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"Texas City Approves New Site for Fracking Near Daycare and Schools" [55]

"In the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, the City Council of Arlington on Tuesday approved plans by French energy giant TotalEnergies to drill 10 new gas wells near a daycare center, residential neighborhoods and elementary schools."

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 01/30/2025
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"A New Strain Of Bird Flu Is Found On A California Duck Farm" [58]

"A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California’s Merced County at a commercial duck operation."

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California [62]
Source: LA Times [63], 01/30/2025
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"Inside Trump’s Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule" [64]

"For years, the fossil fuel industry and its allies have tried to overturn one of the most important federal rulings in the history of climate policy: the one that requires the government to limit greenhouse gases. They lobbied. They sued. And so far they’ve failed."

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Source: NYTimes [65], 01/29/2025
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"Trump’s Offshore Wind Assault Threatens Factory Jobs In GOP Districts" [66]

"Over 64% of manufacturing and supply-chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican districts, per new data."

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Source: Canary Media [68], 01/29/2025
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Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergencies [69]

"A sudden pause in federal assistance is sowing disarray and outrage across the country, throwing into doubt a wide range of programs that help protect Americans from disasters, provide access to clean drinking water and affordable energy and help protect ecosystems, among many other issues."

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Source: Inside Climate News [70], 01/29/2025
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"Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires" [71]

"Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an international team of scientists concluded in a rapid attribution analysis released Tuesday."

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California [62]
Source: Inside Climate News [73], 01/29/2025
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