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Tens Of Thousands Evacuated After Torrential Rain In Pacific Northwest [9]

"Surging floodwaters turned farmland into vast pools, washed out bridges and prompted rescues of people stranded in cars and homes across Washington state on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people were under evacuation orders and authorities hoped levees would hold and prevent far worse damage."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [16]
Source: AP [17], 12/12/2025
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"Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants" [18]

"A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Thursday that the Trump administration could not unilaterally cancel a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant program that states used for disaster preparation, imposing a potential hurdle in the administration’s efforts to tighten FEMA’s purse strings."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [24], 12/12/2025
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"Vote To Overhaul FEMA Canceled After Leaked Report" [25]

"An expert panel advising President Donald Trump about overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency canceled a meeting scheduled for 1 p.m. EST Thursday at which members were set to release a report recommending their changes to the disaster agency."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [26], 12/12/2025
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New England Shrimp Fishery Shut Down Extended After Years Of Decline [27]

"Regulators voted Thursday to extend a shutdown preventing New England fishermen from catching shrimp, a historic industry that has recently fallen victim to warming oceans."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: AP [30], 12/12/2025
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With MAHA In Mind, USDA Allots $700 Million For Regenerative Farming Pilot [31]

"The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is earmarking $700 million to aid farmers wanting to pursue” regenerative” practices, which typically include a reduction in chemical inputs, government officials said on Wednesday."

Agriculture [32]
Chemicals [33]
Government [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The New Lede [35], 12/12/2025
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EPA Was Considering Massive Omaha Lead Cleanup. Then Trump Shifted Guidance. [36]

"For over a century, a smelter and other plants polluted Omaha with 400 million pounds of lead. The city now has the largest residential lead cleanup site in the U.S."

Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [39]
Source: Flatwater Free Press [40], 12/12/2025
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"Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Oil Exploration in Remote Areas of the Arctic" [41]

"A federal lawsuit filed Thursday challenges an oil company’s new permit to explore for oil in a remote region of the Arctic in Alaska, arguing that such activity threatens the tundra’s ecosystem and the caribou herds that Native communities rely on for sustenance."

Biodiversity [42]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 12/12/2025
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Montana Youth Who Won Landmark Climate Case Push For Court Enforcement [46]

"The young Montanans who scored a landmark triumph in the lawsuit Held v Montana are calling on the state’s highest court to enforce that victory."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [37]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [47], 12/12/2025
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Big Oil’s Climate Ads Have Propped Up Fake Promises for 25 Years: Report [48]

"First-of-its-kind analysis of hundreds of climate-related advertisements from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell suggests that oil companies are continuing to mislead the public on climate."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Journalism & Media [49]
Science [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 12/12/2025
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US To Lose Ground In Antarctica After Pulling Out Last Research Ship [52]

"Scientists said the loss hinders their work and diminishes America’s leading presence on the continent. The NSF said it continues to support Antarctic research."

Climate Change [10]
Science [50]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [53]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [54]
Antarctica & Arctic [55]
Source: Washington Post [56], 12/12/2025
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"Trump Says The US Has Seized An Oil Tanker Off The Coast Of Venezuela" [57]

"President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro."

Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [58]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Central America & the Caribbean [59]
South America [60]
Source: AP [61], 12/11/2025
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Top Trump Official Has Financial Ties To Controversial Nevada Lithium Mine [62]

"Karen Budd-Falen, a top official at the Department of the Interior, has financial ties to the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada — a project that the Trump administration worked to fast-track during its first term. In recent months, the administration took an equity stake in the mine and the mine’s parent company."

Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [63]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [64]
Source: Public Domain [65], 12/11/2025
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Deadly November Asian Storms 'Supercharged' By Climate Change: Researchers [66]

"The deadly storms that devastated Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in late November were "supercharged" by higher sea temperatures and made worse by rapid deforestation, scientists said in a study published on Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [13]
Science [50]
Public [15]
International [54]
Asia [67]
Australia & Oceania [68]
Source: Reuters [69], 12/11/2025
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"Trump EPA Preaches ‘Compliance First.’ Does That Mean Enforcement Last?" [70]

"EPA has set out new guidelines for its staff interacting with polluters, championing quick compliance for violators of the law before turning to tough enforcement."

Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [71], 12/11/2025
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"USDA Reorganization Fight Tests Congressional Backbone" [72]

"Lawmakers’ bid to slow the closure of the department’s largest research facility rests on iffy legal ground but waves a yellow flag at the Trump administration."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [42]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Science [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [73], 12/11/2025
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