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Gaza Faces Another Catastrophic Winter as Devastation Mounts [9]

"While Israel restricts lifesaving aid and multiple reports show it violating the ceasefire, Gazans suffer flooded tents, starvation, pollution and disease."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Military [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [16]
Middle East [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 12/15/2025
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Trump EPA Adds Another Industry Lobbyist To Ranks Of Conflicted Regulators [19]

"The nation’s main office for protecting Americans from harmful chemicals is welcoming its fourth prominent industry insider since President Trump took office, adding to an administration full of former lobbyists and corporate executives who are making environmental policy."

Chemicals [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Science [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The New Lede [28], 12/15/2025
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"Trump, Administration Heads Sued Over East Wing Demolition" [29]

"President Donald Trump and several administration officials were hit with a lawsuit Friday over the demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a 90,000 square foot ballroom."

Environmental Studies [30]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Planning & Growth [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [32], 12/15/2025
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"Hundreds Quarantined As South Carolina Measles Outbreak Accelerates" [33]

"South Carolina’s measles outbreak is “accelerating” in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations, an epidemiologist for the state’s Department of Public Health (DPH) warned Wednesday, after authorities traced a sizable outbreak to a church in the state’s northwest."

Environmental Health [12]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [15]
Science [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Washington Post [36], 12/15/2025
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Climate Change, New Mining May Push Alaska’s Arctic Past The Brink [37]

"Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by every measure of history and memory, thousands should have crossed by now. But the tundra is empty, save for the mountains looming on the horizon — the Gates of the Arctic National Park."

Biodiversity [38]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [30]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [15]
Transportation [40]
Wildlife [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Alaska and Hawaii [42]
Source: AP [43], 12/15/2025
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Trump FWS Delays Decision On Federal Protections For Monarch Butterflies [44]

"President Donald Trump’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years of warnings from conservationists that populations are shrinking."

Laws & Regulations [24]
Wildlife [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Mexico [45]
Source: AP [46], 12/15/2025
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"Colorado River Water Is Too Cheap, Particularly for Agricultural Users" [47]

"A new report from UCLA and the Natural Resources Defense Council found nearly a quarter of Colorado River water is basically provided for free by the federal government."

Agriculture [48]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [49]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [30]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [31]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 12/15/2025
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"FirstEnergy Bribery Scheme Sank Lake Erie Offshore Wind, Lawsuit Says" [52]

"The corruption that led to Ohio’s infamous HB 6 also torpedoed what would have been the Great Lakes’ first wind farm, the suit alleges. FirstEnergy is pushing back."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Source: Canary Media [55], 12/15/2025
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"Green California’s Big Oil Problem" [56]

"While Gov. Newsom touted the state’s environmental efforts at the UN climate summit, toxic spills and a new law speeding drilling tarnished its reputation at home."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
California [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 12/15/2025
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"FDA Moves To Approve New Sunscreen Ingredient Used In Asia And Europe [59]

"The FDA has proposed adding bemotrizinol, a new sunscreen ingredient, to the U.S. approval list, which could expand consumer options and help prevent skin cancer."

Consumer [49]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Washington Post [60], 12/15/2025
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Tens Of Thousands Evacuated After Torrential Rain In Pacific Northwest [61]

"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 [15]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [62]
Source: AP [63], 12/12/2025
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"Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants" [64]

"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 [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NYTimes [65], 12/12/2025
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"Vote To Overhaul FEMA Canceled After Leaked Report" [66]

"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 [22]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [67], 12/12/2025
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New England Shrimp Fishery Shut Down Extended After Years Of Decline [68]

"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 [69]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [70]
Source: AP [71], 12/12/2025
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With MAHA In Mind, USDA Allots $700 Million For Regenerative Farming Pilot [72]

"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 [48]
Chemicals [20]
Government [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The New Lede [73], 12/12/2025
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