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FEMA Staff Warn Trump Cuts Could Expose US To Another Hurricane Katrina [9]

"Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina, staff at the agency have warned Congress in a withering critique that also takes aim at its current leadership."

Climate Change [10]
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Source: Guardian [20], 08/26/2025
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AP Freelancer Among 5 Journalists Killed In Israeli Strikes On Gaza Hospital [21]

"Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed five journalists Monday, according to health officials, including one who days earlier had reported for The Associated Press on children being treated for starvation at the same facility."

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Source: AP [26], 08/26/2025
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"Rare Human Screwworm Case Confirmed In Maryland" [27]

"A rare human case of a flesh-eating parasite known as New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Maryland resident as the Trump administration is trying to prevent the resurgence of an insect largely eradicated from livestock decades ago."

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Source: Washington Post [30], 08/26/2025
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"Trump Administration Pushes Ahead With NOAA Climate And Weather Cuts" [31]

"President Donald Trump’s administration is set to spend nearly $100 million, or 14% less, on the research arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) than the level mandated by Congress for this year, according to a budget document seen by Science."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [32]
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Source: Science [35], 08/26/2025
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"US Solar Plant Construction Is On A Record-Breaking Spree — For Now" [36]

"Solar power is having a bumper year as developers race to complete installations before Trump’s policy changes pull the rug out from under the industry."

Climate Change [10]
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Source: Canary Media [41], 08/26/2025
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"US Oil And Gas Air Pollution Is Causing Unequal Health Impacts: Study" [42]

"Air pollutants from U.S. oil and gas operations are causing 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues each year — with racial and ethnic minority populations bearing the biggest burden, a new study has found."

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Source: The Hill [46], 08/26/2025
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New England Grid Operator Warns Trump Pause On Wind Farm Risks Reliability [47]

"The operator of New England’s electric grid warned Monday that the Trump administration’s move to halt a nearly completed offshore wind farm will cause risks to the reliability of the electric grid."

Climate Change [10]
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Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [15]
People & Population [16]
Technology [40]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Source: The Hill [49], 08/26/2025
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"Heatwaves Are Making People Age Faster, Study Suggests" [50]

"Exposure to high temperatures could result in long-lasting damage to health of billions of people, scientists warn"

Climate Change [10]
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People & Population [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [24]
Source: Guardian [51], 08/26/2025
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"Climate Change Is Bringing Legionnaire’s Disease to a Town Near You" [52]

"This deadly bacteria, which hits low-income people the hardest, was once an “only in New York” problem. Extreme heat is now increasing its prevalence."

Air [43]
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National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Vox [53], 08/26/2025
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Weather Key To Perfect Ear Of Corn, But Climate Change Is Making It Dicier [54]

'Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside their day jobs, so they went in together on what’s now a little over 200 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum. Last year was a good year, and Rynd said he enjoyed walking the fields with his kids to see how the corn was doing. This year is a different story.'

Agriculture [28]
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Source: AP [56], 08/26/2025
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"Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Closed Over NEPA Failures" [57]

"U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams late Thursday issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting more detainees from coming to the site, barring new construction and giving the state 60 days to remove many of its major elements."

Biodiversity [29]
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Source: E&E News [62], 08/25/2025
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"Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built" [63]

"The Trump administration on Friday ordered that all construction stop on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is already mostly built."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
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Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Source: NYTimes [64], 08/25/2025
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"Covid Vaccine Opponent Tapped to Lead Federal Review Team" [65]

"A task force formed by an influential advisory committee to review the safety of Covid vaccines will be led by a panel member who has described the shots as “the most failing medical product in the history of medical products.”

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Source: NYTimes [68], 08/25/2025
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"Why Power Bills Are Rising — And Why That’s Not Changing Soon" [69]

"Ending support for renewables and keeping fossil fuel power plants are the wrong tactics for addressing skyrocketing electricity rates"

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [15]
Technology [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [70], 08/25/2025
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"Scientists: Loss Of Antarctic Ice May Be Climate Tipping Point" [71]

"Rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice could be a tipping point for the global climate, causing sea level rises, changes to ocean currents and loss of marine life that are impossible to reverse, a scientific study published on Thursday said."

Climate Change [10]
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Science [34]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
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Antarctica & Arctic [72]
Source: Reuters [73], 08/25/2025
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