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Calif. Farmworker Communities Now Must Be Notified of Pesticide Applications [9]

"After decades of pressure from farmworkers and their allies, California launched a statewide system to warn communities before they’re exposed to toxic pesticides. But health concerns remain."

Activism [10]
Agriculture [11]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
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National (U.S.) [19]
California [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 03/27/2025
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Sewage Sludge Is Used As Farm Fertilizer. Some Neighbors Hate It [22]

"When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than 20 years ago, she thought she’d found a slice of heaven. ... But several years ago, her neighbor began applying sewage sludge, which consists largely of human waste left over from municipal wastewater treatment facilities, as a fertilizer on his farmland, causing a rancid smell so powerful it nearly took her breath away."

Agriculture [11]
Air [23]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [17]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Source: AP [30], 03/27/2025
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In Testimony, RCFP Attorney Highlights Government Threats To Free Speech [31]

"An attorney from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press highlighted several government threats to free speech, including the recent White House ban on The Associated Press, while testifying on Tuesday before a U.S. Senate subcommittee about “The Censorship-Industrial Complex.”

Environmental Politics [25]
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Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: RCFP [34], 03/27/2025
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"Trump Ally Seeks To Topple Pipeline Safety Enforcement" [35]

"The pipeline company led by President Donald Trump’s biggest energy donor is trying to upend the way the federal government enforces pipeline safety law."

Disasters [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [40], 03/27/2025
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GOPers Want To Reverse Ban On TCE. It Causes Defects, Cancer and Parkinson’s [41]

"The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took office."

Air [23]
Chemicals [12]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: ProPublica [42], 03/27/2025
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"Trump Administration Moves To Shutter Mine Safety Offices In Coal Country" [43]

"Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk."

Air [23]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Grist [44], 03/27/2025
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"Clean Air Advocates Fear Rubber Stamp of State Emission Plans" [45]

"The Trump administration vowed to rid the EPA of a backlog of decisions on state plans to manage air pollution. Now advocates wonder if faster analysis raises the risk that the plans may not effectively mitigate dirty air."

Air [23]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [46], 03/27/2025
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Group Targets Law Prof Who Inspired Laws to Hold Fossil Industry Accountable [47]

"A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [48]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [49], 03/27/2025
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"Why Will It Take DOGE Three Years To Respond To A Simple FOIA?" [50]

"District Judge Christopher Cooper recently found that the Department of Government Efficiency is “likely covered” by the Freedom of Information Act, and, because it has “substantial authority independent of the President,” cannot hide its records in the Presidential Records Act’s giant loopholes. This is good news, but it’s not a guarantee DOGE’s records will soon see the light of day."

Activism [10]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Freedom of Press Foundation [51], 03/27/2025
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Trump’s FEMA Deleted A New Extreme Weather Risk Tool. We Recreated It [52]

"The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted"

Climate Change [48]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [33]
People & Population [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [53], 03/27/2025
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EPA Knew It Wrongfully Canceled Dozens Of Environmental Grants: Documents [54]

"Trump officials knew their legal justification for terminating dozens of Environmental Protection Agency grants was flawed, according to documents and internal emails reviewed by The Washington Post."

Economy & Business [55]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [56], 03/26/2025
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"Trump Wants States To Handle Disasters. States Aren't Prepared" [57]

"President Trump has signed an executive order directing state and local governments to "play a more active and significant role" in preparing for disasters. For months, Trump has said he's considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the country's disaster response arm."

Climate Change [48]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NPR [58], 03/26/2025
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Utilities Don't Want To Clean Up Their Toxic Coal Ash. EPA Grants Their Wish. [59]

"Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide."

Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [48]
Consumer [24]
Disasters [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Grist [60], 03/26/2025
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"Republicans Helped Some Environment Programs Dodge DOGE" [61]

"Republican lawmakers have succeeded in back-channeling with Trump officials to save energy and environment programs and workers from the wrath of Elon Musk."

Economy & Business [55]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [62], 03/26/2025
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Treating Texas’ Oilfield Wastewater Could Use More Energy Than Most States [63]

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"As Texas stares down a water shortfall, its leaders are looking at vast volumes of brown, briney oilfield wastewater as a hopeful source of future supply. They don’t have many other options. But extracting clean water from this toxic slurry will require enormous amounts of energy, just as Texas fights to keep up with the rapidly growing power demands of a high-tech industrial buildout."

Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 03/26/2025
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