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Trump Orders Shift Disaster Prep From FEMA To States, Local Governments [9]

"U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that seeks to shift responsibility for disaster preparations to state and local governments, deepening his drive to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency."

Climate Change [10]
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Source: Reuters [17], 03/21/2025
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"US Baby Formulas Often Contain Contaminants, Study Finds" [18]

"A new investigation that tested 41 types of powdered baby formula sold in the US found that about half of the products contained concerning levels of contaminants, including lead, arsenic, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), bisphenol A (BPA) and acrylamide."

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Source: The New Lede [24], 03/21/2025
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Duffy Gives NYC 30-Day Congestion Pricing Extension, Puts Hochul ‘On Notice’ [25]

"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the administration was giving New York City a 30-day extension for its congestion pricing plan and putting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) “on notice.”

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Source: The Hill [31], 03/21/2025
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"Trump Signs Order On Critical Mineral Production" [32]

"President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to boost production of critical minerals in the United States and confirmed a deal to gain access to minerals in Ukraine was still on track.'

Chemicals [19]
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Source: The Hill [34], 03/21/2025
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Oystercatcher Recovery Campaign Offers a Rare Conservation Success Story [35]

"Fifteen years of coordinated conservation efforts have produced a significant recovery in the U.S. population of the American oystercatcher, a bird with a distinctive bright red bill that breeds and roosts on beaches and coastal marshes, at a time when most shorebirds are declining."

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Source: Inside Climate News [40], 03/21/2025
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"Greenpeace Must Pay At Least $660M Over Dakota Pipeline Protests, Says Jury" [41]

"A jury in North Dakota has decided that the environmental group Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the pipeline company Energy Transfer and is liable for defamation and other claims over protests in the state nearly a decade ago."

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Infrastructure [43]
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Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [45]
Source: Guardian [46], 03/20/2025
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"Uranium Waste Threatens A Western New Mexico Region's Last Clean Aquifer" [47]

"Near the western New Mexico town of Grants, the toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, destroyed homes and created a contamination threat to the last clean source of groundwater for an entire region"

Chemicals [19]
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Infrastructure [43]
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Military [49]
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [50]
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Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [38]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [51]
Source: Searchlight New Mexico [52], 03/20/2025
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Over 150 ‘Unprecedented’ Climate Disasters Struck World In 2024, Says UN [53]

"The devastating impacts of the climate crisis reached new heights in 2024, with scores of unprecedented heatwaves, floods and storms across the globe, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization."

Climate Change [10]
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Water & Oceans [38]
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International [54]
Source: Guardian [55], 03/20/2025
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"New Study Reinforces Worries About Pulses of Rapid Sea Level Rise" [56]

"A new analysis of ancient layers of peat at the bottom of the North Sea will help scientists more accurately project how much sea level will rise in the coming decades and centuries. The research shows how fast sea level rose about 11,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, the last time Earth warmed as fast as it is warming now."

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International [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 03/20/2025
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"Trump Administration Approves Exports From Major LNG Project" [59]

"The Trump administration is authorizing a major gas facility to export the fuel abroad — clearing a major hurdle in getting the controversial project approved."

Climate Change [10]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
International [54]
Source: The Hill [61], 03/20/2025
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N. Carolina Lawmakers Approve Additional $528M For Hurricane Helene Recovery [62]

"North Carolina lawmakers agreed Wednesday to spend another $528 million on still-pressing needs from Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding nearly six months ago, with an emphasis on home and private road repairs, agriculture and infrastructure to aid businesses."

Climate Change [10]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: AP [63], 03/20/2025
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"Fishermen Want To Go Green But Say DOGE Cuts Prevent That" [64]

"Commercial fishermen and seafood processors and distributors looking to switch to new, lower-carbon emission systems say the federal funding they relied on for this work is either frozen or unavailable due to significant budget cuts promoted by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency."

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
Source: AP [66], 03/20/2025
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Trump EPA Aims To Cut Pollution Rules Projected To Save Nearly 200,000 Lives [67]

"A push by Donald Trump’s administration to repeal a barrage of clean air and water regulations may deal a severe blow to US public health, with a Guardian analysis finding that the targeted rules were set to save the lives of nearly 200,000 people in the years ahead."

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Source: Guardian [69], 03/20/2025
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"Canadians Protest Imports Of US Toxic Waste Amid Trump Tariff War" [70]

"The proposed expansion of a Quebec landfill that accepts hazardous waste from the United States has ignited a turf war between the Quebec provincial government and local leaders, who say they oppose putting US trash into a local peat bog."

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Canada [72]
Source: Guardian [73], 03/20/2025
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"Why We Should Worry When Whales Stop Singing" [74]

"A hungry whale is a quiet whale. A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems."

Climate Change [10]
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Food [21]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [38]
Wildlife [39]
Public [15]
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International [54]
Source: Bloomberg [75], 03/20/2025
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