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Nearly Half Of Americans Breathing Unsafe Levels Of Air Pollutants – Report [1]

"American Lung Association’s study says almost 156 million people live in areas with unhealthy levels of soot or smog. Almost half of Americans are breathing in dangerous levels of air pollutants, a new report shows, a rise compared with a year ago and likely to further increase in coming years thanks to the climate crisis and the Trump administration’s sweeping environmental rollbacks."

Source: Guardian [2], 04/24/2025

"In Indiana, Putting Up Solar Panels Is Doing God’s Work" [3]

"A cluster of evangelical groups in the state is pushing for environmental action. Leaders say they’re following the biblical mandate to care for creation."

"The solar panels on the churches were inspired by Scripture.

So were the LED lights throughout the buildings, the electric-vehicle charging stations, the native pollinator gardens and organic food plots, the composting, the focus on consuming less and reusing more.

Source: NYTimes [4], 04/23/2025

S. Dakota Panel Rejects Permit For $8.9 Billion Carbon Capture Pipeline [5]

"The massive carbon capture pipeline in the Midwest was thrown into uncertainty Tuesday after South Dakota’s Public Utility Commission denied its route permit application."

Source: AP [6], 04/23/2025

"Zeldin Claims Media Ignored ‘Evidence’ Against Climate Groups" [7]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin excoriated news outlets Monday for reporting that EPA hasn’t offered evidence to support his assertions that billions of dollars in climate grants are marked by waste, fraud and abuse."

Source: E&E News [8], 04/23/2025

"Burgum Launches Broad Interior Reorganization" [9]

"The Interior Department is moving forward with sweeping reorganization and consolidation efforts that will be overseen by a former member of the Elon Musk-led workforce reduction team."

Source: E&E News [10], 04/23/2025

"White House Ousts Top Official In U.S.-Mexico Water Wars" [11]

"The Trump administration on Monday demanded the resignation of the top federal official overseeing a dispute between the United States and Mexico over untreated sewage flowing across the border into California."

Source: Washington Post [12], 04/23/2025

EPA To Fire More Than 450 Staffers Working On Environmental Justice, DEI [13]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has informed more than 450 employees working on environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion that they will be fired or reassigned, according to an agency spokesman, as part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to reshape the agency."

Source: Washington Post [14], 04/23/2025

"HHS Eliminates Program That Helps Firefighters When EVs Burn" [15]

"The firefighter health program was researching firefighters’ chemical exposures in electric vehicle fires — a first step to developing protective equipment."

Source: E&E News [16], 04/23/2025

Lawyers Get Ready To Pounce On Trump’s Energy Deregulation Moves [17]

"U.S. environmental groups say they are hiring lawyers and preparing for a major legal showdown with President Donald Trump's administration over its rapid-fire and sweeping efforts to sidestep federal regulations on oil, gas and coal development. The preparations will pose a test for the Trump administration’s strategy since January of relying mainly on emergency authorities and executive orders to slash what it views as obstructions to a surge in fossil fuel energy production."

Source: Reuters [18], 04/23/2025

Judge Orders Trump Admin To Rehire Voice Of America And Radio Free Asia Staff [19]

"A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Network staff for now, and he said all congressional funding must resume to the outlets, which had been effectively shuttered by the administration."

Source: CBS News [20], 04/23/2025

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