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"Is The Oil And Gas Boom Harming New Mexico’s Students?" [1]

"Fossil fuel revenues bankroll education spending in this state, but schools exposed to industry pollution face environmental risks that can affect children’s health and performance." 

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: Searchlight NM/AP [16], 06/02/2025
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"In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Battle Over Who Gets to Measure Air Pollution" [17]

"Community groups are fighting an unusual Louisiana law that restricts how they use data from air-quality monitors, saying it violates free speech."

Activism [18]
Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Science [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: NYTimes [23], 05/28/2025
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"Congress Moves To Loosen Toxic Air Pollution Rules" [24]

"Congress has voted to undo a Clean Air Act regulation that strictly controls the amount of toxic air pollutants emitted by many industrial facilities like oil refineries, chemical plants, and steel mills."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [25], 05/23/2025
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"Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air" [26]

"In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s electric-vehicle mandates, revoking the state’s right to implement the nation’s toughest emissions standards."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 05/23/2025
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Padilla Puts Hold On Trump EPA Nominees Over Efforts To Ax Calif. EV Mandate [29]

"Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule that phases out new gas-powered cars in the state."

Air [2]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [31], 05/21/2025
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Toxic Wildfire Pollution Infiltrates Homes Of 1 Billion People A Year: Study [32]

"Toxic pollution from wildfires has infiltrated the homes of more than a billion people a year over the last two decades, according to new research."

Air [2]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [6]
Forests [34]
Pollution [12]
Science [21]
Public [13]
International [35]
Source: Guardian [36], 05/15/2025
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Congress OKs Bill Ending Biden-Era Rule Targeting Rubber Tire Emissions [37]

"Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes in the U.S."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Transportation [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [38], 05/12/2025
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Environmentalists Will Be Seeing Trump Forces in Court — Often [39]

The judiciary is looking to become a major environmental battleground for journalists to watch in the coming months and years, as activists confront the Trump administration over its deregulatory campaign. The new Issue Backgrounder maps out the action, explaining how key laws foster citizen suits, while numerous nonprofits are staffed up to sue. Plus, some ways to track the action.

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Activism [18]
Air [2]
Biodiversity [41]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [42]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [43]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [44]
Policy [45]
Pollution [12]
Waste [46]
Water & Oceans [47]
Wildlife [48]
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National (U.S.) [14]
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Public [13]
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RFK Jr. Says DARPA Is Spraying "Chemtrails" — With No Basis In Fact [49]

"The white streaks behind planes are condensation trails made of ice, not chemicals sprayed by the Defense Department"

Air [2]
Journalism & Media [20]
Science [21]
Transportation [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Poynter [50], 05/09/2025
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Smoke From Climate-Fueled Wildfires Added To 1000s Of US Deaths Over 15 Years [51]

"Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study."

Air [2]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Studies [19]
Forests [34]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [52], 05/09/2025
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