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DOE Watchdog Will Audit Trump Cuts Of Nearly $8B In Clean Energy Grants [1]

"An internal watchdog in the U.S. Department of Energy will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects across 16 states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [9], 12/19/2025
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"Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says" [10]

"Higher exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 played a significant role in rising utility bills, an analysis of federal data found."

Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 12/19/2025
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"Is RFK Jr. Backing Big Food’s Drive To Overturn Tough New State Laws?" [13]

"Secretary Kennedy echoes industry talking points on food safety laws"

Agriculture [14]
Consumer [15]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [17]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: U.S. Right to Know [19], 12/19/2025
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"Trump Officials Dive Into The West’s Biggest Water War" [20]

"The Trump administration is turning up the pressure on Western states to cut a deal to shrink their water use as the drought-stricken Colorado River careens towards crisis."

Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [21]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Politico [23], 12/19/2025
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"American Academy of Pediatrics Loses HHS Funding After Criticizing RFK Jr." [24]

"The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for initiatives on reducing sudden infant deaths, improving adolescent health, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome and identifying autism early, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."

Consumer [15]
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Environmental Justice [25]
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Health [26]
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People & Population [18]
Science [27]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [28], 12/18/2025
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"Data Centers Have A Political Problem — And Big Tech Wants To Fix It" [29]

"Tech companies and lobbyists are investing millions of dollars to tackle a new political problem for the industry: Data centers, the lifeblood of the growing artificial intelligence economy, are becoming toxic with voters."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [30]
Technology [31]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Politico [32], 12/18/2025
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Trump Admin Admits To Targeting Blue States For Energy Grant Cuts [33]

"The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing this week that a decision to cut energy grants during the government shutdown was influenced by whether the money would go to a state that tended to elect Democrats statewide or nationally."

Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [34]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [30]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [35], 12/18/2025
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"Trump’s EPA Paid Employees $86.5 Million Not To Work For Months" [36]

"Data obtained by The Post via a FOIA request shows that through August, the EPA spent millions to compensate staff on administrative leave."

Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [30]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [37], 12/18/2025
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Trump Admin Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center [38]

"The Trump administration said it will be dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, one of the world’s leading Earth science research institutions."

Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [21]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [39]
People & Population [18]
Science [27]
Technology [31]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [40]
Source: NYTimes [41], 12/18/2025
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"Where Global Emissions Stand, 10 Years After The Paris Climate Agreement" [42]

"The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable"

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [21]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [43]
Technology [31]
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International [40]
Source: Guardian [44], 12/17/2025
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