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"Solar for All Likely Protected From Trump’s Roll Back Of Biden’s IRA" [1]

"It may be too late for Donald Trump to follow through on threats to repeal outgoing President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act — at least that appears to be the case for the $7 billion Solar For All Program." "The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years"

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Floodlight [10], 12/19/2024
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Toxic PFAS Taint Rural California Drinking Water, Far From Known Sources [11]

"PFAS chemicals have unexpectedly turned up in well water in rural farmland, far from any industrial areas, airports, or military bases."

Agriculture [12]
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [18]
Source: KFF Health News [19], 12/18/2024
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Some In Seafood Industry See Trump As Friend, But Tariffs Could Raise Prices [20]

"The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes for one of the oldest sectors of the U.S. economy — seafood — and some in the industry believe the returning president will be more responsive to its needs."

Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [24], 12/18/2024
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"Trump Tariff Plan Threatens To Drive Up Gas Prices" [25]

"Trump said late last month that on his first day in office, he would place 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican goods. The two countries are the leading sources of U.S. oil imports — and if he implements the tariffs, analysts say the action could result in higher gasoline prices."

Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [26]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Canada [27]
Mexico [28]
Source: The Hill [29], 12/18/2024
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"‘Forever Chemical’ Found In Mineral Water From Several European Countries" [30]

"Mineral water from several European nations has been found for the first time to be contaminated with TFA, a type of PFAS “forever chemical” that is a reproductive toxicant accumulating at alarming levels across the globe."

Chemicals [13]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [14]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [8]
International [31]
Europe [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 12/13/2024
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"‘Bioweapons’ And Cover-Ups: The Untruths Behind RFK Jr.’s Disease Claims" [34]

"Kennedy has spread misinformation about the deadliest and most debilitating diseases of the modern era."

Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [35]
Government [36]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [38]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [39], 12/13/2024
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Climate Action Looks First To Go Under New Administration [40]

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to pull the United States out of the Paris climate treaty and to maximize U.S. fossil fuel production. And as the transition to his incoming administration unfolds, he has named a cabinet replete with climate action skeptics. But will all that stop the transition to cleaner power? The latest EJ TransitionWatch has an assessment.

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EJ TransitionWatch [41]
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Agriculture [12]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [36]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [42]
Pollution [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [31]
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Public [8]
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"Massages And Country Clubs: Your Electric Bill May Be Funding Lavish Perks" [43]

"Power companies across the country have been quietly trying to charge their customers for millions of dollars worth of luxury expenses — including bi-weekly massages, access to exclusive country clubs and private jet travel — according to a new report from the Energy and Policy Institute (EPI), a utility watchdog."

Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Floodlight [44], 12/12/2024
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"More Than 400 Chemicals In Plastic Products Linked To Breast Cancer – Study" [45]

"More than 400 chemicals regularly used in everyday plastic products are linked to breast cancer, and the dangerous compounds could be a driver of increasingly elevated cancer rates in young women, new research finds."

Chemicals [13]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [14]
Pollution [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [31]
Source: Guardian [46], 12/09/2024
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"Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection From Lawsuits." [47]

"For decades, a little-known company now owned by a Goldman Sachs fund has been making millions of dollars from the unlikely dregs of American life: sewage sludge."

Agriculture [12]
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [14]
Food [48]
Pollution [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [49], 12/09/2024
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