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"White House Weighs NRC Overhaul" [1]

"Industry experts are warning that political oversight of the independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission could do more harm than good."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [11], 05/20/2025
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15 Years After Deepwater Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs [12]

"Satellite imagery shows the worst sites worldwide for oil slicks and methane emissions. Report authors expect pollution will only increase as the Trump administration opens more waters to drilling."

Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [9]
International [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 05/19/2025
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Puerto Rico: "Waiting, Often in the Dark, for Frozen E.P.A. Funds" [20]

"The Trump administration is trying to claw back billions in climate grants, including $147 million that could help people in Puerto Rico withstand frequent power failures."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [21]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [23]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [24]
Technology [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Source: NYTimes [26], 05/19/2025
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Storms, Tornadoes Kill 28 In Kentucky, Missouri And Virginia [27]

"Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods, still on edge Sunday for more severe weather ahead after storms that killed more than two dozen people as they swept through parts of the Midwest and South."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [23]
Journalism & Media [28]
Science [29]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [30], 05/19/2025
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"After Disasters, AmeriCorps Was Everywhere. What Happens When It’s Gone?" [31]

"After devastating fires tore through Los Angeles in January, a crew of more than 300 young people showed up to help, many of them members of the national service program AmeriCorps." "Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency."

Activism [32]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Government [23]
People & Population [24]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Grist [33], 05/16/2025
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Ice Roads, a Lifeline For First Nations, Disappearing As Canada Warms [34]

"Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Infrastructure [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [24]
Technology [16]
Transportation [35]
Public [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [36]
Canada [37]
Source: Grist [38], 05/16/2025
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"Summer-Like Slug Of Heat Pushes Across Much Of North America" [39]

"One of the most eye-popping late-spring heat waves on record made its way from the Pacific Coast into the center of North America this week. Numerous towns and cities have notched their hottest days and/or warmest nights ever experienced this early in the season, and some have soared to readings unheard of anytime before June."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [40], 05/16/2025
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Toxic Wildfire Pollution Infiltrates Homes Of 1 Billion People A Year: Study [41]

"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 [42]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Forests [43]
Pollution [15]
Science [29]
Public [9]
International [18]
Source: Guardian [44], 05/15/2025
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NOAA Seeks To Reassign Employees To Understaffed Weather Service Offices [45]

"The Trump administration is seeking to reassign other employees to “critically understaffed” offices in the National Weather Service (NWS), according to an internal document. The move to reassign these other employees comes after the administration fired hundreds of people at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including some staff at the NWS."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [23]
Science [29]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [46], 05/15/2025
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Calif. Senator Calls On NOAA To Restore 'Billion-Dollar' Disaster Database [47]

"Democratic Senator Adam Schiff on Tuesday urged Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's acting secretary to restore a database that tracked billion-dollar U.S. disasters."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [48]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [49], 05/14/2025
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