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"Senate Set To Debate Cuts To NPR, PBS and Foreign Aid" [1]

"The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President Trump. They're aimed at clawing back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with $7.9 billion dollars earmarked for international efforts to combat famine and disease."

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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [8], 07/16/2025
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New Natural Food Dye OKd as FDA Pressures Industry To Drop Red Dye No. 3 [9]

"The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved another naturally derived food dye on Monday, making good on one of its key promises in the effort to rid the US food system of petroleum-based synthetic dyes."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Food [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The New Lede [13], 07/15/2025
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"US Delays Rule On Gulf Of Mexico Whale Protections By Two Years" [14]

"U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will delay by two years a final rule designating protections for the endangered Rice's whale in the oil and gas drilling region of the Gulf of Mexico, according to an agreement with environmental groups filed in a federal court."

Biodiversity [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [19], 07/15/2025
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"An Ohio Solar Project Overcomes Local Opposition And Misinformation" [20]

"A contested solar agrivoltaics project avoided having its permit denied by Ohio regulators, likely thanks to the neutral stances of a county board and one of its townships."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Source: Canary Media [23], 07/15/2025
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Chesapeake Bay Program Nixes Membership For Virginia Tribal Nations For Now [24]

"Recognized for their environmental stewardship rooted in ancestral practices, seven tribes in Virginia are seeking full membership in the Chesapeake Bay Program alongside its existing signatory partners" 

Biodiversity [15]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 07/15/2025
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"House Releases Interior-EPA Spending Bill With Deep Cuts" [32]

"House Republican appropriators unveiled their fiscal 2026 funding legislation for the Interior Department and EPA, with steep cuts proposed for both agencies."

Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [34], 07/15/2025
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Trump Admin Says It Won’t Publish Climate Report On NASA Site As Promised [35]

"The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people."

Climate Change [36]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [37], 07/15/2025
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"DuPont Agrees To Settle Lawsuit Over Hoosick Falls Water Pollution" [38]

"DuPont Co. has agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit that was filed nearly a decade ago on behalf of residents in and around the village of Hoosick Falls, where the drinking water had been contaminated for decades by factories that used manufacturing chemicals produced by the company."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: Albany Times Union [40], 07/14/2025
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"Union Demands EPA Reinstate Workers, Charging Illegal Retaliation" [41]

"A union for employees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is demanding the agency reinstate workers who were placed on leave for signing a letter critical of the Trump administration’s environmental and personnel policies."

Activism [42]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [28]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [43], 07/14/2025
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Cancer Risk Doubles For Iowa, NC Pesticide Applicators Who Used Carbaryl [44]

"Pesticide applicators in North Carolina and Iowa who sprayed the insecticide carbaryl often during their career have a higher risk of getting stomach, esophageal, tongue and prostate cancers, according to new research led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)."

Agriculture [45]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The New Lede [46], 07/14/2025
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