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"AP Finds Major Disaster Declarations Are Taking Longer Under Trump" [1]

"Disaster survivors are having to wait longer to get aid from the federal government, according to a new Associated Press analysis of decades of data. On average, it took less than two weeks for a governor’s request for a presidential disaster declaration to be granted in the 1990s and early 2000s. ... It’s taking more than a month, on average, so far during Trump’s current term, the AP found."

Climate Change [2]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [13], 09/10/2025
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"Sweden’s Rare-Earths Mine Could Harm Indigenous Sami Reindeer Herders [14]

"High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years."

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Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [9]
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Europe [20]
Source: AP [21], 09/09/2025
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Trump Cancels Study on Health Impacts of Biogas Industrial Hog Farms [22]

"N.C. research would have provided crucial data on understudied effects of the burgeoning industry on predominantly Black, Indigenous and Latino residents."

Agriculture [15]
Air [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
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Source: Inside Climate News [26], 09/09/2025
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"California Quietly Guts Ambitious Virtual Power Plant Bill" [27]

"Bills boosting solar, batteries, EVs, and smart thermostats to rein in California’s utility costs moved ahead — but the most innovative approaches were cut."

Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Technology [29]
Public [11]
California [30]
Source: Canary Media [31], 09/09/2025
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"Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide" [32]

"The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage." 

Activism [33]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [34], 09/09/2025
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"Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change" [35]

"Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”"

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [24]
Science [38]
Technology [29]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [39], 09/09/2025
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"EPA Approves Four New Pesticides That Qualify as PFAS" [40]

"Despite MAHA promises to reduce chemical exposures, experts warn the Trump administration is approving a wave of ‘frightening’ pesticides."

Agriculture [15]
Chemicals [41]
Consumer [42]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [43]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Civil Eats [44], 09/09/2025
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"Trump Plan To Move USDA Spurs Brain Drain Fears" [45]

"A Trump administration plan to remove thousands of agriculture employees from Washington, D.C., is raising concerns among economists, who fear that such a move could erode expertise in a workforce reluctant to relocate."

Agriculture [15]
Biodiversity [16]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [46], 09/09/2025
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"DC Circuit Reverses EPA Removal of Sudden Emission Protections" [47]

"The EPA couldn’t justify scaling back startup, shutdown, and malfunction liability shields in Title V air permitting rules, according to a Friday judgment from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit."

Air [23]
Chemicals [41]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [48], 09/09/2025
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The Art of Access — Strategies for Acquiring Environmental Records [49]

As government resistance intensifies over sharing public records — especially environmental documents — journalists need to hone their skills to get the information they need to do their jobs and serve their audiences. FOIA expert David Cuillier offers tips and tactics to help you use your reporting time and dollars most effectively and ensure your public records requests produce high-quality results.

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