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Aging US Railroad Bridges Are Self-Inspected And Findings Are Kept Secret [1]

"The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to Oregon State University."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northwest (OR WA) [12]
Source: Howard Center [13], 08/25/2025
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Trump EPA Urged To Speed Monitoring Fenceline Pollution From Steel Plants [14]

"Public health advocates urged the Trump administration to protect residents and workers by sticking to a Biden-era timeline for reducing benzene and chromium emissions at the perimeter of steel and coke plants in Pennsylvania and other states rather than continuing to delay compliance rules."

Air [15]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 08/25/2025
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"Covid Vaccine Opponent Tapped to Lead Federal Review Team" [21]

"A task force formed by an influential advisory committee to review the safety of Covid vaccines will be led by a panel member who has described the shots as “the most failing medical product in the history of medical products.”

Activism [22]
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Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [24]
Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [26]
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Source: NYTimes [27], 08/25/2025
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"Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built" [28]

"The Trump administration on Friday ordered that all construction stop on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is already mostly built."

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 08/25/2025
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"Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Closed Over NEPA Failures" [33]

"U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams late Thursday issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting more detainees from coming to the site, barring new construction and giving the state 60 days to remove many of its major elements."

Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [35]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: E&E News [38], 08/25/2025
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"“How Can This Happen?” Fight Over Sewage Sludge On Farms Intensifies" [39]

"Ryan Dunham heard his eleven-year-old daughter’s scream from his living room. He bolted up the stairs to the bathroom where she was taking a shower and couldn’t believe his eyes. The water flowing from the faucet was brown, and it smelled like 'decay, rot and death.'"

Agriculture [40]
Chemicals [2]
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Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Source: The New Lede [43], 08/22/2025
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"Trump Admin Orders Dirty, Expensive Coal Plant To Stay Open Even Longer" [44]

"The Trump administration has extended its order to keep a Michigan coal-fired power plant running until November, well past its planned closure in the spring. It’s the latest move in a push to force dirty, expensive power plants to keep operating, which experts warn could saddle Americans with billions of dollars in unnecessary electricity costs."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [45]
Source: Canary Media [46], 08/22/2025
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"FDA’s New Expert Panels Are Rife With Financial Conflicts And Fringe Views" [47]

"When the Food and Drug Administration needs outside guidance, it normally turns to a trusted source: a large roster of expert advisers who are carefully vetted for their independence, credentials and judgment. ... Instead, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has launched a series of ad hoc 'expert panels' to discuss antidepressants, menopause drugs and other topics with physicians and researchers who often have contrarian views and financial interests in the subjects."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [35]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [18]
Technology [48]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [49], 08/22/2025
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"Pesticide Politics: Inside The Corporate Push To Limit Liability" [50]

"With billions of dollars at stake, Bayer has gone on the offensive. Billboards along major highways. A social media offensive. Tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations in Missouri alone. And a major push in at least 11 states to change pesticide labeling laws."

Agriculture [40]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [17]
Journalism & Media [51]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [52]
Source: Investgate Midwest [53], 08/22/2025
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"Records Show Industry Sway On Toxic Emissions Rollback" [54]

"In a glimpse at the Trump administration’s tilt toward polluting industries, EPA embraced the aid of manufacturers in easing a new rule."

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Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [4]
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Science [26]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [55], 08/22/2025
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