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"Trump’s EPA to Expand Actions to Speed New Chemical Reviews" [1]

"The Trump administration’s EPA has seen success more quickly reviewing companies’ requests to make certain new chemicals and plans to expand its use of strategies that are speeding those decisions, a senior agency official said Monday."

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Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [7], 08/13/2025
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"'MAHA' Activists Urge Trump To Oppose Limits On Pesticide Regulation" [8]

"President Donald Trump should block the U.S. House from limiting the regulation of pesticides and "forever chemicals" in its environmental appropriations bill or risk losing Republican support, more than 200 activists aligned with the "Make America Healthy Again" movement said in a letter to Trump."

Agriculture [9]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [12], 08/13/2025
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"Green Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Report Downplaying Climate Damage" [13]

"Environmental advocates are suing the Trump administration over what they described as a secretive plan to undermine climate science."

Activism [14]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [17]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Science [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [19], 08/13/2025
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Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill State’s Wildfire Risk Map [20]

"This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [22]
Source: ProPublica [23], 08/12/2025
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Startup Promised 45,000 EV Jobs To Struggling Towns. They’re Still Waiting [24]

"Desperate for jobs, three communities embraced a bold electric vehicle promise. Now, they’re left with questions—and no jobs." 

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [28]
Technology [29]
Transportation [30]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Floodlight [31], 08/12/2025
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"Tribes, NARF Join Legal Fight To Protect Chuckwalla National Monument" [32]

"A coalition of tribes and the Native American Rights Fund jumped Monday into the legal battle to protect the Chuckwalla National Monument in southern California that President Joe Biden created during his last month in office. Tribes led a long fight to see the monument established."

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [28]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [35]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
California [36]
Source: ICT [37], 08/12/2025
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"Trump Cracks Down on Bird Deaths, but Only From Wind Turbines" [38]

"Bald eagles must be protected to the fullest extent of the law from dangerous wind turbines, President Trump’s interior secretary declared this week. But four months ago, President Trump called for gutting the very law that applies, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, calling it a burden on oil and gas producers."

Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [34]
Technology [29]
Wildlife [39]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [40], 08/12/2025
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"California Supreme Court Hands Victory To Rooftop Solar Panel Owners" [41]

"Justices told a lower court to revisit their decision to uphold cuts of 75 percent to payments for solar panel owners."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [28]
Technology [29]
Public [5]
California [36]
Source: CalMatters [43], 08/12/2025
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"David Rosner Is Set To Lead FERC. Who Is He?" [44]

"President Donald Trump plans to elevate a Democratic member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to full chair as many continue to raise questions about the agency’s independence." "The centrist Democrat has supported efforts to address power demand by strengthening grid reliability via an “all-of-the-above” philosophy." 

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Technology [29]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [45], 08/12/2025
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Trump Orders Political Control Over All Federal Grants, Alarming Researchers [46]

"An executive order signed by President Donald Trump late Thursday aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies. Scientists say it threatens to undermine the process that has helped make the U.S. the world leader in research and development."

Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [17]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Science [18]
Technology [29]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [47], 08/11/2025
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