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Court Temporarily Blocks Trump From Reallocating FEMA Preparedness Funds [1]

"A federal court on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from reallocating funds used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help communities prevent future storm damage."

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Source: The Hill [11], 08/06/2025
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Alabama Power Gets OK to Buy $622 Million Natural Gas Plant For Data Centers [12]

"Alabama state regulators have cleared the way for Alabama Power to purchase an 895-megawatt gas-fired power plant, further tying Alabama’s largest electric utility to climate-polluting natural gas for decades to come."

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Source: Inside Climate News [16], 08/06/2025
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Trump Reshaped Climate Program To Extract More Oil. Occidental Could Profit [17]

"Occidental Petroleum could benefit from bigger subsidies for using carbon dioxide to squeeze more crude from sputtering wells." 

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Source: E&E News [19], 08/06/2025
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Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site and Protected Forest [20]

"To offset Resolution Copper’s impacts on the hallowed ground of Oak Flat, the federal government will take possession of a rare old-growth mesquite forest. But it already approved exploratory drilling for another mine nearby."

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Source: Inside Climate News [25], 08/06/2025
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"Another Burgum Order Coldcocks Solar And Wind" [26]

"An order issued late Friday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that targets wind and solar development has left renewable energy developers and industry observers scrambling to determine whether green energy has any future in the Trump administration."

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Source: E&E News [29], 08/06/2025
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"As EPA Weakens Rules On ‘Forever Chemicals,’ States Are Moving Forward" [30]

"At least 250 bills to regulate the hazardous chemicals have been introduced this year in more than two dozen states." 

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Source: Washington Post [32], 08/06/2025
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"E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy" [33]

"The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter."

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Source: NYTimes [34], 08/06/2025
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Nations Gather In Geneva To Again Confront The World’s Plastic Crisis [35]

"Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet."

Chemicals [31]
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Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [27]
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Fish & Fisheries [37]
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Pollution [14]
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Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
International [39]
Source: AP [40], 08/06/2025
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"New Data Center Proposals Would ‘Kill’ Michigan’s Strong New Climate Laws" [41]

"New Michigan data center plans are on the verge of triggering an “offramp” in the state’s nation-leading climate laws that would effectively halt the shift to renewables less than two years after the plans were approved."

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Source: Inside Climate News [43], 08/05/2025
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"Pesticide Manufacturer Spent More Than $200K Lobbying In Iowa" [44]

"Bayer, the biotech company and manufacturer of Round Up, has substantially increased its spending on lobbying in Iowa since the introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024."

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Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch [47], 08/05/2025
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