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Trump Admin Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills [1]

"A federal program that helps low-income households pay for heating and cooling costs is in limbo."

Climate Change [2]
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Source: Inside Climate News [14], 04/21/2025
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"Trump Admin Reveals Timeline For Approving Resolution Copper Mine" [15]

"The Trump administration gave notice Thursday that it’s advancing Arizona’s Resolution Copper mine, a divisive project that’s opposed by members of Native American tribes who are asking the Supreme Court to intervene." "The Forest Service on Thursday said it intends to advance the contentious Arizona project that some tribal members are asking the Supreme Court to halt."

Biodiversity [16]
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Environmental Justice [7]
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Source: E&E News [22], 04/21/2025
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Covering Wildfire — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks [23]

With wildfires becoming more extreme in every way, reporters covering them face new challenges along with familiar hazards. A pair of experienced wildfire journalists and others on the front lines offer advice on dealing with access restrictions, on-the-ground dangers, toxic exposure risks and traumatized survivors — as climate change speeds up the news cycle and misinformation muddies the reporting landscape.

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Trump Tariffs Blow Up Long U.S.-Canada Environmental Partnership [34]

As trade wars loom with U.S. allies, including our neighbors to the north and south, another kind of long-standing relationship is under threat — the environmental partnership between the United States and Canada. A Backgrounder Analysis examines deep-rooted ties over energy, water and timber. Does the brewing conflict over trade mean the long bonds over the environment have been broken?

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Fish & Fisheries [36]
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Endangered Sea Turtle Populations Show Signs Of Recovery In Much Of World [43]

"Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday."

Biodiversity [16]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Studies [17]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [18]
Water & Oceans [38]
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National (U.S.) [13]
International [40]
Source: AP [45], 04/18/2025
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"CDC Scientist: Texas Measles Outbreak Response Hurt By Funding Cuts" [46]

"A senior scientist overseeing the measles response by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a recent pullback of pandemic funding from states has hurt Texas’s response to its growing outbreak, now linked to 90 percent of cases in the United States."

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Source: Washington Post [47], 04/18/2025
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"Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Disbursement Of Contested Climate Funds" [48]

"An appeals court has temporarily halted a lower court’s order that enabled the release of contested climate funds."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
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Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [19]
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Source: The Hill [49], 04/18/2025
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"EPA Weighs N.C. Environmental Harms From Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer" [50]

"“Off spec” liquid from Winston Weaver fertilizer fire that was applied on a nearby farm field contained toxic PFAS."

Agriculture [51]
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Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [38]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 04/18/2025
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Syngenta To Settle 1000s Of Lawsuits Claiming Paraquat Causes Parkinson’s [55]

"Besieged by thousands of lawsuits alleging that its paraquat weedkiller causes Parkinson’s disease, Syngenta has entered into an agreement aimed at settling large swaths of those claims."

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Source: The New Lede [56], 04/18/2025
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"Burgum Halts Work On NY Offshore Wind Project" [57]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum halted construction of a major offshore wind farm off New York on Wednesday, in a marked escalation of President Donald Trump’s fight against offshore wind."

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Source: E&E News [60], 04/18/2025
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