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"America’s Ports Have Labored To Clean Up Pollution. Will That Continue?" [1]

"On a gray March afternoon at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest in the U.S., powerful electric top-handlers whir, beep and grind as they motor back and forth, grabbing trailers from truck beds and stacking them as they move on or off the mighty container ships that ferry goods across the Pacific. Some of the ships, rather than burning diesel to sustain operations as they sit in harbor, plug into electricity instead."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [15], 03/19/2025
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"Want Cheap Power, Fast? Solar and Wind Firms Have a Suggestion." [16]

"Renewable energy companies are shifting strategy under President Trump, emphasizing the economic benefits of low-carbon electricity."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Technology [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [19], 03/18/2025
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After Cuts, Former NOAA Chief Scientist Says U.S. Science Risks Downgrade [20]

"With its first wave of firings, the new Trump administration has decimated NOAA."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [21]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [23]
Science [24]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: bioGraphic [25], 03/18/2025
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"A Famous Climate Scientist Won A $1M Verdict. Then His Case Took A Turn." [26]

"A judge vastly reduced climate researcher Michael Mann’s award, sanctioned his lawyers for presenting false evidence and ordered him to pay $530,000."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Science [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [28], 03/18/2025
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Line 5, A Trump Donor, Profiting Off A Pipeline Deal Threatening Pollution [29]

"Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Canada [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 03/18/2025
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"Ohio Supreme Court Weighs High-Stakes Solar Permitting Case" [33]

"A regulatory board’s rejection of a permit for a large solar farm in southwestern Ohio has ​“essentially rewritten” state law to give local governments veto power over clean energy projects, an attorney for the project’s developer argued last week before the Ohio Supreme Court."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Source: Canary Media [34], 03/18/2025
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"Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About Tariffs" [35]

"Tariff threats. Growing uncertainty about the economy. And a push for much lower oil prices. For all of their bravado about U.S. energy dominance and enthusiasm for deregulation, American energy executives are beginning to worry about President Trump’s agenda."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [36]
Source: NYTimes [37], 03/18/2025
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Environmental Groups Sound Alarm As Fossil Fuel Lobby Pushes For Immunity [38]

"Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits"

Activism [39]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [40], 03/18/2025
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Trump Pick To Head Secretive Agency Adept at Stifling Info, Regs [41]

A little-known federal office where some say environmental and other regulations go to die may soon be led by a Trump loyalist best known as an indicted co-conspirator in the plot to overthrow the 2020 election. What is OIRA? And who is Trump’s pick to lead the powerful subagency? WatchDog Opinion has answers and some worrying questions, along with resources for reporters to dig further.

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Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [43]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [44]
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National (U.S.) [14]
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Public [13]
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"The Great British Sewage Dump" [45]

"Widespread sewage spills contaminate Britain’s waterways and hit the broader economy"

Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [43]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Europe [47]
Source: Reuters [48], 03/17/2025
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