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Trump FWS Land Gift To SpaceX Would Hurt Texas Habitat: Suit [1]

"Environmental groups on Wednesday sued attempting to stop the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres (280 hectares) of wildlife refuge in Texas, claiming it would worsen ecological risks to a Gulf Coast region already transformed by billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket operations."

Biodiversity [2]
Conflict/Corruption [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [8]
Wildlife [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [12], 06/11/2026
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US Drought Tests Trump Strategy of Logging to Fight Wildfire [13]

“Extreme drought and rising temperatures in the US are poised to overwhelm the Trump administration’s plans to control wildfire by logging federal forests, scientists say."

Disasters [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [15]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Other or All [17]
Policy [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [19], 06/10/2026
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MegaBanks Pledged $906bn To Fossil Fuel Firms In 2025: Report [20]

“JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say.”

Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Studies [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [23]
Source: The Guardian [24], 06/10/2026
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Debate Over Preservation Law Tripping Up Permitting Talks [25]

“Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee wants to overhaul the National Historic Preservation Act. That may be a step too far for many Democrats.”

Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [28], 06/10/2026
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Trump DOJ Killed Criminal Probe of GOP Senator’s Coal Firms [29]

“EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them ‘pencils down.’”

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [16]
Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [33]
Policy [18]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Source: ProPublica [37], 06/10/2026
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White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American Values’ Spark Broad Alarm [38]

“New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.”

Government [16]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [18]
Science [40]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Guardian [41], 06/09/2026
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U.S. Revokes Endangered Species Listing for Permian Basin Lizard, Resolves Texas Attorney General Lawsuit [42]

“The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered ​species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United ‌States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.”

Biodiversity [2]
Conflict/Corruption [3]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [18]
Wildlife [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: Reuters [44], 06/09/2026
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EPA’s HFC Delay Tests Trump’s Made in America Agenda [45]

“The agency’s regulatory rollback for grocery refrigerators has sparked a backlash from U.S. manufacturers.”

Chemicals [46]
Climate Change [30]
Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [16]
Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [18]
Pollution [34]
Technology [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [47], 06/09/2026
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Why Are Blue States Scapegoating Energy Efficiency? [48]

“A handful of Democratic-led states are targeting energy-efficiency programs in an attempt to provide relief on soaring utility bills. It’s surprising, given the broad support energy-efficiency programs have among Democrats — and the fact that these incentives produce energy savings that benefit both the climate and all consumers. The short-term savings may be tempting, advocates say, but chasing them is misguided."
 

Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Canary Media [49], 06/09/2026
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Is Climate Disaster Insurance a Worsening Disaster? [50]

The growing disconnect between climate risk and risk insurance for homeowners is leaving millions on the knife-edge of economic disaster. But the latest TipSheet suggests that reality offers environmental journalists an opportunity to navigate the morass, community by community. Get more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources in the latest column.

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Government [16]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [52]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [18]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
California [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
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Public [10]
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