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"Syngenta Closer To Settling Thousands Of US Paraquat Lawsuits" [1]

"Syngenta is another step closer to potentially putting an end to thousands of lawsuits brought by people blaming the company’s paraquat weed killer for causing Parkinson’s disease."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The New Lede [11], 08/14/2025
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New Draft Of Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Wouldn’t Limit Production [12]

"Negotiators working on a treaty to address global plastic pollution discussed a new draft of the text Wednesday that wouldn’t limit plastic production or address chemicals used in plastic products."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [8]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [9]
International [20]
Source: AP [21], 08/14/2025
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Wisc. Communities Affected By PFAS Await Action On $125 Million Trust Fund [22]

"Around the state, several communities with "forever chemical" contamination have been counting on the Legislature passing a bill to help them, but as the summer stretches on, many advocates are worried that lawmakers will fail to pass yet another proposal."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [24], 08/14/2025
  • Read more about Wisc. Communities Affected By PFAS Await Action On $125 Million Trust Fund [22]

"Trump’s Push To Mine Deep-Sea Battery Metals Draws Ire From Allies" [25]

"The Trump administration is on a rogue quest to mine critical minerals from the ocean floor — and recent global negotiations over the fate of deep-sea mining reveal just how alone the U.S. is on the issue."

Biodiversity [26]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [27]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [20]
Source: Canary Media [29], 08/13/2025
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"Interior Slashes Reviews To Speed Cleanups Of Orphaned Wells" [30]

"Trump administration officials have removed endangered species and historic preservation reviews from federal orphaned well programs, potentially speeding the cleanup of tens of thousands of abandoned sites."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [32], 08/13/2025
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"Trump’s EPA to Expand Actions to Speed New Chemical Reviews" [33]

"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."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 08/13/2025
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"'MAHA' Activists Urge Trump To Oppose Limits On Pesticide Regulation" [35]

"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 [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [36], 08/13/2025
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"Green Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Report Downplaying Climate Damage" [37]

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

Activism [38]
Climate Change [39]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [27]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Science [41]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [42], 08/13/2025
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Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill State’s Wildfire Risk Map [43]

"This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact."

Climate Change [39]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [44]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
Source: ProPublica [46], 08/12/2025
  • Read more about Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill State’s Wildfire Risk Map [43]

Startup Promised 45,000 EV Jobs To Struggling Towns. They’re Still Waiting [47]

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

Climate Change [39]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Technology [48]
Transportation [49]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Floodlight [50], 08/12/2025
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