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Trump Admin Will Review Part Of Rule To Protect Miners From Lung Diseases [1]

"The Trump administration says it will reconsider aspects of a rule that aims to protect miners from exposure to cancer-causing silica dust on the job."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
People & Population [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [10], 12/02/2025
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"Exxon Halts Plans For Massive Low-Carbon Hydrogen Facility In Texas" [11]

"Exxon Mobil has pulled the plug on what would have been one of the world’s largest hydrogen plants, the latest setback for the effort to scale production of low-carbon versions of the fuel."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Canary Media [18], 12/02/2025
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Regulator Stopped Enforcing Gas Flaring Limits After Alberta Pressure: Docs [19]

"The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Alberta bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil production increased, according to documents seen by Reuters."

Climate Change [12]
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Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [15]
Public [8]
Canada [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 12/02/2025
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BLM Lets Ranchers Renew Grazing Permits With Little Environmental Scrutiny [22]

"With dwindling oversight, cattle are grazing where they’re not supposed to and in greater numbers or for longer periods than permitted. This can spread invasive plants, pushing out native species and worsening wildfire risk."

Agriculture [23]
Biodiversity [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [26]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: ProPublica/HCN [27], 12/02/2025
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"EPA Cements Delay Of Biden-Era Methane Rule For Oil And Gas" [28]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday cemented its delay of Biden-era regulations on planet-warming methane coming from the oil and gas industry."

Chemicals [29]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [30], 12/02/2025
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Citizen Pollution Monitors Face Industry Pushback, Legal Threats [31]

A steep decline in the enforcement of environmental laws means the monitoring of pollution by citizens is more important than ever. But as the latest TipSheet notes, some states have passed laws that severely constrain the use of citizen monitoring or the sharing of findings. Get the backstory, along with top reporting angles and resources for finding monitoring in your area.

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Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [15]
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Orphans and Zombies — Reporting on Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Across the Country [41]

For more than a century, oil and gas companies have been drilling — and abandoning — wells across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands to potentially leak pollutants into the air, water and soil. Climate and environment reporter Martha Pskowski looks at how funding and regulatory issues are impacting efforts to identify and plug these wells, and offers resources for drilling into their story.

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Agriculture [23]
Air [34]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [43]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Government [35]
Health [36]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Policy [44]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [39]
Wildlife [26]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [45]
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EPA Urged To Ban Spraying Of Antibiotics On Food Crops Amid Resistance Fears [49]

"A new legal petition filed by a dozen public health and farm worker groups demands the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stop allowing farms to spray antibiotics on food crops in the US because they are probably causing superbugs to flourish and sickening farm workers."

Agriculture [23]
Biodiversity [24]
Chemicals [29]
Consumer [50]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [15]
Science [38]
Technology [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [51], 12/01/2025
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"New US National Parks Fees For International Visitors Draw Scrutiny" [52]

"Environmentalists and former agency employees warn of increased workloads for park employees at a time when park staffing is already low." "U.S. citizenship will determine how expensive it is to access America’s national parks beginning next year, the Interior Department announced yesterday."

Consumer [50]
Economy & Business [43]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
People & Population [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 12/01/2025
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FDA Pulls Proposal To Require Talc-Containing Cosmetics To Test For Asbestos [55]

"The Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday."

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Source: The Hill [56], 12/01/2025
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