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"Document Shows E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Limits on Mercury From Power Plants" [1]

"The agency plans to weaken limits on toxic emissions from power plants while also scrapping restrictions on planet-warming greenhouse gases."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
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Source: NYTimes [12], 06/11/2025
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EPA Drops Complaint vs. Major Trump Donor Over Disinfectant in ICE Facility [13]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a legal complaint filed last year against the GEO Group, a major donor to President Donald Trump that has more than $1 billion in contracts with the administration to run private prisons and ICE detention facilities."

Chemicals [2]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [9]
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Source: ProPublica [16], 06/11/2025
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"Trump’s Cuts To National Park Service Rankle Republicans" [17]

"President Trump’s proposed cuts to the National Park Service (NPS) are troubling some Republicans."

Biodiversity [18]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Politics [7]
Forests [20]
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Source: The Hill [23], 06/10/2025
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"A Proposal For A Massachusetts Wood-Burning Plant Is Back From The Dead" [24]

"A plan to build a wood-burning power plant in a Massachusetts city once dubbed the asthma capital of the country could be springing back to life years after state and local officials struck it down — and opponents are ready to renew their fight against what many call a ​“zombie project.”"

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Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [5]
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Forests [20]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [9]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: Canary Media [27], 06/10/2025
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UN Ocean Summit Opens In France As U.S. Government Scientists Stay Away [28]

"World leaders, scientists and officials gathered on Monday to open the third United Nations Ocean Conference and launch a global appeal to save the world's oceans, which scientists say are in bad health." "Glaringly absent are U.S. scientific agencies like NASA and NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Their scientists weren't allowed to attend the summit, say organizers."

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Source: NPR [35], 06/10/2025
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"RFK Jr. Purges Every Vaccine Adviser On CDC Panel; Will Pick Replacements" [36]

"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he was removing the entire membership of the influential vaccine advisory panel that makes immunization recommendations for the United States, an unprecedented move by Kennedy and escalation of his overhaul of federal vaccination policy."

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Source: Washington Post [39], 06/10/2025
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"In Georgia, Republicans Vote to Kill Green Jobs but Face Little Fallout" [40]

"In Cedartown, Ga., a solar recycling company’s plan to hire 1,200 people could be upended by Republicans in Congress." 

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [15]
Waste [41]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: NYTimes [43], 06/09/2025
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"Pesticide Report Led By RFK Jr. Draws Fire From Agrichemical Industry" [44]

"A new White House report linking pesticides to children’s health concerns is drawing backlash from farm groups and support from environmental advocates."

Agriculture [45]
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Source: Investigate Midwest [46], 06/09/2025
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"Electricity Prices Are Surging. The GOP Megabill Could Push Them Higher." [47]

"The cost of electricity is rising across the country, forcing Americans to pay more on their monthly bills and squeezing manufacturers and small businesses that rely on cheap power. And some of President Trump’s policies risk making things worse, despite his promises to slash energy prices, companies and researchers say."

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Infrastructure [48]
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Source: NYTimes [49], 06/09/2025
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"Trump Approves Expansion of Scandal-Hit Coal Mine" [50]

"The Trump administration on Friday greenlighted the expansion of a scandal-hit underground coal mine in Montana, one of the nation’s largest, cutting short a federal environmental review and putting into action a key element of President Trump’s plan to revive America’s coal industry."

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Source: NYTimes [51], 06/09/2025
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