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Class-Action Suit Would Force EPA To Reinstate $3bn Climate Justice Program [1]

"Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants" 

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Source: Guardian [11], 08/07/2025
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"Burgum Nixes ‘Thoughtless’ Biden Approval Of Idaho Wind Farm" [12]

"The Interior Department reversed the Biden-era approval of a contentious wind project in southern Idaho on Wednesday, part of a broader Trump administration effort to shift development on public lands away from renewable energy."

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Source: E&E News [18], 08/07/2025
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"At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Biggest Risk Isn’t Alligators" [19]

"The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by a number of environmental hazards like hurricanes, intense heat and even wildfires."

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Source: NYTimes [25], 08/07/2025
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Denial Of Gray Wolf Protections Violated Endangered Species Act, Judge Rules [26]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service will have to reconsider whether gray wolves in the western United States merit Endangered Species Act protections in light of Republican-backed efforts to aggressively cull the animals in the Northern Rockies, a federal judge ruled Tuesday."

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Source: Public Domain [30], 08/07/2025
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Trump Admin Memo Urges Nations To Reject Plastic Production Caps In Treaty [31]

"The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives at the start of U.N. plastic treaty talks in Geneva, according to a memo and communications seen by Reuters."

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Source: Reuters [35], 08/07/2025
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Court Temporarily Blocks Trump From Reallocating FEMA Preparedness Funds [36]

"A federal court on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from reallocating funds used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help communities prevent future storm damage."

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Source: The Hill [37], 08/06/2025
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Alabama Power Gets OK to Buy $622 Million Natural Gas Plant For Data Centers [38]

"Alabama state regulators have cleared the way for Alabama Power to purchase an 895-megawatt gas-fired power plant, further tying Alabama’s largest electric utility to climate-polluting natural gas for decades to come."

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Source: Inside Climate News [39], 08/06/2025
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Trump Reshaped Climate Program To Extract More Oil. Occidental Could Profit [40]

"Occidental Petroleum could benefit from bigger subsidies for using carbon dioxide to squeeze more crude from sputtering wells." 

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Source: E&E News [41], 08/06/2025
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Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site and Protected Forest [42]

"To offset Resolution Copper’s impacts on the hallowed ground of Oak Flat, the federal government will take possession of a rare old-growth mesquite forest. But it already approved exploratory drilling for another mine nearby."

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Source: Inside Climate News [44], 08/06/2025
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"Another Burgum Order Coldcocks Solar And Wind" [45]

"An order issued late Friday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that targets wind and solar development has left renewable energy developers and industry observers scrambling to determine whether green energy has any future in the Trump administration."

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Source: E&E News [46], 08/06/2025
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