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"Far More Environmental Data Is Being Deleted In Trump's Second Term" [1]

"The current Trump administration has made 70% more changes to government environmental websites during its first 100 days than the first Trump administration did, and those changes are bolder, according to a report published by the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI)."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Pollution [6]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [10], 08/11/2025
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"Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts" [11]

"The Environmental Protection Agency said it would stop updating research that hundreds of companies use to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions after the agency suspended the database’s creator because he had signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration’s approach to scientific research."

Activism [12]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Pollution [6]
Science [7]
Technology [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [15], 08/11/2025
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"Civil Cases Against Major Polluters Plummet Under Trump" [16]

"The Trump administration has filed far fewer civil cases accusing companies of violating environmental rules than its predecessors, an analysis of federal data shows."

Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [23], 08/11/2025
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"Judge Stops Hazardous Waste Shipments To Michigan Landfill From Five States" [24]

"A judge has stopped government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill after a year of legal challenges by Detroit-area communities concerned about possible environmental impacts."

Chemicals [17]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [6]
Waste [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Source: AP [27], 08/08/2025
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"France’s Top Court Strikes Down Pesticide Clause In Farming Law" [28]

"France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that would have brought back a banned pesticide."

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Chemicals [17]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [6]
Wildlife [31]
Public [8]
Europe [32]
Source: AP [33], 08/08/2025
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Federal Judge Orders Chemours To Immediately Stop Polluting Ohio River [34]

"A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant."

Chemicals [17]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Source: Mountain State Spotlight [37], 08/08/2025
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"Burgum Nixes ‘Thoughtless’ Biden Approval Of Idaho Wind Farm" [38]

"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."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [6]
Technology [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Source: E&E News [41], 08/07/2025
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"Used EV Batteries Could Upend The Race For Long-Duration Storage" [42]

"Redwood Materials says second-life batteries are the cheapest form of long-duration storage. If true, battery startups are in trouble — and renewables are in luck."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [39]
Pollution [6]
Technology [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [43]
Source: Canary Media [44], 08/07/2025
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"The Air Conditioning Dilemma: Cooling Homes Heats The Planet" [45]

"As temperatures soar around much of the world, people are cranking up the air conditioning, but blasting icy air into buildings fuels global warming, which increases demand for more cooling, creating a vicious circle."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [18]
Disasters [46]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [20]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [6]
Technology [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [43]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [47], 08/07/2025
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Document Shows Plastics Industry Knew Recycling Was False Solution in 1974 [48]

"Exclusive finding by DeSmog shows high-level industry awareness that recycling plastic ‘not feasible’ as companies face lawsuits over alleged public deception campaign."

Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [18]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Pollution [6]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [43]
Source: DeSmog [49], 08/07/2025
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