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"A Salt Crisis Is Looming For U.S. Rivers" [1]

"The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to thaw winter ice, which runs off into rivers or the ground." 

Chemicals [2]
Infrastructure [3]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [9], 06/05/2025
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"USDOT Seeks Comment on Pipeline and Hazmat Regulatory Relief" [10]

"The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced that the agency is seeking public comment on two Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to reduce regulatory burdens imposed on the energy sector."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Pipeline Technology Journal [16], 06/05/2025
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Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting The Soil Instead. [17]

"When someone asks farmer Naiku Gaikwad about soil pollution in his village, he points to an abandoned 40-foot well filled with plastic."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [4]
Public [7]
International [20]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [21], 06/05/2025
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"The Trump EPA Tried To Bury Some Good News" [22]

"A climate report acquired by a Freedom of Information Act request shows that U.S. climate pollution declined in 2023."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Pollution [4]
Science [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [27], 06/05/2025
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"Why Are So Many Of Canada’s Wildfires Burning ‘Out Of Control’?" [28]

"Many fires burning across Canada, forcing evacuations and threatening air quality in the United States, cannot simply be put out, authorities and experts say." 

Air [29]
Climate Change [23]
Disasters [11]
Forests [30]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Canada [32]
Source: Washington Post [33], 06/05/2025
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June 24, 2025

Mongabay Webinar: How To Cover Plastic Pollution [34]

This installment of Mongabay’s free webinar series for journalists will comprise a discussion with three experts for their insight on how to cover this pressing issue which experts are calling a global human health crisis. 8 am ET.

Other Events [35]
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Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Health [36]
Journalism & Media [25]
Pollution [4]
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National (U.S.) [8]
International [20]

"White House Proposes Shutting Down Chemical Safety Agency" [37]

"An independent agency that investigates chemical disasters — including fatal fires and explosions at chemical plants and oil refineries nationwide — would shutter by October 2026 under little-noticed language in White House budget documents released Friday."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [38], 06/04/2025
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Colossal Cloud Of Sahara Dust Smothers The Caribbean En Route To The US [39]

"A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States."

Air [29]
Climate Change [23]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [20]
Africa [40]
Source: AP [41], 06/03/2025
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"A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security" [42]

"Two teams of high-powered lawyers clashed this week in Charleston, S.C., over a global-warming question with major implications: Do climate lawsuits against oil companies threaten national security, as President Trump has claimed?"

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [43]
Pollution [4]
Science [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [44], 06/03/2025
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Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar [45]

"US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, say researchers from Wood Mackenzie." 

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [47]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 06/03/2025
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