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NC Has Allowed a Likely Carcinogen Into Three Rivers Serving 900,000 People [1]

"Environmentalists are suing to stop the flow of 1,4-dioxane into the drinking water supply, which one local water utility found at concentrations 17 times higher than the EPA’s health advisory goal." 

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Source: Inside Climate News [13], 07/01/2025
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"Republicans Propose a New Way to Scrap Fuel Economy Rules: No Fines" [14]

"For 50 years, automakers have had to increase the fuel efficiency of their vehicles or pay fines. The Republican megabill would set those penalties to $0." 

Climate Change [15]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Transportation [18]
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National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 07/01/2025
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He Lobbied For Offshore Drillers. Now He Runs The Agency That Regulates Them. [21]

"As BOEM’s new principal deputy director, former lobbyist Matt Giacona is shaping Gulf of Mexico oil policy and facilitating industry access. Ethics experts sound the alarm."

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Source: Public Domain [23], 07/01/2025
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"E.P.A. Workers Warn Trump Is Politicizing Their Work" [24]

"In a public letter, employees of the Environmental Protection Agency accused the administration of engaging in unlawful partisan activity and endangering public health."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [26]
Government [27]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [29], 07/01/2025
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"Streams Were Dying in West Virginia. Here’s How They’re Coming Back." [30]

"Abandoned coal mines had left waterways acidic and rusty orange. Local residents are cleaning them up, and recovering rare earths in the process."

Chemicals [3]
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Fish & Fisheries [31]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: NYTimes [34], 06/30/2025
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"The Oil And Gas Industry Has A Water Problem. EPA Wants To Help." [35]

"Oil and gas companies are running out of options for disposing of polluted water they generate every day, a problem for the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda. EPA is offering the industry a hand by promoting reuse of that wastewater. The effort worries environmentalists, but it could draw crucial political allies in oil-producing states."

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Source: E&E News [36], 06/30/2025
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Ontario Allowed Toxic Air Near First Nation For Years Despite Health Risks [37]

"Aamjiwnaang First Nation has spent decades battling Sarnia’s industrial emissions. Documents show the Ontario government knew stricter pollution rules were needed long before it acted"

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Public [11]
Canada [38]
Source: The Narwhal [39], 06/30/2025
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Louisiana Is Latest State To Redefine Natural Gas As Green Energy [40]

"Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed this week, even though it’s a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases."

Climate Change [15]
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Journalism & Media [41]
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Source: AP [42], 06/27/2025
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NTSB Says Company Failed To Shut Down Leaking Oil Pipeline For Nearly 13 Hours [43]

"Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at a problem, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday."

Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Infrastructure [7]
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Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [9]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [44], 06/27/2025
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"4 New Pesticides Ignite Debate Over PFAS Definition" [45]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down on efforts to decrease a backlog of new pesticide active ingredients waiting for EPA approval to enter the marketplace. Since April, the agency has proposed registering four of them—cyclobutrifluram, diflufenican, isocycloseram, and trifludimoxazin."

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Source: Chemical & Engineering News [47], 06/27/2025
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