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"Congress Set to Vote on Repeal of Biden Administration Climate Regulations" [1]

"Congress is scheduled to vote on two bills this week that would roll back climate regulations issued in the final months of the Biden administration. The agencies that implemented the rules, which limit methane emissions from the oil and gas sector and set efficiency standards for water heaters, expected them to prevent tens of millions of tons of climate pollution in coming decades if left in place."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [11], 02/26/2025
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"BP Expected To Scrap Renewables Target In Shift Back To Fossil Fuels" [12]

"Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this week"

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 02/26/2025
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"The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town" [17]

"An EPA investigation confirmed residents’ worst fears about operations at an industrial landfill. What happens next is all too uncertain."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [19]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [20]
Public [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 02/26/2025
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"Legal Snags Could Foil Trump’s Climate And Air Pollution Rollbacks" [23]

"The president’s deregulatory blitz might crash into the same repetitive setback from his first term: court defeats stemming from procedural fumbles."

Air [24]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [25], 02/26/2025
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"Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals" [26]

"One of President Donald Trump’s most damaging strikes at the foundation of U.S. climate policy is buried deep in a sweeping Inauguration Day executive order focused on “Unleashing American Energy.” Half way through the lengthy document is a directive that would obliterate an obscure but critically important calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change is imposing on the U.S. economy."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [27]
Government [28]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ProPublica [29], 02/25/2025
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Environmental Policies Upended, Climate Plans a Casualty As Trump Takes Power [30]

In the overview summary for our “2025 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy” special report, we foresee the very real prospect that environmental protection and energy policies in place, in some cases, for decades could swiftly be swept aside by the Trump administration and a GOP-controlled Congress. Read our analysis [30], plus look back at more than three dozen stories gathered together in our ninth annual guide [31].

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Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [28]
Health [33]
Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [35]
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Open Door to Industry for Trump Environmental Agency Appointees [36]

It’s not just the heads of Trump administration environmental agencies who come from the industries they now are entrusted to regulate. The latest TipSheet explains that it’s also the political appointees below them — officials responsible for overseeing air, water, toxic chemicals, Superfund, forests and drilling — who are now likely examples of regulatory capture. A short list. Plus, more from our new Trump 2.0 EJWatch special section [37].

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [39]
Air [24]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [40]
Government [28]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [41]
Policy [35]
Pollution [8]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [42]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [9]
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Fla. Plan to Build Road With Radioactive Waste Prompts Suit Against the EPA [43]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a legal challenge after approving a controversial plan to include radioactive waste in a road project late last year."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [45]
Waste [20]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 02/24/2025
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The Forgotten Victims of Hidalgo [48]

Contaminated water sickened thousands of residents near Mexico City for 40 years — even as officials knew they were being poisoned. Then, an investigative news team turned its attention to the polluted region, and produced multiple video and text versions of an award-winning feature focused on the residents’ health, poverty and more. Read a revealing Q&A with investigative producer Carlos Carabaña in the new Inside Story.

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Inside Story [49]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Government [28]
Health [33]
Journalism & Media [34]
People & Population [50]
Pollution [8]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [42]
Region: 
International [15]
Mexico [51]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
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Michigan Appeals Court Upholds Permits For Great Lakes Pipeline Tunnel [52]

"Enbridge Energy’s plans to build a protective tunnel around an aging pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes can continue, a Michigan appeals court ruled."

Disasters [53]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Canada [54]
Source: AP [55], 02/21/2025
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