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"DOGE Appointee Sparks Turf Battle At Interior: ‘Ignore The Email From HR’" [1]

"The Interior bureau that holds the key to Trump’s fossil fuel agenda is riven by feuding between career staff and an emissary from Elon Musk’s budget-cutting operation."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Politico [10], 05/27/2025
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"Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants" [11]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [13], 05/27/2025
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Mapping Out Local PFAS Risk, As Federal Rules Waver [14]

As the Trump administration rolls back Biden-era rules limiting the presence of “forever chemicals” in drinking water, an updated data mapping tool helps pinpoint local angles on the PFAS story. The latest TipSheet outlines the basics on this class of widely used chemicals, their risks to humans and the challenges of regulating them, plus provides a half-dozen story ideas and questions to ask.

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Chemicals [16]
Consumer [17]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [20]
Pollution [7]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
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"Global Forest Loss Hit a Record Last Year as Fires Raged" [23]

"The planet lost a record amount of forests last year, driven by fires that raged around the world, data shows."

Climate Change [2]
Forests [24]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [7]
Science [21]
Public [8]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [27], 05/23/2025
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"Congress Moves To Loosen Toxic Air Pollution Rules" [28]

"Congress has voted to undo a Clean Air Act regulation that strictly controls the amount of toxic air pollutants emitted by many industrial facilities like oil refineries, chemical plants, and steel mills."

Air [29]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [32], 05/23/2025
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"RFK Jr.’s MAHA Report Targets Food, Drug, Tech Industries: Key Takeaways" [33]

"The Trump administration issued its long-awaited Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report Thursday, hammering various industries while deviating from mainstream science on key issues including farming practices, vaccinations and psychiatric medications."

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Science [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [34], 05/23/2025
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Nations Still Emit Banned Climate Pollutant HFC-23 at High Levels. Now What? [35]

"HFC-23 emissions from chemical plants in eastern China and elsewhere likely violate an international climate agreement despite readily available pollution controls. Advocates are pressing for action."

Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Technology [36]
Public [8]
International [26]
Source: ICN/Foreign Policy [37], 05/23/2025
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House GOP Passes Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Holdouts? [38]

"Early this morning, the House voted 215-214 to pass a sweeping budget reconciliation bill with provisions that include a cancellation or phaseout for just about everything that was in the Inflation Reduction Act."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [39]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 05/23/2025
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"Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air" [41]

"In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s electric-vehicle mandates, revoking the state’s right to implement the nation’s toughest emissions standards."

Air [29]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 05/23/2025
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June 18, 2025

DEADLINE: Catalyst 2025 — Simulation of Working Through a Water Crisis [44]

Rogue Water Lab invites applications from journalists to attend this high-intensity, immersive event to simulate working through a water crisis — complete with misinformation, stakeholder conflict, press pressure and policy implications. Sep 22–24, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisc. Apply by June 18.

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