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"In Mobile Bay, the Oysters’ Tale of Woe" [1]

"Academics, conservationists, nonprofits, government agencies—and one passionate, retired scientist—are working to rebuild reefs, reduce the carbon imprint and educate the public about the importance of restoring the oyster population."

Biodiversity [2]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Food [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [11], 01/06/2025
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"Biden Admin Cedes Pivotal Air Pollution Rules To Trump" [12]

"While EPA rejected a push to scrap tougher safeguards for accidental industrial emissions, it has relented on the timetables for smog and incinerator rules."

Air [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Politico [15], 01/06/2025
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What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Environmental Justice? [16]

An incoming Trump administration hostile to the very idea of environmental justice likely means the rollback of numerous policies and regulations designed to protect disadvantaged communities, cuts to an important “whole-of-government” initiative and downsizing of key federal environmental justice offices. The latest EJ TransitionWatch examines what’s at stake. And for more, see our Topics on the Beat page on environmental justice [17].

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Topics on the Beat: 
Air [13]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [22]
Health [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [25]
Policy [26]
Pollution [7]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [8]
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National (U.S.) [14]
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Public [9]
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"Trump Readies Day One Energy Offensive" [28]

"The incoming president has detailed plans to quickly reverse Biden’s policies, expand fossil fuel production and declare a national energy emergency."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [30], 01/03/2025
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EPA Warns Toxic Formaldehyde Presents An Unreasonable Risk Of Injury [31]

"The agency’s final risk assessment for formaldehyde jump-starts the process to address the risk posed by the cancer-causing chemical"

Chemicals [32]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Science [35]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Independent [36], 01/03/2025
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Oil And Gas Firms In Colorado Falsified Environmental Impact Reports [37]

"State’s energy and carbon management commission said fraudulent pollution data was reported for at least 344 wells"

Chemicals [32]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [34]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [38], 01/02/2025
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Florida Debates Where To Build The Nation’s Largest Trash Incinerator [39]

"Residents argue the project will disproportionately impact majority-Black and -Hispanic communities in the Miami-Dade area."

Activism [40]
Air [13]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Waste [27]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: KFF Health News [41], 01/02/2025
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Toxic Benzene Plagued Channelview, Tex. Regulators Never Told Residents. [42]

"The highest levels exceed even Texas’ benzene guideline — the weakest in the nation — but aren’t being recorded by a state monitor. That means the community’s cancer risk could be higher than previously thought."

Air [13]
Chemicals [32]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Justice [20]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Source: Public Health Watch [45], 01/02/2025
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"Big Oil Backtracks On Renewables Push As Climate Agenda Falters" [46]

"Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down - and at times reversing - climate commitments in a shift that they are likely to stick with in 2025."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
International [47]
Europe [48]
Source: Reuters [49], 01/02/2025
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"The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago." [50]

"The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”"

Agriculture [51]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [32]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [52], 01/02/2025
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