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"At an Iowa Pork Plant, Piles of Dead Pigs and Wafting Sulphur Dioxide" [1]

"After Steven Barrows left his job at a hog slaughtering facility in Sioux City, Iowa, he sent a tip to the Environmental Protection Agency. In the tip, received by the EPA April 16, Barrows described the parking lot of Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC as a 'dump site for rotten meats.' He also sent photos -- some displaying dead pigs piled up outside of the building and others showing a smoky, noxious gas wafting inside."

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Source: Sentient [12], 08/01/2025

"University Sidelines Scientist Who Exposed Toxic Metals In Lake Maurepas" [13]

"The Southeastern Louisiana University scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation."

Chemicals [14]
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Economy & Business [15]
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People & Population [17]
Pollution [7]
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Source: Louisiana Illuminator [21], 08/01/2025

"Who Are the Climate Deniers Fighting the Endangerment Finding?" [22]

"DeSmog has been tracking the efforts of fossil fuel trade associations, policymakers, and industry backed-groups out to demolish U.S. climate policy for years." 

Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [23]
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Source: DeSmog [26], 08/01/2025

"EPA Delays Methane Emission Rule For Oil And Gas" [27]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is delaying the implementation of restrictions on planet-warming methane emissions from oil and gas drilling as it considers unwinding the requirements entirely."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [15]
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Environmental Politics [4]
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Pollution [7]
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Source: The Hill [28], 08/01/2025

"The EU’s ‘Fantasy’ $750B Energy Promise To Trump" [29]

"The EU has narrowly avoided a full-blown trade war with Donald Trump by pledging to buy $750 billion of U.S. oil and gas by the end of his term. But achieving that will be almost impossible."

Climate Change [23]
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Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [7]
Technology [31]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [32]
Europe [33]
Source: Politico [34], 07/31/2025

Trump Moves to Cut Chemical Safety Board, Putting Texans and Others at Risk [35]

"Amid increasingly intense weather, the Chemical Safety Board is the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor."

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Source: Capital & Main [38], 07/31/2025

"The West’s Data Centers Suck (Water And Power)" [39]

"From simple searches to chatGPT, the big digital buildup threatens the grid and water supplies."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [24]
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Source: High Country News [41], 07/31/2025

Lapses in Enforcement by Trump's EPA May Yield Local Environment Stories [42]

Enforcement has usually been serious business at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Now it seems many pollution laws are going unpoliced. TipSheet explains how the EPA’s own resources can help investigative reporters find violations, track regulatory actions and uncover nationwide patterns of corporate mismanagement.

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Suit Claims Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater [48]

"Coosa Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Alabama Power, alleging significant groundwater pollution violations from the utility’s Gadsden coal ash pond that has been capped in place since 2018."

Chemicals [14]
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Source: Inside Climate News [49], 07/30/2025

"These Companies Avoided Clean-Air Rules. It Took a Single Email." [50]

"In March, the Trump administration created a novel way for companies to potentially avoid complying with environmental rules: Simply send an email to the Environmental Protection Agency and request an exemption. In response, representatives of at least 15 coal-burning power plants, four steel mills, four chemical facilities and two mines wrote emails to the E.P.A. this spring, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
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Pollution [7]
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Source: NYTimes [51], 07/30/2025

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