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Trump Loosens Gas Mileage Rule for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy [1]

"President Trump on Wednesday threw the weight of the federal government behind vehicles that burn gasoline rather than electric cars, gutting one of the country’s most significant efforts to address climate change and thrusting the automobile industry into greater uncertainty."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 12/04/2025
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"Canada Lifts Climate Laws for Alberta Oil Sands, Planning Pipeline" [15]

"Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada signed a sweeping agreement on Thursday that laid the groundwork for a new oil pipeline to expand Alberta’s oil sands, exempting the province’s energy industry from several environmental laws."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Canada [18]
Source: NYTimes [19], 12/03/2025
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"Trump Expected to Significantly Weaken Fuel Economy Rules" [20]

"The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to propose weakening automobile fuel efficiency standards that were set under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to spur the sale of electric vehicles, according to three people familiar with the plan."

Air [2]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [22]
Transportation [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [23], 12/03/2025
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"UN Maritime Chief Links Rise Of Dark Fleet To Worker Abuses" [24]

"The head of the United Nations' maritime agency warned of a disturbing rise in the criminalisation of seafarers, driven by geopolitical tensions and a surge in substandard shipping practices linked to the so-called dark fleet operating outside international norms."

Disasters [25]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [26]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [11]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [12]
International [28]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [29], 11/19/2025
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"Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People" [30]

"Poisonous dust falls from the sky over the town of Ogijo, near Lagos, Nigeria. It coats kitchen floors, vegetable gardens, churchyards and schoolyards. The toxic soot billows from crude factories that recycle lead for American companies."

Air [2]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [8]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Africa [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 11/19/2025
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Ammonia Gas Leak From Tanker Truck In Okla. Sickens Dozens, Forces Evacuations [33]

"A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing hundreds of nearby residents of a small Oklahoma city to evacuate, authorities said Thursday. Several dozen people were treated at hospitals."

Air [2]
Chemicals [21]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [7]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [11]
Public [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: AP [35], 11/14/2025
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"Trump’s Hatred of EVs Is Making Gas Cars More Expensive" [36]

"Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car, period."

Consumer [4]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Transportation [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Vox [37], 11/13/2025
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"EV Use Has Skyrocketed In Hawaiʻi. Why Is It So Hard To Find A Charger?" [38]

"As federal incentives for electric vehicles are drying up, will the state still expand its fledgling charging network?"

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Technology [22]
Transportation [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [39]
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat [40], 11/12/2025
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UN Shipping Regulator Advocates For Emissions Fee At COP30, Despite Trump [41]

"The head of the International Maritime Organization said Monday he’s continuing to “advocate and campaign” for global regulations to move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels, despite the United States and Saudi Arabia blocking new rules last month."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [43]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [11]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [12]
International [28]
Source: AP [44], 11/12/2025
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"White House Pressured EPA For Broad Rollback Of Tailpipe Rules" [45]

"White House budget officials leaned on EPA to broaden its rollback of tailpipe regulations as it sought this summer to repeal a foundational EPA policy that undergirds most federal climate rules, including those for cars and trucks."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [43]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Technology [22]
Transportation [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [46], 11/05/2025
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