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"Trump Hits Delete For Energy, Environment Regs" [1]

"The president’s suite of executive orders to decimate environmental regulations will propel his administration into court."

Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Government [13]
Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [23], 04/14/2025
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Firm Cancels Plant To Process Plastic Waste To Be Burned In Steel Mills [24]

"International Recycling Group (IRG) has announced that they will cancel a planned plastic waste processing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, due to President Trump’s federal funding cuts and tariffs, among other reasons."

Air [25]
Chemicals [3]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Public [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Source: EHN [28], 04/11/2025
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"States Lead On Landfill Methane Emissions As Federal Action Stalls" [29]

"The EPA was set to tighten rules on landfill operators. With Trump in charge, state policies may be the nation’s best bet at curbing these emissions."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Canary Media [31], 04/08/2025
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"Unearthed: The Mining Issue" [32]

"The world needs massive amounts of critical minerals to power the transition to clean energy. But as countries and industries explore new mining opportunities, a major question looms: Can all of this extraction be done without the same environmental and human costs associated with fossil fuels?"

Chemicals [3]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Grist [33], 03/28/2025
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"New Mexico Set To Become Third State To Implement Full PFAS Product Ban" [34]

"New Mexico is poised to become the third state to institute a full-fledged ban on products that contain toxic “forever chemicals,” as two key bills head to the governor’s desk."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: The Hill [36], 03/28/2025
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Sewage Sludge Is Used As Farm Fertilizer. Some Neighbors Hate It [37]

"When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than 20 years ago, she thought she’d found a slice of heaven. ... But several years ago, her neighbor began applying sewage sludge, which consists largely of human waste left over from municipal wastewater treatment facilities, as a fertilizer on his farmland, causing a rancid smell so powerful it nearly took her breath away."

Agriculture [38]
Air [25]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: AP [39], 03/27/2025
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Hazardous Risk Reporting Resource at Risk of Trump Blackout [40]

Hazardous sites around the United States are supposed to have disaster plans, which make for a localizable story environmental journalists can tell to help protect their communities. The problem, reports TipSheet, is that a key federal database of these plans may be shut down by the Trump administration. More on the Risk Management Program, efforts to protect the data and how reporters can use it.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [13]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
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Calif. Falls Short in Enforcing Regulations for Metal Shredding Industry [43]

"After decades of lax oversight, new efforts are underway to protect communities from toxic emissions without putting the industry out of business."

Chemicals [3]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [44]
Source: Public Health Watch [45], 03/21/2025
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"Canadians Protest Imports Of US Toxic Waste Amid Trump Tariff War" [46]

"The proposed expansion of a Quebec landfill that accepts hazardous waste from the United States has ignited a turf war between the Quebec provincial government and local leaders, who say they oppose putting US trash into a local peat bog."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Waste [18]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Canada [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 03/20/2025
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Desperately Seeking Data? OECD Has Loads [49]

If the possibility of a politically driven dearth of data for your climate and environment reporting has you on edge, the new Reporter’s Toolbox just may have something to soothe your nerves: A data source from beyond the grasp of the Trump administration and outside the boundaries of the United States. Take a quick tour of environmental data from the OECD.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [50]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [38]
Air [25]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Studies [12]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [42]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [52]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
International [53]
Europe [54]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
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