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"Trump Golf Course In Scotland Accused Of Breaching Sewage Limits" [1]

"Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course has breached sewage contamination limits 14 times since 2019, documents reveal."

Environmental Health [2]
Infrastructure [3]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Europe [8]
Source: Guardian [9], 09/18/2025
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Hanford Will Lock Up Nuclear Waste In Glass — If The White House Lets It [10]

"Hanford vitrification plant set to open but some fear Trump officials are pushing for a cheaper alternative"

Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [13]
Pollution [4]
Technology [14]
Waste [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [16]
Source: Science [17], 09/17/2025
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"Wright ‘Admitted’ Stalling $30B Hanford Plant, Senator Says" [18]

"Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Democratic Sen. Patty Murray that he’s looking to delay operations at a multibillion-dollar vitrification plant at the Hanford nuclear cleanup site in Washington state, despite public statements signaling otherwise, the senator said."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [13]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [16]
Source: E&E News [19], 09/12/2025
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Residents Oppose Alabama Medical Waste Facility Amid Anonymous Support [20]

"Dozens of residents opposed to Harvest Med Waste Disposal’s site in Remlap, Alabama, packed the Blount County courthouse to voice their concerns. Online, a paid campaign supporting the facility has been active, though its backers have remained anonymous."

Activism [21]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Waste [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 09/05/2025
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RFK Jr Deputy Jim O’Neill As Acting CDC Director After Monarez Ouster: Sources [27]

"Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill is expected to serve as acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official and another person familiar with the matter."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [4]
Science [33]
Technology [14]
Waste [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: CNN [34], 08/29/2025
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"How Trump’s Anti-Environment Crusade Enriches Drug Traffickers" [35]

"The president has pledged to combat transnational drug organizations. Yet these groups make vast sums from environmental crimes, and his administration has gutted personnel and programs that targeted them, a new report shows." 

Biodiversity [36]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [22]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [37]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [38]
Central America & the Caribbean [39]
South America [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 08/28/2025
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GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions [42]

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This Global Investigative Journalism Network guide, published July 30, 2025, lists available resources and questions to ask about methane emissions from landfills and how to reduce them.

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Public [7]
International [38]
Climate Change [44]
Waste [5]
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"“How Can This Happen?” Fight Over Sewage Sludge On Farms Intensifies" [45]

"Ryan Dunham heard his eleven-year-old daughter’s scream from his living room. He bolted up the stairs to the bathroom where she was taking a shower and couldn’t believe his eyes. The water flowing from the faucet was brown, and it smelled like 'decay, rot and death.'"

Agriculture [46]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [47]
Source: The New Lede [48], 08/22/2025
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A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won [49]

"A decades-long battle to transform a Southeast Chicago lakefront property into a public park is starting to bear fruit. But where the new toxic sludge will go has yet to be determined."

Biodiversity [36]
Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Natural Resources [37]
Planning & Growth [50]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 08/21/2025
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"The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door" [53]

"L.A. County’s Chiquita Canyon Landfill has spewed high levels of toxic gases and climate super-pollutants for years. Yet local residents’ pleas for help from state officials remain unanswered."

Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 08/19/2025
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