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"Trump Freezes Inflation Reduction Act And Infrastructure-Law Funding" [1]

"The Trump administration has ordered federal agencies to ​“immediately pause the disbursement of funds” under the landmark federal climate and energy laws passed during the Biden administration, a move that will throw tens of billions of dollars of lawfully designated federal funding into limbo — and one that is likely to be challenged in court."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Transportation [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Canary Media [14], 01/22/2025
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Biden NMFS Withdraws Proposal to Expand Protections for Right Whales [15]

"The Biden administration on Thursday withdrew a proposal to expand protections for an endangered whale species. The rules would have required some ships along the Eastern Seaboard to slow down." "The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales."

Biodiversity [16]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [18]
Transportation [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [20], 01/17/2025
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"Texas Is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters" [21]

"Sandra Edwards awoke on the morning of July 8 to the sounds of howling winds and gushing water. As she made her way from the bedroom to the living room, she stepped in a puddle. She turned on her phone’s flashlight and saw a hole in the roof, wooly insulation hanging off the ceiling and water pouring in. Hurricane Beryl had just made landfall in Houston."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [7]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: Public Health Watch [24], 01/17/2025
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Maine: "Yarmouth Approves Plan To Remove Two Royal River Dams" [25]

"The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them, a historic vote more than two decades in the making."

Fish & Fisheries [17]
Infrastructure [7]
Natural Resources [18]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: Maine Monitor [27], 01/15/2025
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"DC Sues Federal Government Over Pollution In Anacostia River" [28]

"The District of Columbia on Friday filed a lawsuit against the federal government over pollution in the Anacostia River, arguing it has inflicted “catastrophic harm” on the mostly poor and minority communities living along the urban waterway."

Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Source: AP [30], 01/15/2025
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"A Surprising Byproduct Of Wildfires: Contaminated Drinking Water" [31]

"Thousands of firefighters are working to contain the blazes of multiple fires across Los Angeles. Months from now when the fires are extinguished and the rain comes, however, a hidden threat could put communities at risk once again."

Chemicals [32]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [5]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [33], 01/15/2025
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"Microplastics Are Widespread in Seafood We Eat, Study Finds" [34]

"Microplastics and other human-made particles are widespread in the seafood that we eat and could be damaging our health."

Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Pollution [9]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Newsweek [36], 01/13/2025
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"A Surprising Byproduct Of Wildfires: Contaminated Drinking Water" [37]

"Thousands of firefighters are working to contain the blazes of multiple fires across Los Angeles. Months from now when the fires are extinguished and the rain comes, however, a hidden threat could put communities at risk once again."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [22]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [33], 01/13/2025
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What Biden Rules Could Congress Unplug With Review Act? [38]

As the Biden White House rushes to enact environment and energy policy before Inauguration Day, an obscure law leaves room for the incoming administration to claw them back. At risk: strengthened emissions standards for vehicles and power, tougher energy efficiency standards and plans to replace lead pipes. The latest EJ TransitionWatch explains how the reversal works — and why it might not.

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EJ TransitionWatch [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [40]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [41]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [42]
Pollution [9]
Technology [43]
Transportation [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
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Fish Weirs Are Still Banned. This First Nation Wants To Build A New One. [44]

"Sumas First Nation is trying to construct a fish weir on its traditional territory in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, in the face of environmental and bureaucratic obstacles"

Environmental Justice [45]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Food [46]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [47]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
Canada [48]
Source: The Narwhal [49], 01/10/2025
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