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"Feds Approve Another Deepwater Oil Export Terminal Off Texas" [1]

"The Trump administration on Friday approved plans for a second deepwater oil loading terminal off the Texas coast, opening another door for continued long-term growth in American crude production and exports." "An export infrastructure buildout will enable further growth in American oil production as momentum fades on a phase-out of fossil fuels, even as global temperatures continue to break records."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [11], 02/20/2025
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"Climate Advocacy Groups File Two Lawsuits Against Trump Administration" [12]

"Green advocacy groups filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration on Wednesday, marking the first environmental legal challenges against the president’s second administration. Both focus on the Trump administration’s moves to open up more of US waters to oil and gas drilling, which the plaintiffs say are illegal."

Activism [13]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [14], 02/20/2025
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"EPA Plan For LA Wildfire Cleanup Stirs Protests Over Toxic Dangers" [15]

"Demonstrators have protested against an expedited cleanup process that would involve using a beloved beach as a toxic waste sorting site"

Activism [13]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Waste [21]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 02/19/2025
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Insurance Meltdown a Foreseeable Climate Disaster [24]

Whether fires in California or flooding in North Carolina, climate disasters are revealing a major fault line in U.S. emergency response — a serious insurance shortfall that may lead to financial catastrophe. The new Issue Backgrounder explores the risks of underinsured disasters, the limits to the national flood insurance programs and FEMA aid, and the predictable scapegoating that has created solution gridlock.

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Backgrounders [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [26]
Disasters [17]
Economy & Business [27]
Government [28]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [29]
Planning & Growth [30]
Policy [31]
Water & Oceans [7]
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Public [8]
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"World’s Largely Unprotected Peatlands Are Ticking ‘Carbon Bomb’, Warns Study" [32]

"The world’s peatlands are “dangerously underprotected” despite the colossal amount of climate-heating carbon dioxide already being emitted due to their destruction, a study has warned."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Studies [35]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [10]
Source: Guardian [36], 02/14/2025
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"Coca-Cola Says It May Use More Plastic Due To Trump Tariffs" [37]

"Coca-Cola may have to sell more drinks in plastic bottles in the US if President Donald Trump's tariffs end up making aluminium cans more expensive, the company's chief executive, James Quincey, said in a call with investors."

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Waste [21]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: BBC News [38], 02/14/2025
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Trump Funding Freeze Could Leave Communities On Their Own To Face Climate [39]

"Removing lead paint and pipes. Cleaning up contaminated land. Monitoring pollution. Making houses more energy efficient. Installing solar panels in low-income neighborhoods. Those are some of the projects across the country that were cut off from federal funding when the Trump administration paused spending approved earlier by Congress."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [41], 02/13/2025
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"NOAA Imposes Limits On Scientists, Sparking Concerns Over Global Forecasts" [42]

"The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has placed onerous new restrictions on its scientists that people within the agency say could hamper the quality and availability of the world’s weather forecasts, among other key services."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [35]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [19]
Science [44]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [45], 02/13/2025
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Calif. Loves Dungeness Crab, But Whale Safety Concerns Put Industry In Peril [46]

"The Dungeness crab fishery is under increasing regulation as California tries to prevent whales from getting entangled in fishing gear. Facing a truncated season and sharp limits on how many pots they can throw, crabbers wonder whether the industry can survive. Experiments with a new form of pop-up crabbing gear show promise and could offer a solution."

Biodiversity [34]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [19]
Technology [47]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [48]
Public [8]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [49], 02/12/2025
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"NOAA Is Told to Make List of Climate-Related Grants, Setting Off Fears" [50]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the world’s leading climate science agencies, has been ordered to identify grants related to global warming and other topics targeted by President Trump’s executive orders, raising fears that those grants are at risk of being canceled."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [35]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Science [44]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [51], 02/12/2025
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