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Residents Oppose Alabama Medical Waste Facility Amid Anonymous Support [1]

"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 [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Waste [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 09/05/2025
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Wild Dust Storm Wreaks Havoc At Burning Man Festival As Campsites Blown Away [13]

"A powerful dust storm wreaked havoc on Nevada’s annual Burning Man festival over the weekend, tossing around early attendees’ campsites and trapping incoming Burners in up to eight hours of stop-and-go traffic."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Infrastructure [16]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: New York Post [21], 08/27/2025
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Tribes Want To Give Colorado River the Same Legal Rights as a Person [22]

"The move by the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California would give rights of nature to the water, marking a historic first."

Activism [2]
Biodiversity [23]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [18]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: KUNC [27], 08/27/2025
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"Covid Vaccine Opponent Tapped to Lead Federal Review Team" [28]

"A task force formed by an influential advisory committee to review the safety of Covid vaccines will be led by a panel member who has described the shots as “the most failing medical product in the history of medical products.”

Activism [2]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [30]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [31]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [32], 08/25/2025
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"US Pipeline Protester’s Obstruction Conviction Overturned By Appeals Court" [33]

"The controversial felony conviction of a peaceful climate activist has been overturned by an appeals court due to “pervasive” prosecutorial misconduct."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [35], 08/20/2025
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‘People Will Die’ — Stories Behind Trump Budget Bill [36]

The Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is anything but, especially in its unraveling of efforts to weave environmental and climate justice into American society, argues the new Voices of Environmental Justice. In her latest column, writer Yessenia Funes calls on journalists to report its ramifications not just for the planet but for the most vulnerable people living on it. Here are key stories to start with.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Voices of Environmental Justice [37]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Air [38]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [30]
Health [6]
Infrastructure [16]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [18]
Policy [41]
Pollution [19]
Waste [8]
Water & Oceans [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
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"White House Delays Public Release Of Kennedy’s Children’s Health Strategy" [43]

"Industry will have to wait longer for the report, which is expected to give the government’s response to childhood chronic diseases."

Activism [2]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [30]
Health [6]
People & Population [18]
Science [31]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Politico [44], 08/14/2025
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"Sierra Club Staff Says Boss’s Ouster Is ‘A Relief’" [45]

"Ben Jealous is officially out as the Sierra Club’s boss after two turbulent years marked by infighting and drama inside the green group."

Activism [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [46], 08/13/2025
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"Green Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Report Downplaying Climate Damage" [47]

"Environmental advocates are suing the Trump administration over what they described as a secretive plan to undermine climate science."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [48]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [31]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [49], 08/13/2025
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"The Slow-Moving Fight to Clean New Jersey’s Most Contaminated River" [50]

"More than 40 years after the Passaic River was declared a Superfund site, cancer-causing toxins still line its bottom. While residents drink from its waters, cleanup stalls under corporate resistance and potential federal budget cuts."

Activism [2]
Chemicals [39]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [19]
Waste [8]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 08/11/2025
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