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"Watchdog: EPA, States Behind On Hazardous Waste Inspections" [1]

"EPA’s independent federal watchdog found the agency’s process for inspecting large hazardous waste generators was inconsistent, leaving one-fifth of sites without oversight during a five-year period."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [12], 04/30/2026
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"Feds Order Immediate Inspection Of Cheboygan Dam Powerhouse" [13]

"Federal energy regulators have ordered immediate inspections of the Cheboygan Dam powerhouse and other Michigan dams that faced the risk of failure in this month’s historic flooding. Separately, state officials said they plan to inspect dams under their oversight to check for damage from the high waters that nearly overtook several impoundments last week amid spring snowmelt and heavy rains."

Disasters [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Source: Bridge Michigan [19], 04/29/2026
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"Trump Pulls Park Service Nominee" [20]

"President Trump on Monday withdrew his nominee to lead the National Park Service (NPS)."

Biodiversity [21]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [22]
Government [6]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [16]
Wildlife [24]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [25], 04/29/2026
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"ICE Planning Facility For Children And Families On Pfas-Contaminated Site" [26]

"Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a detention facility for children and their families on one the nation’s most Pfas-contaminated sites, which also serves as a hub for the president’s deportation program."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: Guardian [29], 04/28/2026
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"Shrunken Offshore Energy Regulator Faces An Outsize Challenge" [30]

"A new agency for offshore energy development that’s seen its workforce shrink in recent years — and is targeted for funding cuts next year by the Trump administration — will be taking on a quickly growing portfolio of responsibilities."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [32], 04/28/2026
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Trump Fires All 24 Members of National Science Foundation’s Governing Body [33]

"U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday fired all 24 members of the National Science Board (NSB), the body that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF). Many science advocates see it as the latest step by his administration to erode—some would say destroy—the independence of the 76-year-old research agency."

Climate Change [34]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [35]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [16]
Science [36]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Science [37], 04/27/2026
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As UN Climate Talks Falter, a Smaller Coalition Eyes Fossil Fuel Exit [38]

"More than 50 countries will gather in Colombia to try to develop real-world timetables to phase out oil and gas amid global energy shocks and petrostate stalling."

Activism [39]
Climate Change [34]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
International [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 04/27/2026
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"A New Bureau Will Oversee Both Offshore Drilling and Seabed Mining" [42]

"The Trump administration is creating a new office that critics say could weaken the environmental oversight of oil drilling and seabed mining in territorial waters." "The new federal office will undo a change made after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Critics say it could reduce environmental oversight."

Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [8]
Technology [44]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [45], 04/24/2026
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"Trump Invokes War Powers To Juice Fossil Energy, Grid" [46]

"President Donald Trump invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act on Monday to shore up federal funding for a host of energy projects — involving oil, gas, coal and the grid — as the White House moved to buffer climbing electricity and fuel costs."

Climate Change [34]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Military [47]
Pollution [8]
Technology [44]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [48], 04/23/2026
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"Trump Vets Exit EPA’s Press Office" [49]

"Two veteran officials from the first Trump administration — Michael Abboud and Molly Vaseliou — have left EPA’s Office of External Affairs."

Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [50]
People & Population [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [51], 04/23/2026
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