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Worry Swirls Over Cuts To Key Federal Agencies As Hurricane Season Begins [1]

"With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to hurricanes."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [12], 06/03/2025
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UK: Toxic Pesticide Found In Tampons 40x Higher Than Legal Limit For Water [13]

"Glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, found at very high levels in menstrual products in the UK, according to report" 

Agriculture [14]
Chemicals [15]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [19]
Public [10]
Europe [20]
Source: Guardian [21], 06/02/2025
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"Youth Launch New Climate Lawsuit Against Trump’s Energy Orders" [22]

"The next generation of youth climate litigation was filed in federal district court on Thursday, challenging President Donald Trump’s executive orders that young plaintiffs say violate their constitutional rights."

Climate Change [2]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [23], 06/02/2025
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"Is The Oil And Gas Boom Harming New Mexico’s Students?" [24]

"Fossil fuel revenues bankroll education spending in this state, but schools exposed to industry pollution face environmental risks that can affect children’s health and performance." 

Air [25]
Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: Searchlight NM/AP [29], 06/02/2025
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Ancestral Eyes: Storytelling Under The Night Skies Of The Stargazer Highway [30]

"Against the black night, the darker-than-night silhouettes of Monument Valley buttes graced the horizon. Overhead, stars were scattered across the sky—a prank by Coyote, according to Navajo legend—and the stripe of Milky Way stars arced brilliantly across the sky from the southwest to the northeast horizon."

Environmental Studies [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: National Parks Traveler [34], 05/30/2025
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"HHS Cancels Funding For Moderna To Develop Vaccines To Combat Bird Flu" [35]

"The Department of Health and Human Services is pulling millions of dollars it had committed to give Moderna to aid the effort to develop a vaccine to combat the bird flu in humans, the company announced Wednesday.

Environmental Politics [5]
Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Science [37]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [38], 05/30/2025
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"Insurance Costs Are Soaring Around Tornado Alley. Hail Is The Big Problem." [39]

"The cost of homeowners insurance is soaring in states where large outbreaks of tornadoes are becoming more common. But it's hail — not tornadoes — that are the biggest concern for insurers in the middle of the country, according to industry experts and analysts."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NPR [40], 05/30/2025
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"US Woman Brings First-Ever Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Big Oil" [41]

"A woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a major heatwave."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northwest (OR WA) [43]
Source: Guardian [44], 05/30/2025
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Almost 40% Of World’s Glaciers Already Doomed Due To Climate – Study [45]

"Almost 40% of glaciers in existence today are already doomed to melt due to climate-heating emissions from fossil fuels, a study has found."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Studies [31]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [46]
Source: Guardian [47], 05/30/2025
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Appeals Court Revives Tribal Challenge To $10B SunZia Transmission Project [48]

"A federal appeals court has sided with Native American tribes in their fight against the federal government over a $10 billion energy transmission line designed to carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away as California."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: AP [49], 05/30/2025
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