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"Bid To Oust Zeldin Cites ‘EPA-Sanctioned Pollution Spree’" [1]

"Moms Clean Air Force is activating its million-plus members in a bid to oust Administrator Lee Zeldin from EPA."

Activism [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [9], 12/10/2025
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Chemical Lobbyists At Trump EPA Double Amount of Formaldehyde Deemed Safe [10]

"Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them." "The chemical industry finally got its wish."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: ProPublica [13], 12/10/2025
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NPS Fee-Free Calendar Drops MLK Day, Juneteenth And Adds Trump's Birthday [14]

"The Trump administration has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from next year's calendar of entrance fee-free days for national parks and added President Trump's birthday to the list, according to the National Park Service, as the administration continues to push back against a reckoning of the country's racist history on federal lands."

Diversity [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [5]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [21], 12/09/2025
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"Under RFK Jr., The CDC Provides A Megaphone To The Anti-Vaccine Movement" [22]

"For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has fought attempts by the anti-vaccine movement to sow doubts in the safety and efficacy of the shots that marked a triumph of public health. This week, the agency instead provided a powerful platform for the cause."

Activism [2]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [5]
Science [25]
Technology [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [27], 12/09/2025
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"Trump Admin Orders Parks To Purge Shops Of DEI, Trans References" [28]

"The National Park Service has ordered park rangers to remove books and retail items at park gifts shops that run afoul of President Donald Trump’s edicts targeting diversity and equity across the federal government, according to a recent memo viewed by POLITICO’s E&E News."

Climate Change [29]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [5]
Science [25]
Wildlife [30]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [31], 12/09/2025
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PEER Warns that OIRA Chief Jeffrey Clark’s “Acting” Role Is Illegal [32]

"In a new letter to U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is warning that  Jeffrey Clark’s role as “Acting Administrator” of the Office of information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is in violation of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA) and actions he has taken could be in legal jeopardy."

Activism [2]
Biodiversity [33]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [35]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: PEER [36], 12/09/2025
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France's Tap Water Is Widely Polluted With TFA, The Most Common PFAS [37]

"A French state health agency analyzed over 600 samples of drinking water. 92% of them contained traces of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), the smallest PFAS molecule, which is suspected to be toxic. "

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [38]
Food [39]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [7]
Europe [41]
Source: Le Monde [42], 12/08/2025
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Pesticide Drift Catches Schools Off Guard. Lawmakers Want Spraying Notice [43]

"More than 700 Illinois schools are within a quarter-mile of crop fields, yet state law doesn’t require pesticide applicators to notify them before spraying. Advocates say a new notification proposal would give educators and park staff time to move children indoors and reduce exposure."

Agriculture [44]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [45]
Source: Investgate Midwest [46], 12/08/2025
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"‘Hail Mary Pass’: EPA Faces High Bar In Bid To Ditch Soot Rule" [47]

"The Trump administration faces steep odds in persuading a federal court to throw out landmark EPA regulations targeting a pollutant that claims thousands of lives each year, according to specialists in environmental law."

Air [48]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [49], 12/08/2025
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"Alaska Republicans Push Back On Trump Offshore Drilling Plan" [50]

"Alaska’s Republican senators are splitting with the Trump administration over an expansive offshore lease plan that would open large swaths of the state’s waters to drilling."

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [52]
Source: E&E News [53], 12/08/2025
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