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Almost 40% Of World’s Glaciers Already Doomed Due To Climate – Study [1]

"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 [4]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [9]
Source: Guardian [10], 05/30/2025

Appeals Court Revives Tribal Challenge To $10B SunZia Transmission Project [11]

"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 [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: AP [19], 05/30/2025

Trump Admin Reverses Planned Closures Of 3 Dozen US Mine Safety Offices [20]

"The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws, the Department of Labor said Thursday."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [22], 05/30/2025

"Judge Halts Trump Administration Effort To Axe New York Congestion Pricing" [23]

"A judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program, which imposes a significant toll on cars entering part of Manhattan."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [24]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [26]
Transportation [27]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Source: The Hill [29], 05/29/2025

"Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Stop Arizona Copper Mine" [30]

"The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from some members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe to block a massive proposed copper mine that they say will destroy a holy site in Arizona known as Oak Flat."

Environmental Justice [13]
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Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [31]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: E&E News [32], 05/29/2025

Manitoba Declares A State Of Emergency Over Wildfires As Thousands Flee [33]

The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help. ... The fires have forced 17,000 people across several communities to flee."

Climate Change [2]
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Forests [34]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
Canada [36]
Source: AP [37], 05/29/2025

"Is Another Locust Invasion Heading For Africa?" [38]

"The United Nations is warning countries in northwest Africa to boost monitoring and begin early control measures as swarms of desert locusts move into the region."

Agriculture [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Disasters [3]
Food [41]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Wildlife [42]
Public [8]
Africa [43]
Middle East [44]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [45], 05/28/2025

"Trump Orders Major Revamp Of Agencies’ Handling Of Scientific Research" [46]

"President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a sweeping overhaul of federal agencies’ handling of scientific research, coupled with a requirement to revisit all Biden-era regulations to ensure that they mesh with the new policy."

Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [26]
Science [48]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [49], 05/28/2025

Advocates Applaud MAHA Report On Chemical Harms, But Say It Falls Short [50]

"Exposures to pesticides and other chemicals, ultra-processed foods and over-prescription of medications are among the factors contributing to an epidemic of chronic disease in America’s children, according to a government report issued Thursday by the Trump administration’s controversial “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission.'

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [47]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [21]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [26]
Science [48]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [51], 05/28/2025

Pro-Trump 2020 “Stop the Count” Activist Lands High-Level Job at Interior [52]

"Interior Department appointee Daniel Gustafson is a long-time Trump loyalist who participated in a protest to “stop the count” of Michigan ballots in 2020."

Environmental Politics [14]
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Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Public Domain [53], 05/28/2025

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