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Trump Ends Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Black Alabama Communities [1]

"The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Alabamians in majority-Black communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”

Consumer [2]
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Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [14], 04/16/2025
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"Researchers Identify US Counties With Worst Drinking Water Violations" [15]

"The U.S. counties with the most egregious water quality violations are concentrated in four states: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oklahoma, a new study has found."

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [17], 04/16/2025
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Trump Axed Rule Designed To Spare Taxpayers The Burden Of Future Flooding [18]

"The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [21]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Grist/BPR [22], 04/15/2025
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Trump 2.0 Cuts Hit FOIA Offices at Federal Agencies [23]

The Freedom of Information Act is a key tool for environmental journalists, but firings at many federal agencies’ FOIA offices threaten to seriously undermine it. That’s the warning from WatchDog Opinion, which points to dire implications for the free flow of information on public health and environmental health threats. A look at what’s at stake and what some are doing to keep FOIA alive.

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"A Legacy Of Resistance Lives On In Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’" [28]

"On a recent Wednesday night, three flares were raging from the industrial smoke stacks at Norco Shell, so bright they could be seen miles away from the interstate at the Bonnet Carré Spillway. They were my guide to Woodland Plantation in La Place, Louisiana, whose new owners were commemorating the site of the largest enslaved revolt in U.S. history."

Activism [29]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Military [30]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [31], 04/14/2025
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"Layoffs And Funding Delays Could Slow Fight Against Lead, Experts Say" [32]

"Funding delays for lead pipe replacement and the elimination of a CDC lead program could put children at risk."

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [33], 04/14/2025
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Court Allows Suit Alleging Environmental Racism In La. Parish To Proceed [34]

"A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward, a federal appellate court says."

Activism [29]
Chemicals [16]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: AP [36], 04/14/2025
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"Trump Hits Delete For Energy, Environment Regs" [37]

"The president’s suite of executive orders to decimate environmental regulations will propel his administration into court."

Biodiversity [38]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [19]
Consumer [2]
Disasters [20]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [40]
Government [25]
Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [42]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [43], 04/14/2025
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#SEJ2025 — Confronting the Past, Surviving the Future [44]

Next week, hundreds of environmental journalists are expected to gather in Arizona for #SEJ2025, the Society of Environmental Journalists’ expansive annual conference. Co-chair Kendal Blust has highlights of the four-day event, plus how the challenges facing the Southwest are those of communities across the United States, and why now is a critical time for journalists to come together. Read her rundown [44] and register now [45], before the April 16 midnight deadline.

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Agriculture [47]
Biodiversity [38]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [48]
Food [49]
Government [25]
Health [26]
Journalism & Media [50]
Natural Resources [51]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [21]
Policy [27]
Pollution [9]
Science [52]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [42]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [53]
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Smithsonian Could Be Start Of Trump’s Plan To Edit History. Or The End. [56]

"The president may not like how the museum and research institution tells the American story — but Americans do."

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Natural Resources [51]
People & Population [8]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [57]
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Source: Washington Post [58], 04/11/2025
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