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House Passes Bipartisan Measures To Speed Geothermal Energy Projects [1]

"The package of geothermal permitting reforms comes as Republicans and Democrats alike look to boost clean, 24/7 power supplies. Now it heads to the Senate."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [7]
Policy [8]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Canary Media [12], 06/04/2026
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Trump Expected To Announce $700M Boost For Coal [13]

"Trump is set to use wartime authority under the Defense Prevention Act to dole out $425 million to 13 existing coal plants and $75 million for an export terminal in California. He is also expected to announce $185 million in grant funding from the Energy Department to build two new coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia and restart a plant in Maryland."

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Policy [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [14], 06/04/2026
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"One of Congress’ Most Popular Bills Is Running Into Trump Headwinds" [15]

"Legislation to approve water projects is typically one of the most bipartisan bills to pass Congress, but advancing a package this year may be harder thanks to President Donald Trump’s penchant for withholding funding from his political enemies."

Consumer [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [21]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [23], 06/03/2026
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Trump Wants To Close Federal Watchdog Probing W. Va.’s Chemical Disasters [24]

"President Trump’s proposed budget eliminates funding for the Chemical Safety Board, the agency investigating last month’s deadly chemical leak in Kanawha County."

Chemicals [25]
Conflict/Corruption [26]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [21]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: Mountain State Spotlight [31], 06/03/2026
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"Indiana Coal Plant That Trump Forced To Stay Open Is Not Operating" [32]

"The DOE says the Schahfer plant is key for reliability, but repairs mean it’ll be offline for much of 2026. The grid is set to be just fine without it this summer."

Climate Change [33]
Conflict/Corruption [26]
Consumer [16]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [21]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: Canary Media [35], 06/03/2026
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"Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Removal of Ocean Monitors" [36]

"Democrats said Tuesday they intend to fight the Trump administration’s plan to eradicate a deep-ocean observation system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems."

Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [33]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [38]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [39]
Source: New York Times [40], 06/03/2026
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7 Blue States Sue To Stop Trump’s Offshore Wind Deal With TotalEnergies [41]

"New York and six other Democratic-led states are challenging the Trump administration’s controversial efforts to pay private energy firms to abandon their U.S. offshore wind projects."

Climate Change [33]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Canary Media [42], 06/03/2026
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"Dive Into a Very Noisy Sea With Some Very Rare Whales" [43]

"Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remain on Earth. Here’s what they sound like when they communicate. They live only in the Gulf of Mexico, where air guns firing sonic blasts are used to survey the ocean floor for oil and gas. The low frequency of the blasts overlaps with the frequency of the calls of the whales."

Biodiversity [37]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [38]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [44]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: New York Times [45], 06/02/2026
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DOD Bans Journalists From Press Office, Designating It A Classified Space [46]

"The Defense Department has designated its press office a classified space and banned journalists from accessing it to meet with the public affairs officers who have traditionally answered their questions." "The change creates a new barrier compared with previous administrations, under which the office was an open room where reporters could stop by the desks of military public affairs officials without escorts."

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [47]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: Washington Post [48], 06/02/2026
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"Dangerous Chemical Plant Disasters Spotlight Trump’s Deregulatory Efforts" [49]

"Critics are outraged that the Trump administration is moving to roll back chemical safety rules even as the U.S. faces deadly industrial chemical incidents."

Chemicals [25]
Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [21]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [50], 06/02/2026
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