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"What’s the Cost to Society of Pollution? Trump Says Zero." [1]

"The Trump administration has directed agencies to stop estimating the economic impact of climate change when developing policies and regulations."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 05/13/2025
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"The EPA Will Likely Gut Team That Studies Health Risks From Chemicals" [12]

"Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: WIRED [16], 05/13/2025
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House GOP Targets Clean Energy Tax Credits And Pollution Rules In Budget Bill [17]

"House Republicans are calling for billions of dollars in funding cuts for Biden-era climate and environmental programs, including clean energy tax credits, as lawmakers seek to reverse what one GOP leader called “the most reckless parts of the engorged climate spending” approved under former President Joe Biden."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [20], 05/13/2025
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Congress OKs Bill Ending Biden-Era Rule Targeting Rubber Tire Emissions [21]

"Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes in the U.S."

Air [22]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [23]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [24], 05/12/2025
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"5 Things To Know About EPA’s Overhaul" [25]

"The plans laid out May 2 included new organizational charts that suggest the elimination of — or, at the very least, the relocation of — key programs tackling climate change, “forever chemicals” and pollution prevention."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Science [27]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [28], 05/12/2025
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"There Is No ‘Energy Emergency,’ a New Lawsuit Claims" [29]

"Fifteen states sued the Trump administration over its declaration of an “energy emergency,” arguing that there is no emergency and that the order instructs regulators to illegally bypass reviews of fossil fuel projects, potentially damaging the environment."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [30], 05/12/2025
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"Trump Tightens Control Of Independent Agency Overseeing Nuclear Safety" [31]

"The Trump administration has tightened its control over the independent agency responsible for overseeing America's nuclear reactors, and it is considering an executive order that could further erode its autonomy, two U.S. officials who declined to speak publicly because they feared retribution told NPR."

Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [32]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [33], 05/12/2025
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"Public Lands Sales The New Threat To GOP Megabill" [34]

"A last-minute add to the Republican tax, energy and national security megabill mandating the sale of public lands threatens to fracture GOP support for the sweeping measure, presenting Speaker Mike Johnson a new hurdle as he races to assuage his party on multiple fronts."

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [36]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [37], 05/12/2025
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Trump To Stop US Research On Space Pollution, In Boon To Elon Musk [38]

"The Trump administration is poised to kill federal research into pollution from satellites and rockets, including some caused by Elon Musk’s space companies, raising new conflict-of-interest questions about the billionaire SpaceX and Starlink owner."

Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [39]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [40], 05/12/2025
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"Enviros Release Climate Emissions Data After EPA Refused" [41]

"An environmental group has released EPA’s annual accounting of greenhouse gas emissions after the agency refused to do so."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [42]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Science [27]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [44], 05/12/2025
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