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Utilities Don't Want To Clean Up Their Toxic Coal Ash. EPA Grants Their Wish. [1]

"Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [15], 03/26/2025
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"Trump Wants States To Handle Disasters. States Aren't Prepared" [16]

"President Trump has signed an executive order directing state and local governments to "play a more active and significant role" in preparing for disasters. For months, Trump has said he's considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the country's disaster response arm."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [17]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [18], 03/26/2025
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EPA Knew It Wrongfully Canceled Dozens Of Environmental Grants: Documents [19]

"Trump officials knew their legal justification for terminating dozens of Environmental Protection Agency grants was flawed, according to documents and internal emails reviewed by The Washington Post."

Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [22], 03/26/2025
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"Juliana v. US: Supreme Court Decision Brings 10-Year Climate Case to an End" [23]

"Although young plaintiffs and their supporters were disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ending their constitutional climate lawsuit on Monday, they also emphasized the positive and far-reaching impacts of Juliana v. United States over the past decade."

Activism [24]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Common Dreams [26], 03/25/2025
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"The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright" [27]

"In his confirmation hearing, the Liberty Energy founder pledged broad support for renewable energy. But when speaking to conservatives, he declared, “We don’t have replacements” for coal, oil and gas."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [29], 03/25/2025
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"Trump Will Nominate Acting CDC Director Susan Monarez For The Position" [30]

"President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a longtime federal staffer, to the permanent position, a White House official confirmed Monday."

Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [31]
Government [17]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [32], 03/25/2025
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Georgia Jury Orders Bayer To Pay Nearly $2.1 Billion In Roundup Suit [33]

"A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff."

Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [35], 03/25/2025
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Congress Seeks Trillions in Cuts. Will Oil Industry’s Tax Breaks Skate By? [36]

"With a $4.5 trillion fight over tax cuts looming, the oil and gas industry wants to protect billions of dollars in tax benefits it enjoys and get new ones, too."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 03/25/2025
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"Voice Of America Journalists Sue Trump Officials For Dismantling The Outlet" [38]

"The lawsuit asks a federal judge to order Trump administration officials to restore VOA."

"Six Voice of America journalists — including its former White House bureau chief — sued members of the Trump administration Friday, accusing officials of unlawfully shuttering a federally funded media outlet that has delivered news coverage to millions across the globe since its founding during World War II.

Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [39], 03/25/2025
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Hazardous Risk Reporting Resource at Risk of Trump Blackout [40]

Hazardous sites around the United States are supposed to have disaster plans, which make for a localizable story environmental journalists can tell to help protect their communities. The problem, reports TipSheet, is that a key federal database of these plans may be shut down by the Trump administration. More on the Risk Management Program, efforts to protect the data and how reporters can use it.

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