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"A Michigan Coal Plant Was About To Close. Trump Ordered It To Stay Open." [1]

"The Trump administration has followed through on a threat to use emergency wartime powers to force expensive and polluting coal-fired power plants to stay open — even if the utilities that own them, the states in which they operate, and the grid operators responsible for maintaining reliability all agree it’s safe to shut them down."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Technology [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: Canary Media [12], 05/29/2025
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"Judge Halts Trump Administration Effort To Axe New York Congestion Pricing" [13]

"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 [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
Source: The Hill [20], 05/29/2025
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"Trump Plan Could Offload Hundreds Of National Park Sites To States" [21]

"The National Park Service manages 433 units around the country, including many smaller parks aimed at preserving places of historical significance." 

Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [23], 05/29/2025
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"Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Stop Arizona Copper Mine" [24]

"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 [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [26]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 05/29/2025
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"Trump Forces Showdown Over Nuclear Regulation" [29]

"In his call Friday for a nationwide expansion of new nuclear power plants, President Donald Trump has set up a potentially historic showdown between his authority and the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. standard-setter for nuclear safety for the past half-century."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Transportation [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [31], 05/28/2025
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"EPA Grants Pollution Permit To Gulf Coast Fish Farm" [32]

"A planned fish farm off Florida’s Gulf Coast has received an environmental permit allowing operators to discharge nutrient-laden water from what could be the first commercial-scale saltwater aquaculture operation in the Gulf of Mexico."

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Mexico [37]
Source: E&E News [38], 05/28/2025
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RFK Jr. Threatens To Bar Govt Scientists From Publishing In Medical Journals [39]

"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to stop government scientists from publishing their work in major medical journals on a podcast Tuesday as part of his escalating war on institutions he says are influenced by pharmaceutical companies."

Agriculture [40]
Chemicals [41]
Consumer [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [42]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Science [44]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Politico [45], 05/28/2025
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"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 [41]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [47]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [7]
Science [44]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [48], 05/28/2025
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"Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Bill May Derail U.S. Battery Industry" [49]

"Domestic factories that make batteries to store power to meet America’s rising energy demand depend on Chinese components and federal subsidies."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Technology [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [50], 05/28/2025
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Pro-Trump 2020 “Stop the Count” Activist Lands High-Level Job at Interior [51]

"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 [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [17]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Public Domain [52], 05/28/2025
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