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"Decision To Axe Advisory Groups Could Spell Trouble For US Food Safety" [1]

"A Trump administration move to axe key food safety advisory committees could leave the public more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses, critics fear, particularly alongside current legislative efforts to undermine proposed safety regulations on food processors."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
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Food [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The New Lede [12], 03/17/2025
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Trump Admin Voids Permit for New Jersey Wind Farm Trump Opposes [13]

"A critical permit for an offshore wind farm planned near the New Jersey Shore has been invalidated by an administrative appeals board, seven weeks after President Donald Trump declared he hoped the project was “dead and gone.”

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Source: Bloomberg [18], 03/17/2025
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Some US Scientists Stick with the IPCC Despite Trump Pullout [19]

"Despite a series of directives from the Trump administration aimed at disengaging the U.S. government from international climate collaboration, five U.S. scientists are part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s team of 100 experts from 50 countries who met in Osaka, Japan, this week to start writing a report about global warming and cities that is due in 2027."

Climate Change [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [20]
Science [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 03/17/2025
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"Reality Check: Hurdles Await EPA’s Deregulatory Spree" [22]

"The Trump administration won’t have an easy time legally defending its massive regulatory rollback. It could still cause major damage."

Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [23], 03/17/2025
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"Burn Pit Fund For Veterans On Chopping Block In GOP Spending Bill" [24]

"Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in a stopgap federal spending bill passed by House Republicans this week that would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs fund meant to cover costs for illnesses linked to military burn pits and other chemical exposure."

Air [25]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Military [26]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [28]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [29], 03/17/2025
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"Judge Orders EPA To Rehire Fired Employees" [30]

"EPA is now among the agencies facing court orders to reinstate “probationary” employees who were terminated as part of President Donald Trump’s endeavor to shrink the federal government."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [28]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [33], 03/17/2025
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New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste [34]

Industry experts and government regulators have long known that radionuclides reside in oil and natural gas. Yet radioactive emissions and waste continue to threaten the lives of workers and community members across the country. Investigative journalist Justin Nobel on the opportunities and urgent need for reporters to drill into a story steeped in questions of accountability, health and justice.

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Climate Change [14]
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Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [20]
Government [31]
Health [38]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [32]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [40]
People & Population [27]
Policy [41]
Pollution [28]
Science [9]
Technology [42]
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Water & Oceans [16]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
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"Trump Administration Plans To Give Dirty US Coal Plants A Reprieve On Soot" [53]

"President Donald Trump's administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants in a move intended to help keep some of the nation's dirtiest plants operational."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [28]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Reuters [54], 03/14/2025
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"Criminal Targeting Of Environmental Groups ‘Scary,’ Advocates Say" [55]

"Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump"

Activism [36]
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [27]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Floodlight [57], 03/14/2025
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"EPA to Redefine Protected Wetlands, Reversing Biden Rule" [58]

"The EPA will redefine waters of the US, or WOTUS, to comply with the US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, which lifted Clean Water Act jurisdiction on many wetlands, Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday."

Biodiversity [59]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [61]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [62], 03/14/2025
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