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"Democrats Slam Trump’s Rollback Of Fuel Economy Rules" [1]

"Congressional Democrats slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed rollback of auto efficiency standards Wednesday, while Republicans wholeheartedly supported the move."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [12], 12/08/2025
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"Corn’s Clean-Energy Promise Is Clashing With Its Climate Footprint" [13]

"Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water."

Agriculture [14]
Biodiversity [15]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [19]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Floodlight [23], 12/08/2025
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"Alaska Republicans Push Back On Trump Offshore Drilling Plan" [24]

"Alaska’s Republican senators are splitting with the Trump administration over an expansive offshore lease plan that would open large swaths of the state’s waters to drilling."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 12/08/2025
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"Plastic Pollution Could More Than Double By 2040, Report Finds" [29]

"Failure to address a worldwide plastic pollution crisis could trigger a surge in greenhouse gas emissions and human health problems tied to the industry, according to a new report."

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [30]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [31]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [10]
International [32]
Source: The New Lede [33], 12/08/2025
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"Maha v Maga: Feud Grows As Trump EPA Rolls Back Rules On Toxic Chemicals" [34]

"“Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement leaders have put out a petition calling for Donald Trump to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin, who, since being appointed in late January, has quickly moved to undo toxic chemical regulations and fast-track pesticide approvals."

Agriculture [14]
Chemicals [16]
Consumer [17]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [19]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Guardian [36], 12/08/2025
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Top Environment and Energy Topics To Watch in 2026 [37]

Explore our 10th annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, as we scour the beat to identify 15 top stories to put on your radar for 2026. Our updated format for the special report provides a quick read and a broad scope — with insights on climate change and environmental justice, bird and insect declines, data centers and deep sea mining, deregulation and PFAS and much more. Get started here [37].

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Activism [39]
Agriculture [14]
Air [2]
Biodiversity [15]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [40]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [30]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Forests [41]
Government [42]
Health [43]
Infrastructure [44]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Military [46]
Natural Resources [47]
Policy [48]
Pollution [8]
Science [49]
Technology [31]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [22]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
California [50]
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Interior Dept Finally Releases High Official’s Financial Disclosure [59]

"After a long delay, the Interior Department’s Office of Government Ethics last week provided Public Domain the financial disclosure of Karen Budd-Falen, a high-ranking Trump appointee at DOI." "Karen Budd-Falen, a self-described “cowboy lawyer," owns ranch operations and real estate rentals. Her family has also had sizable investments in oil companies."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [47]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Public Domain [60], 12/05/2025
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Farmers Block Mexico’s Congress With Tractors To Protest Water Law Proposal [61]

"Dozens of farmers drove their tractors in a caravan to Mexico City and blocked an entrance to Mexico’s Congress on Wednesday to protest a new national water law that imposes stricter controls on water use."

Activism [39]
Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [44]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [26]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [10]
Mexico [62]
Source: AP [63], 12/05/2025
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Chesapeake Bay Leaders Agree on Longer Timeline and Tribal Role in Cleanup [64]

"The revised watershed agreement extends pollution-reduction targets and bets on voluntary measures to achieve cleanup goals that have remained elusive for decades."

Agriculture [14]
Biodiversity [15]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Food [19]
Government [42]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 12/05/2025
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"US Congress Repeals Biden-Era Limits On Oil And Gas In Alaska Refuge" [66]

"Congressional lawmakers on Thursday voted to repeal a Biden-era policy that limited the amount of land in an Alaska wildlife refuge that could be leased for oil and gas development. The U.S. Senate voted 49-45 to approve a resolution that revokes the Interior Department's 2024 rule governing energy development on the 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge."

Biodiversity [15]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [47]
Wildlife [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Source: Reuters [67], 12/05/2025
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