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"Groups Express Alarm About Mike Lee Lands Amendment" [1]

"The Senate may vote on an amendment to spending legislation that critics say could lead to public lands sales."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Wildlife [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [10], 12/22/2025
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"At FEMA, $900 Million In Grants, Loans Awaits Noem’s Approval" [11]

"More than $900 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants and loans are awaiting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s approval under her controversial policy of personally reviewing major expenditures, an agency source told The Hill."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [19], 12/22/2025
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"Another Trump Financial Conflict, This Time With Nuclear Power" [20]

"Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway."

Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [23], 12/22/2025
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DOE Watchdog Will Audit Trump Cuts Of Nearly $8B In Clean Energy Grants [24]

"An internal watchdog in the U.S. Department of Energy will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects across 16 states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [25], 12/19/2025
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"PJM’s Capacity Costs Hit Record As Grid Falls Short On Supply" [26]

"Data center construction and clogged-up generation queues are driving costs — and political backlash — in the country’s biggest power market."

Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Technology [27]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: Canary Media [30], 12/19/2025
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"Is RFK Jr. Backing Big Food’s Drive To Overturn Tough New State Laws?" [31]

"Secretary Kennedy echoes industry talking points on food safety laws"

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [33]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: U.S. Right to Know [34], 12/19/2025
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"Trump Officials Dive Into The West’s Biggest Water War" [35]

"The Trump administration is turning up the pressure on Western states to cut a deal to shrink their water use as the drought-stricken Colorado River careens towards crisis."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Politico [36], 12/19/2025
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Senate Confirms Isaacman as NASA Administrator In Do-Over After Musk Feud [37]

"The Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator on Wednesday, placing him atop the agency after a monthslong saga where President Donald Trump revoked his nomination as part of a feud with tech billionaire Elon Musk."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
People & Population [17]
Science [38]
Technology [27]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [39], 12/19/2025
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"SPEED Act Passes in House Despite Changes That Threaten Clean Power" [40]

"The Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act, or SPEED Act, overcame opposition from environmentalists and many Democrats who oppose the bill’s sweeping changes to a bedrock environmental law."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [41]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [42]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 12/19/2025
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"Defense Bill Directs GAO To Probe Tick Conspiracy Promoted By RFK Jr." [44]

"The House-passed National Defense Authorization Act would spur an investigation of whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease."

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [38]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [45], 12/18/2025
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