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"Congress Leaving For Recess With No Deal To Avoid Shutdown" [1]

"The Senate rejected two funding stopgaps, and the House will not return before the deadline."

Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [7], 09/24/2025
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"‘Con,’ ‘Scam,’ ‘Hoax’: Trump’s UN Speech On Climate" [8]

"President Donald Trump rebuked world leaders for being overly concerned about climate change during a speech to the United Nations in which he called global warming a “con job.”"

Climate Change [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [11]
Science [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [13]
Source: E&E News [14], 09/24/2025
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October 20, 2025 to October 23, 2025

The Uproot Project: Journey of a Story 2025 — Climate, Politics and Trust in the Media [15]

The Uproot Project's lineup of events for its annual Journey of a Story series, hosted in Washington D.C., includes a documentary screening, a virtual event, an event with the National Geographic Society and a media gallery exhibit.

Other Events [16]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [9]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]

Pennsylvania’s Gov. Threatens to Pull State Out of the Region’s Power Grid [18]

"Ninety-eight years ago, the nation’s largest power grid operator was founded here by utilities serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey. On Monday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro threatened to pull his state out of the coalition."

Climate Change [9]
Consumer [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [2]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Technology [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 09/23/2025
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Chinese Mining Firm Downplays Toxic Spill as Residents Reel From Impacts [26]

"A Chinese mining company is denying that its toxic waste spill, one of this year’s worst environmental disasters, had a “significant impact” on the environment or local communities."

Chemicals [27]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [2]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [31]
Public [5]
Africa [32]
Asia [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 09/23/2025
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"Trump Ends Annual Report On U.S. Hunger Amid Rising Food Insecurity" [35]

"The Trump administration is ending a decades-long effort to track food security at a time when many Americans are struggling to get proper nutrition or enough to eat."

Agriculture [36]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [2]
Food [37]
Journalism & Media [11]
People & Population [38]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [39], 09/23/2025
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"Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide" [40]

"The Department of Defense has quietly delayed its cleanup of harmful “forever chemicals” at nearly 140 military installations across the country, according to a list of sites analyzed by The New York Times." "The new timeline could slow cleanup in some communities by nearly a decade. The chemicals, widely used in the military, are linked to cancers and other health risks."

Chemicals [27]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Military [41]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [43], 09/23/2025
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Senate Dems Blame Trump Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices [44]

"With U.S. households paying 10 percent more per kilowatt hour for electricity than they did at the start of this year, Senate Democrats sought Monday to tie the increasing pain for consumers to the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of clean energy policy."

Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [2]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [38]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 09/23/2025
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Trump Links Autism To Acetaminophen, Despite Decades Of Evidence It’s Safe [46]

"President Donald Trump announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration will be notifying physicians that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy “can be associated with a very increased risk of autism,” despite decades of evidence that it’s safe."

Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
Science [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: CNN [47], 09/23/2025
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"Judge Says Work on Wind Farm Off Rhode Island Can Proceed, for Now" [48]

"A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Danish energy company Orsted could restart work on Revolution Wind, a large wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is nearly complete but had been abruptly halted last month by the Trump administration."

Climate Change [9]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [49], 09/23/2025
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