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Enviros and Local Governments Appeal Dismissal of Case Over Justice Grants [1]

"Environmental justice nonprofits, local governments and Indigenous groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center filed notice on Tuesday that they will appeal a U.S. District Court judge’s dismissal of their case seeking to reverse the Trump administration’s decision to cancel the $3 billion Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program in February."

Activism [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [11], 09/19/2025
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"A Coal-Burning Steel Plant May Thwart Cleveland’s Climate Goals" [12]

"The facility is the city’s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Advocates say its dirty blast furnaces need to be replaced with cleaner technology."

Air [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Technology [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Source: Canary Media [18], 09/19/2025
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"FOIA Records Reveal EPA Leaders Frequent Meetings With Industry Lobbyists" [19]

"Top regulatory officials met with agricultural and chemical industry representatives dozens of times in the first few months after President Donald Trump took office in January, government records show — meetings that were followed by a series of regulatory rollbacks and a downplaying of pesticide concerns by the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The New Lede [24], 09/19/2025
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"Major Burgum Donor Lands Plum Job at Interior Department" [25]

"William Hague is a former telecom executive, and a campaign contributor to Doug Burgum, the current Interior Secretary."

Environmental Politics [5]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Public Domain [26], 09/19/2025
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Gas Stove Makers Quietly Delete Air Pollution Warnings As They Fight Regs [27]

"Manufacturers sued to stop a Colorado law requiring air quality warnings, arguing gas stoves are safe. Some of their websites once said the opposite."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Technology [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Grist [29], 09/18/2025
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Trump EPA Will Defend Biden Rule Making Polluters Pay For PFAS Cleanup [30]

"The Trump administration says it will defend a Biden era-rule that is expected to keep polluters on the hook to clean up toxic “forever chemicals.”

Chemicals [21]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [33], 09/18/2025
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Musk Companies May Have Sidestepped Criticized Environmental Regulations [34]

"Before and after the 2024 election, Elon Musk made it clear he disliked environmental regulations and considered them a barrier to innovation, especially given the quick timelines his companies prefer to operate on."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Technology [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: ProPublica [36], 09/18/2025
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Challenge to Maryland Offshore Wind Project Stokes Legal Concerns [37]

"The Trump Administration wants to vacate approval of US Wind’s Maryland project. Experts believe the move could be illegal and could jeopardize the clean energy transition nationwide."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 09/18/2025
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"Scientists Take On Trump: These Researchers Are Fighting Back" [40]

"Through lawsuits, grant tracking, whistle-blowing and more, resistance to the US war on science is growing."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Science [41]
Technology [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Nature [42], 09/18/2025
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120 Environmental Defenders Killed Or Disappeared In Latin America Last Year [43]

"At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or have gone missing around the world in 2024, with more than 80% of those cases in Latin America, according to a report released Wednesday by watchdog group Global Witness."

Activism [2]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Military [44]
Natural Resources [45]
People & Population [7]
Public [9]
International [46]
Central America & the Caribbean [47]
South America [48]
Source: AP [49], 09/18/2025
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