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15 Years After Deepwater Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs [1]

"Satellite imagery shows the worst sites worldwide for oil slicks and methane emissions. Report authors expect pollution will only increase as the Trump administration opens more waters to drilling."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Technology [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 05/19/2025
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"‘Nobody’s Seen It’: An Elusive Report Could Drive Empire Wind To Collapse" [13]

"A massive New York offshore wind project may soon be abandoned mid-construction due to a mysterious report that few people in Washington appear to have seen except Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, one Fox News reporter, and the scientists who apparently wrote it."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Infrastructure [5]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Technology [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: Canary Media [21], 05/19/2025
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Puerto Rico: "Waiting, Often in the Dark, for Frozen E.P.A. Funds" [22]

"The Trump administration is trying to claw back billions in climate grants, including $147 million that could help people in Puerto Rico withstand frequent power failures."

Climate Change [14]
Consumer [23]
Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [25]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [26]
Technology [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: NYTimes [28], 05/19/2025
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Ice Roads, a Lifeline For First Nations, Disappearing As Canada Warms [29]

"Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help."

Climate Change [14]
Disasters [2]
Infrastructure [5]
Natural Resources [6]
People & Population [26]
Technology [8]
Transportation [30]
Public [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [31]
Canada [32]
Source: Grist [33], 05/16/2025
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"EPA Tells Scientists To Apply For New Jobs Within The Agency" [34]

"Political leaders at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have told scientists there to apply to new jobs, implying that those who do not may be fired, according to an official with a union representing the agency’s employees."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [7]
Science [35]
Technology [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [36], 05/15/2025
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"EPA Ditches Historic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Rule" [37]

"The Trump administration will roll back a landmark regulation on “forever chemicals” in drinking water, two weeks after EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promised to address contamination from the toxic, man-made substances."

Chemicals [38]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [7]
Science [35]
Technology [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [39], 05/15/2025
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Great Lakes May Get A Reprieve From The Great Carp Invasion After All [40]

"A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after the Trump administration offered assurances it will cover its share of the costs."

Biodiversity [41]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [6]
Technology [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
Source: AP [44], 05/13/2025
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Energy Department Proposes To Cut 47 Rules On Energy Efficiency, SPR, DEI [45]

"The Energy Department has announced proposals to cut dozens of energy efficiency and other rules in what it is describing as the ”‘largest deregulatory effort in history.” The department plans to ax a long list of efficiency regulations, including those pertaining to stoves, ovens, showerheads, clothes washers, dishwashers and microwaves."

Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [7]
Technology [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [47], 05/13/2025
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"EPA Tells Scientists To Apply For New Jobs Within The Agency" [48]

"Political leaders at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have told scientists there to apply to new jobs, implying that those who do not may be fired, according to an official with a union representing the agency’s employees."

Biodiversity [41]
Chemicals [38]
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [7]
Science [35]
Technology [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [36], 05/13/2025
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Trump To Stop US Research On Space Pollution, In Boon To Elon Musk [49]

"The Trump administration is poised to kill federal research into pollution from satellites and rockets, including some caused by Elon Musk’s space companies, raising new conflict-of-interest questions about the billionaire SpaceX and Starlink owner."

Chemicals [38]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [7]
Technology [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [50], 05/12/2025
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