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Doge Cuts Could Wreck The Cleanup Of Wartime Nuclear Waste At Hanford, Wa. [1]

"Hanford made the plutonium for US atomic bombs, and its radioactive waste must be dealt with. Enter Elon Musk"

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Northwest (OR WA) [11]
Source: Guardian [12], 05/20/2025
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"Trump Orders The Government To Stop Enforcing Rules He Doesn’t Like" [13]

"At the Transportation Department, enforcement of pipeline safety rules has plunged to unprecedented lows since President Donald Trump’s inauguration." "Critics say the administration is breaking the law and sidestepping the rulemaking process that presidents of both parties have routinely followed."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [15], 05/19/2025
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15 Years After Deepwater Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs [16]

"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 [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [2]
Infrastructure [19]
Natural Resources [4]
Pollution [6]
Technology [20]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
International [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 05/19/2025
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Puerto Rico: "Waiting, Often in the Dark, for Frozen E.P.A. Funds" [23]

"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 [24]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [27]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [28]
Technology [20]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 05/19/2025
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"Republicans Attack Rules Designed to Keep Workers Safe From Heat" [31]

"A warming climate exposes more and more workers to increasingly hotter conditions every year, yet soon after taking office, Donald Trump indefinitely froze a heat illness prevention rule proposed under the previous administration and gutted the only agency that studies workplace health and safety."

Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [28]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 05/19/2025
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Storms, Tornadoes Kill 28 In Kentucky, Missouri And Virginia [34]

"Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods, still on edge Sunday for more severe weather ahead after storms that killed more than two dozen people as they swept through parts of the Midwest and South."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [35]
Science [36]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [37], 05/19/2025
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"Trump’s ‘Fear Factor’: Scientists Go Silent As Funding Cuts Escalate" [38]

"In February, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump was inaugurated, Rebekah Tromble launched a program to advise scientists and journalists targeted for intimidation and harassment. But she announced it quietly, fearing the very kind of attacks the initiative was meant to counter."

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [40]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [36]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Science [41], 05/15/2025
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"Republicans’ ‘Clearly Unprecedented’ Gambit To Kill Climate Programs" [42]

"The House Energy and Commerce Committee wants to use the budget process to repeal program authorizations. That may not fly in the Senate."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [43], 05/15/2025
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Toxic Wildfire Pollution Infiltrates Homes Of 1 Billion People A Year: Study [44]

"Toxic pollution from wildfires has infiltrated the homes of more than a billion people a year over the last two decades, according to new research."

Air [45]
Climate Change [24]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [2]
Forests [46]
Pollution [6]
Science [36]
Public [9]
International [21]
Source: Guardian [47], 05/15/2025
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"Louisiana: Controversial Denka Plant Suspends Production After Dire Losses" [48]

"A controversial chemical plant in the centre of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” region has indefinitely suspended all production following dire financial results, the facility’s operators announced on Tuesday."

Chemicals [49]
Economy & Business [50]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [26]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Guardian [51], 05/15/2025
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