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"Lutnick Says He Won’t Dismantle NOAA As Called For In Project 2025" [1]

"President Trump’s pick to lead the Commerce Department assured senators on Wednesday he won’t try to dismantle the nation’s climate, oceans and weather science agency during a largely genial confirmation hearing."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Science [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [15], 01/30/2025
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Trump DOT Orders Reverse Of Miles Per Gallon Rule For Cars And Pickups [16]

"Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it regulates air pollution and addresses climate change. Duffy ordered the federal agency in charge of fuel economy standards to reverse them as soon as possible. The standards have been in place since the 1970s energy crisis and were intended to conserve fuel and save consumers money at the gas pump."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [20], 01/30/2025
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"EPA Fires Science Advisers" [21]

"Acting EPA Administrator James Payne has ousted all members of two of the agency’s most influential science advisory panels, giving President Donald Trump’s administration the opportunity to reshape them with its own appointees."

Air [2]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [23]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [18]
Science [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [24], 01/30/2025
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"As Russian Oil Spill Fouls Beaches, Locals Fume Over Official Response" [25]

"Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches of Russia’s Krasnodar region have been transformed into a scene out of a dystopian sci-fi film, with thousands of workers in white hazmat suits swarming the blackened coast amid dead birds and dolphins."

Biodiversity [26]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [27]
Public [13]
Europe [28]
Source: Washington Post [29], 01/29/2025
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Miami-Dade Mayor Backs Off Incinerator, Proposes New $556M Landfill [30]

"The Florida mayor said the threat of legal challenges and other expenses made building a new waste-to-energy facility too difficult. She now recommends landfilling to meet long-term capacity needs."

Air [2]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [18]
Waste [33]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Waste Dive [35], 01/29/2025
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"Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires" [36]

"Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an international team of scientists concluded in a rapid attribution analysis released Tuesday."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Studies [23]
Science [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 01/29/2025
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Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergencies [40]

"A sudden pause in federal assistance is sowing disarray and outrage across the country, throwing into doubt a wide range of programs that help protect Americans from disasters, provide access to clean drinking water and affordable energy and help protect ecosystems, among many other issues."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 01/29/2025
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"Inside Trump’s Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule" [43]

"For years, the fossil fuel industry and its allies have tried to overturn one of the most important federal rulings in the history of climate policy: the one that requires the government to limit greenhouse gases. They lobbied. They sued. And so far they’ve failed."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [44], 01/29/2025
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"Guardian Investigation Fuels Class-Action Lawsuit Against Petro Giant" [45]

"Oil giant Marathon Petroleum is fighting an expanded class-action lawsuit fueled by an investigation by the Guardian and Forensic Architecture, which examined a huge toxic blaze at the company’s sprawling refinery in south-east Louisiana in 2023."

Activism [46]
Chemicals [22]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [18]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Guardian [47], 01/28/2025
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Notorious WV Chemical Plant Polluting Water With Toxic PFAS, Lawsuit Claims [48]

"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic “forever chemicals”, a new lawsuit alleges."

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Source: Guardian [50], 01/28/2025
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