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"FOIA Records Reveal EPA Leaders Frequent Meetings With Industry Lobbyists" [1]

"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 [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The New Lede [12], 09/19/2025
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Wildfire Smoke Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in US, New Study Warns [13]

"Smoke from wildfires exacerbated by climate change may cause as many as 71,000 additional deaths per year in the United States by 2050, a study published Thursday in the journal Nature found."

Air [14]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Studies [15]
Forests [16]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [17]
Canada [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 09/19/2025
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"Trump Golf Course In Scotland Accused Of Breaching Sewage Limits" [20]

"Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course has breached sewage contamination limits 14 times since 2019, documents reveal."

Environmental Health [6]
Infrastructure [21]
Pollution [9]
Waste [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [10]
Europe [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 09/18/2025
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Gas Stove Makers Quietly Delete Air Pollution Warnings As They Fight Regs [26]

"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 [4]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Technology [29]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Grist [30], 09/18/2025
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Trump EPA Will Defend Biden Rule Making Polluters Pay For PFAS Cleanup [31]

"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 [3]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
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 [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Technology [29]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: ProPublica [36], 09/18/2025
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120 Environmental Defenders Killed Or Disappeared In Latin America Last Year [37]

"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 [38]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Military [40]
Natural Resources [41]
People & Population [42]
Public [10]
International [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [43]
South America [44]
Source: AP [45], 09/18/2025
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Human-Made Global Warming ‘Caused 2 In 3 Heat Deaths In Europe This Summer’ [46]

"Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases". "Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [6]
Science [47]
Public [10]
Europe [24]
Source: Guardian [48], 09/18/2025
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National Academy Of Sciences Rebuffs Trump EPA Effort To Undo Climate Rules [49]

"Evidence that climate change harms public health is “beyond scientific dispute,” the independent National Academy of Sciences said Wednesday in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to revoke a landmark U.S. government finding to that effect that underpins key environmental regulations."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [47]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [50], 09/18/2025
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"Australia Approves World-First Vaccine To Save Koalas From Chlamydia" [51]

"A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and death in the iconic native species that is listed as endangered in parts of Australia."

Biodiversity [52]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [53]
Natural Resources [41]
Technology [29]
Wildlife [54]
Public [10]
Australia & Oceania [55]
Source: AP [56], 09/17/2025
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