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Oil Industry Event Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science [1]

"As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-market views of climate science."

Climate Change [2]
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Journalism & Media [8]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: ProPublica [13], 05/04/2026
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"The Trump Administration Cracks Down On National Park Websites" [14]

"National park staffers used to control park websites. But not anymore."

Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [7]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [19], 05/04/2026
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Bayer Thanked Zeldin For Removing Cancer Warnings About Roundup: Docs [20]

"Bayer promised to “provide a small thanks” to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin for removing warnings about Roundup, the company’s herbicide that has been the subject of tens of thousands of cancer lawsuits, according to internal emails revealed at a Congressional hearing Tuesday."

Agriculture [21]
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Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [5]
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Laws & Regulations [9]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Investgate Midwest [25], 05/04/2026
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Brazil Prosecutors Sue Meatpacker JBS Over Beef Tied To Slavery-Like Labor [26]

"Labor prosecutors in Brazil filed a lawsuit Wednesday against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing the company of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions."

Agriculture [21]
Environmental Justice [5]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [17]
Public [11]
South America [28]
Source: AP [29], 04/30/2026
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Federal Judge Could Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking Access To La. Slave Burial Sites [30]

"Formosa Plastics asked U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its ownership of the Buena Vista burial site in St. James Parish."

Chemicals [22]
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Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [17]
Planning & Growth [32]
Public [11]
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Source: Verite News [34], 04/30/2026
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For 35 Years, This Black Illinois Town Has Been Told Its Sewage Crisis Isn’t Real [35]

"Residents proved their tap water carries sewage and bacteria. Federal funding dried up anyway."

Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [31]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [24]
Waste [37]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Capital B [40], 04/30/2026
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Ohio Bill Would Replace All Lead Service Lines. It Could Cost Billions. [41]

"An Ohio bill would require the state replace all lead service lines, but some statewide organizations worry about the costs associated with the bill."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [42]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Ohio Capital Journal [43], 04/29/2026
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"EPA’s Zeldin Tangles With Democrats Over Trump’s Budget Request" [44]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wrestled with House Democrats on Monday in a hostile hearing that culminated in the top Democratic appropriator facetiously suggesting the agency chief drink weed killer."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [45], 04/28/2026
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"ICE Planning Facility For Children And Families On Pfas-Contaminated Site" [46]

"Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a detention facility for children and their families on one the nation’s most Pfas-contaminated sites, which also serves as a hub for the president’s deportation program."

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [31]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [24]
Waste [37]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: Guardian [47], 04/28/2026
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Fossil-Funded GOPers Claim National Academies Have Conflicts of Interest [48]

"Republican allies of the oil and gas industry question the objectivity of an independent report from the nation’s top science advisers on the harms of human-caused climate change."

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Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [5]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [24]
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Technology [49]
Public [11]
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Source: Inside Climate News [50], 04/27/2026
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