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"Civil Cases Against Major Polluters Plummet Under Trump" [1]

"The Trump administration has filed far fewer civil cases accusing companies of violating environmental rules than its predecessors, an analysis of federal data shows."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 08/11/2025
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"Judge Stops Hazardous Waste Shipments To Michigan Landfill From Five States" [15]

"A judge has stopped government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill after a year of legal challenges by Detroit-area communities concerned about possible environmental impacts."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Waste [16]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Source: AP [18], 08/08/2025
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"Ohio Finally Ends Subsidies For Two Scandal-Linked Coal Plants" [19]

"After six years and more than a half billion dollars in consumer costs, Ohio utility customers will no longer have to subsidize two 1950s-era coal plants in the state."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Source: Canary Media [20], 08/08/2025
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Class-Action Suit Would Force EPA To Reinstate $3bn Climate Justice Program [21]

"Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants" 

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [23], 08/07/2025
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"At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Biggest Risk Isn’t Alligators" [24]

"The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by a number of environmental hazards like hurricanes, intense heat and even wildfires."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [22]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 08/07/2025
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Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site and Protected Forest [32]

"To offset Resolution Copper’s impacts on the hallowed ground of Oak Flat, the federal government will take possession of a rare old-growth mesquite forest. But it already approved exploratory drilling for another mine nearby."

Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [22]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 08/06/2025
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Amid PFAS Rollbacks, New Jersey Scores Record $2 Billion DuPont Settlement [35]

"While the federal government is scaling back regulations on “forever chemicals,” New Jersey is holding polluters accountable, announcing a record-breaking $2 billion settlement with DuPont and several related companies with a $875 million payout and up to $1.2 billion in cleanup costs."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 08/05/2025
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"Enviros Are Reeling In Trump’s ‘Scorched-Earth’ Second Term" [38]

"“We just lost a decade’s worth of work,” said one green group leader." 

Activism [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [41]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [42], 08/04/2025
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Experts Urge Brazil's President to Veto a Law To Cut Environmental Reviews [43]

"Independent experts with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday publicly called on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to veto parts of a new law that would carve giant loopholes in the country's environmental regulations."

Agriculture [44]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [41]
Public [12]
International [45]
South America [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 08/01/2025
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Trump Moves to Cut Chemical Safety Board, Putting Texans and Others at Risk [48]

"Amid increasingly intense weather, the Chemical Safety Board is the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [11]
Technology [49]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Capital & Main [50], 07/31/2025
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