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"Exxon Is Quietly Planning A New $8.6 Billion Plastics Plant In Texas" [1]

"Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Grist [11], 02/06/2025
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"Republicans Move To Repeal Lead Limits Imposed By Biden-Era Rules" [12]

"Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration are attempting to repeal the Biden administration’s groundbreaking rules that require all the country’s lead pipes to be replaced over the next 13 years and lower the limit on lead in water."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 02/06/2025
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"Data Scientists Restore a Climate Justice Tool Taken Down by Trump" [18]

"One day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a digital mapping tool used by federal and state agencies to identify environmentally disadvantaged communities was taken offline. Within 48 hours, a coalition of data scientists known as the Public Environmental Data Project had resurrected a functional but unofficial copy of the tool on an independent domain."

Environmental Justice [5]
Journalism & Media [19]
People & Population [20]
Technology [21]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 02/05/2025
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Tribes Push to Control Reservation Water as Wyoming Seeks To Send it Outside [23]

"The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho have long fought for water sovereignty on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but their effort is being challenged by federal legislation and a changing water landscape."

Environmental Justice [5]
Government [24]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [25]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [26]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 02/04/2025
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"Climate Books For Black History Month" [29]

"To win allies for climate action, activists must understand how the environment, intersects with concerns for the health and well-being of people and communities. Inequities of the past and the present must be addressed by the policies and programs offered for a sustainable future."

Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [30], 02/03/2025
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"Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects" [31]

"The pause affects billions of dollars and is delaying home repairs, factory construction and other projects, many in states that voted Republican."

Climate Change [32]
Consumer [13]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [34], 02/03/2025
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"Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday" [35]

"More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found, as federal agencies rush to heed President Trump’s orders targeting diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”"

Climate Change [32]
Diversity [36]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [37], 02/03/2025
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Communities at Risk Are Climate Stories Too [38]

As environmental journalists scramble to cover dizzying changes in climate and energy policy under the new administration, columnist Yessenia Funes offers an admonition: Do not forget about those whose human rights are being targeted by Trump, and look to connect the changing planet with changes felt by threatened communities. The new Voices of Environmental Justice on exiting the echo chamber.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [39]
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Activism [40]
Climate Change [32]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [24]
Health [41]
Journalism & Media [19]
People & Population [20]
Policy [42]
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National (U.S.) [16]
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FDA Purges Material On Clinical Trial Diversity, Under Trump DEI Ban [44]

"An effort by the Trump administration to pull down Food and Drug Administration website pages focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion has ensnared many pages focused on ensuring that clinical trials used to test drugs and medical devices include people of different ethnic and economic backgrounds."

Diversity [36]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [45]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [46]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: STAT News [47], 01/31/2025
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"Power Companies Pressure Trump EPA To Roll Back Rules On Toxic Coal Ash" [48]

"A coalition of U.S. power companies is demanding ​“immediate action” from the Trump administration to roll back federal regulation of toxic coal ash and rescind recent enforcement actions."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [49], 01/31/2025
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