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"Chemical Industry Asks Trump for Exemption From Pollution Limits" [1]

"Two chemical industry groups are asking President Trump for a complete exemption to free their factories from new limits on hazardous air pollution."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 04/07/2025

How the Potomac Imparts the Capital’s Story [15]

The Potomac is one of the most prominent rivers in the United States, a defining ecological feature of Washington, D.C., at the same time it reveals the city’s history of racial inequality and disenfranchisement. Writer, historian, educator and herbalist Charlotte Taylor Fryar recounts that tale in her ambitious “Potomac Fever,” reviewed in the latest BookShelf by contributing editor Jennifer Weeks, herself a Washington native.

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Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [18]
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National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
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Public [12]

After Outcry, Brazil Supreme Court Nixes Mining On Indigenous Lands [20]

"Brazil’s Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution."

Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [10]
Public [12]
South America [22]
Source: Mongabay [23], 04/04/2025

"EPA Cuts Could Leave Small Rural Towns Choking In Smoke" [24]

"The EPA’s slashing of more than $1 billion in grant funding has hit hard in Western communities that have felt climate impacts from flooding, wildfire smoke and melting permafrost."

Air [2]
Disasters [25]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [27], 04/04/2025

CDC Fires Staff Working On Childhood Lead Exposure And Cancer Clusters [28]

"Staff members who fought childhood lead exposure and those who worked on cancer clusters were among those fired from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a now former employee told The Hill."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [29]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [11]
Science [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [31], 04/04/2025

"Flood Risks Getting Worse Along U.S. Coastlines, New Analysis Shows" [32]

"Flooding in coastal areas of the United States is projected to occur 10 times more often over the next 25 years, with about 2.5 million people and 1.4 million homes facing severe property damage from sea level rise, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by Climate Central."

Climate Change [29]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [33]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Floodlight [34], 04/03/2025

Calif., 23 States Sue Trump HHS Over Cuts To CDC Infectious-Disease Funds [35]

"California and a coalition of other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to cut billions of dollars in federal public health grants designed to make states more resilient to infectious disease, and accused the administration of overreaching its authority by clawing back funding already allocated by Congress."

Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: LA Times [37], 04/03/2025

"A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss" [38]

"A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal."

Activism [39]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [41], 04/03/2025

"Trump Administration Cancels NIH Scientific Integrity Policy" [42]

"The National Institutes of Health has rescinded a scientific integrity policy intended to protect research and communications from political interference, citing the policy's commitment to diversity and inclusion."

Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [43]
Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Science [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [44], 04/03/2025

HHS Fires Entire Staff That Helps Low-Income People Afford Heat, AC [45]

"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has fired all of the workers in its program that seeks to help low-income Americans pay their energy bills. Everyone who had been working on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) was let go on Tuesday, according to now-former employee Andrew Germain."

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [29]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Food [47]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [10]
Wildlife [48]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [49], 04/03/2025

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