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"DOE Defies Congress By Shifting Funds From Wind, Solar, EVs" [1]

"The Trump administration is diverting federal funds away from the Energy Department’s wind, solar and electric vehicles programs, despite the spending levels set under the current congressionally passed budget, according to a document posted on the agency’s website."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [12], 07/11/2025
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Small Texas Community Where Everyone Survived Flooding Had Warning Sirens [13]

"As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of Comfort -- a last-ditch warning to get out for those who had missed cellphone alerts and firefighters going street-to-street telling people to get out."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [14]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [17]
People & Population [18]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: AP [21], 07/11/2025
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Oil and Gas Pipeline Safety Cases Plunge in 1st Months of Trump’s 2nd Term [22]

"US regulatory actions to ensure oil and gas pipeline safety have plummeted to a record low for the start of a presidential administration as Donald Trump pushes to streamline the government and cut red tape."

Disasters [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [24]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg [25], 07/11/2025
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"DOE Plays Out Worst-Case Scenarios For US Grid" [26]

"The Department of Energy report is widely viewed as groundwork for the White House to order coal and gas plants slated for closure to run for longer." 

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [14]
Disasters [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [27], 07/10/2025
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"Tax Credit Cuts In Trump’s Megabill Imperil Two Fully Approved Wind Farms" [28]

"The ​“Big, Beautiful Bill” includes rollbacks of clean energy incentives that at least two offshore wind projects rely on to pencil out financially, analysts say." 

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Canary Media [29], 07/09/2025
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"Nearly Two-Thirds Of US Beaches Saw Fecal Contamination Last Year: Report" [30]

"As Americans flock to the country’s coasts — and to the lakes and rivers in between — in the heat of summer, they may be doing so despite the presence of fecal matter."

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Studies [31]
Infrastructure [7]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [24]
Waste [33]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [34], 07/09/2025
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"In Reversal, Trump Administration Will Defend Biden’s Asbestos Ban" [35]

"The Trump administration says it will uphold a Biden-era ban on the ongoing use of asbestos after previously saying it would reconsider the rule."

Chemicals [36]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [31]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [24]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [37], 07/09/2025
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Florida Home Insurance Crisis Hits Hardest in State’s Poorest Counties [38]

"While wealthy coastal counties bear the brunt of landfalling storms, poor residents in inland counties are navigating an even bleaker insurance market that leaves them at risk of no coverage."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [15]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Justice [23]
Infrastructure [7]
People & Population [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 07/07/2025
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"As the World Warms, Extreme Rain Is Becoming Even More Extreme" [40]

"Colossal bursts of rain like the ones that caused the deadly flooding in Texas are becoming more frequent and intense around the globe as the burning of fossil fuels heats the planet, scientists say."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [23]
Infrastructure [7]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
Source: NYTimes [42], 07/07/2025
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France's Largest Tap Water Ban Exposes PFAS Pollution Risk Across Europe [43]

"Forever chemicals have polluted the water supply of 60,000 people, threatening human health, wildlife and the wider ecosystem. But activists say this is just the tip of the Pfas iceberg" 

Chemicals [36]
Consumer [14]
Environmental Health [16]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
Europe [44]
Source: Guardian [45], 07/03/2025
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