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Florida Home Insurance Crisis Hits Hardest in State’s Poorest Counties [1]

"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."

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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 07/07/2025
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"As the World Warms, Extreme Rain Is Becoming Even More Extreme" [13]

"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."

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Energy & Fuel [14]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 07/07/2025
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France's Largest Tap Water Ban Exposes PFAS Pollution Risk Across Europe [18]

"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" 

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Europe [23]
Source: Guardian [24], 07/03/2025
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"Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI" [25]

"xAI’s gas turbines get official approval from Memphis, Tennessee, even as civil rights groups prepare to sue over alleged Clean Air Act violations."

Activism [26]
Air [27]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [28]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: WIRED [29], 07/03/2025
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EPA Says It Will Delay Water Pollution Rules For Coal Plants [30]

"The Trump administration says that it plans to delay and potentially loosen water pollution rules for coal-fired power plants."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
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Environmental Politics [28]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
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Pollution [22]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [32], 07/03/2025
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Flint’s Still-Unfinished Lead Pipe Replacement Serves As Cautionary Tale [33]

"Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors’ lead water pipes, hoping his mother’s house would be next. Workers told him it wasn’t on their list but probably assigned to another contractor."

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: AP [35], 07/02/2025
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Senate GOP Removes Tax On Solar And Wind But Dismantles Dem Climate Law [36]

"The sprawling Republican budget bill approved by the Senate Tuesday removes a proposed tax on solar and wind energy projects but quickly phases out tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable energy."

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Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [37], 07/02/2025
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"Watchdog Warns Of Rising Seas’ Damage To Superfund Sites" [38]

"The threat of sea-level rise or storm surges at the nation’s most polluted sites puts millions of people at risk of exposure to dangerous contaminants."

Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Studies [39]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [22]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [41], 07/02/2025
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NC Has Allowed a Likely Carcinogen Into Three Rivers Serving 900,000 People [42]

"Environmentalists are suing to stop the flow of 1,4-dioxane into the drinking water supply, which one local water utility found at concentrations 17 times higher than the EPA’s health advisory goal." 

Activism [26]
Chemicals [19]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [28]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 07/01/2025
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He Lobbied For Offshore Drillers. Now He Runs The Agency That Regulates Them. [44]

"As BOEM’s new principal deputy director, former lobbyist Matt Giacona is shaping Gulf of Mexico oil policy and facilitating industry access. Ethics experts sound the alarm."

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Source: Public Domain [45], 07/01/2025
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