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"Along With Devastation, LA Fires Bring Health Hazards in Smoke and Ash" [1]

"Here's what you need to know about toxic fallout from a major wildfire"

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
California [11]
Source: Sierra [12], 01/27/2025
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Trump Quietly Withdraws Proposed Limits On PFAS In Industrial Wastewater [13]

"Amid a flurry of actions curtailing Biden’s environmental policies, the administration of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump this week withdrew a plan to set limits on toxic PFAS chemicals in industrial wastewater."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [14]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The New Lede [17], 01/27/2025
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"How Big Insurance’s Investment in Fossil Fuels Came Back to Bite It" [18]

"In a vicious cycle, the sector’s financing of oil and gas is having an impact on its bottom line."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Studies [21]
Infrastructure [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [22]
Source: Capital & Main [23], 01/27/2025
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Trump Wants Showers And Toilets To Flow Greatly Again; So May Utility Bills [24]

"President Donald Trump once expressed concern with how low showerhead flow affected his “perfect” hair. Now back in the White House, he’s again taking aim at some high-efficiency household items — and that may mean higher water and electric bills in your home."

Consumer [14]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [26], 01/22/2025
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"Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged" [27]

"At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels even miles from the flames, according to early detailed measurements obtained by The New York Times. Levels of chlorine, which is also toxic at low concentrations, reached 40 times the average."

Air [28]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [29], 01/22/2025
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"Trump Freezes New Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Wind Leases" [30]

"President Trump directed the Treasury Department to freeze new offshore wind leases on the outer continental shelf Monday evening as one of a flurry of executive orders he signed within hours of taking office."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [31], 01/22/2025
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"Trump Freezes Inflation Reduction Act And Infrastructure-Law Funding" [32]

"The Trump administration has ordered federal agencies to ​“immediately pause the disbursement of funds” under the landmark federal climate and energy laws passed during the Biden administration, a move that will throw tens of billions of dollars of lawfully designated federal funding into limbo — and one that is likely to be challenged in court."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [33]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Canary Media [34], 01/22/2025
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"Moss Landing, The World’s Biggest Grid Battery, Just Caught Fire Again" [35]

"Vistra’s flagship energy-storage project in California turned into a towering inferno, forcing evacuations and raising fresh concerns about large battery installations."

Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [6]
Pollution [8]
Technology [36]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
California [11]
Source: Canary Media [37], 01/21/2025
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"Trump Plans To Declare A 'National Energy Emergency.' What Does That Mean?" [38]

"President Trump says he will declare a "national energy emergency" as one of his first acts as president, pledging to support the domestic production of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [39]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [40], 01/21/2025
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"Texas Is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters" [41]

"Sandra Edwards awoke on the morning of July 8 to the sounds of howling winds and gushing water. As she made her way from the bedroom to the living room, she stepped in a puddle. She turned on her phone’s flashlight and saw a hole in the roof, wooly insulation hanging off the ceiling and water pouring in. Hurricane Beryl had just made landfall in Houston."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Public Health Watch [43], 01/17/2025
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