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"The Rural N.C. Mayor Betting Big On Clean Energy To Uplift His Hometown" [1]

"In one of the nation’s poorest towns, the mayor and others are planning to build a solar installation, a weatherization resource center, and a gleaming new resilience hub."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Canary Media [15], 04/16/2025
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Trump Exempts Nearly 70 Coal Plants From Biden Rule On Mercury And Air Toxics [16]

"The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene."

Air [17]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [21], 04/16/2025
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Judge Orders Agencies To Release Billions From Two Biden-Era Initiatives [22]

"A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [23], 04/16/2025
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Trump Ends Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Black Alabama Communities [24]

"The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Alabamians in majority-Black communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”

Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 04/16/2025
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"Researchers Identify US Counties With Worst Drinking Water Violations" [28]

"The U.S. counties with the most egregious water quality violations are concentrated in four states: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oklahoma, a new study has found."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [29], 04/16/2025
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France’s New High-Speed Train Has Americans Asking: Why Can’t We Have That? [30]

"Here's why the U.S. is behind on building high-speed rail — and what could create momentum to catch up."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [10]
Technology [31]
Transportation [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Europe [33]
Source: Grist [34], 04/15/2025
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Trump Axed Rule Designed To Spare Taxpayers The Burden Of Future Flooding [35]

"The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [19]
Planning & Growth [36]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Grist/BPR [37], 04/15/2025
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Energy Experts and States Argue Trump Job Cuts Harm US "Energy Dominance" [38]

"President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda will be undermined by steep cuts to federal agencies that are said to be planned by the Trump administration, scientists, lawmakers and energy executives warned on Monday."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [40], 04/15/2025
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"Layoffs And Funding Delays Could Slow Fight Against Lead, Experts Say" [41]

"Funding delays for lead pipe replacement and the elimination of a CDC lead program could put children at risk."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [42], 04/14/2025
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Oil Company Fined $18 Million For Defying State Orders To Stop Pipeline Work [43]

"The California Coastal Commission today fined an oil company a record $18 million for repeatedly defying orders to stop work on a corroded pipeline in Santa Barbara County that caused a major oil spill nearly a decade ago."

Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [44]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
California [45]
Source: CalMatters [46], 04/14/2025
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