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Carbon Captured [1]

"In the 1990s, even as they denied the reality of climate change, oil company executives were quietly funding research that favored climate fixes that would protect their businesses."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Conflict/Corruption [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Science [11]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: ProPublica/Drilled [16], 06/26/2026
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EPA Relied on Roundup Study After Learning Monsanto Was a “Ghost Writer” [17]

"A newly revealed government memo identifies yet another compromised paper used to justify Roundup’s safety."

"The US Environmental Protection Agency has known for nearly a decade that an influential 2013 scientific paper that concluded glyphosate is safe was actually ghostwritten by developer Monsanto. But the agency never informed the public and continued to rely on it, according to an EPA memo obtained by Mother Jones and revealed here for the first time.

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [2]
Conflict/Corruption [4]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [10]
Science [11]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Mother Jones [21], 06/26/2026
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Trump Blames Vandals for Reflecting Pool Problems. Documents Don't [22]

"The documents do not indicate that the peeling blue coating and algae blooms were caused intentionally."

Biodiversity [23]
Chemicals [2]
Conflict/Corruption [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New York Times [25], 06/24/2026
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Environmental Defenders Remain Among World’s Most Targeted Activists [26]

"At least 358 human rights defenders were killed last year, according to a report released last week by Front Line Defenders, a Dublin-based group that provides support for global human rights activists. Nearly a quarter, 84, were targeted because of their often unpaid work protecting land and the environment."

Activism [27]
Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [3]
Conflict/Corruption [4]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Military [29]
People & Population [20]
Public [13]
International [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 06/23/2026
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Trump DOE Pushed To Divert Puerto Rico Solar Funds To Bankrupt Utility [31]

"Internal documents show the Department of Energy knew the decision "may generate negative commentary" and be perceived as "undue favoritism.""

Climate Change [3]
Conflict/Corruption [4]
Consumer [32]
Disasters [33]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [34]
People & Population [20]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Grist [36], 06/23/2026
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US Proposes To Slash Costs For Energy Drillers On Federal Lands [37]

"The Trump administration on Monday proposed looser rules for oil and gas drilling operations on federal ​lands, including a dramatic cut to clean-up costs ‌for abandoned wells."

Climate Change [3]
Conflict/Corruption [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [10]
Waste [39]
Public [13]
California [40]
Source: Reuters [41], 06/23/2026
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Trump Coal Push Breathes New Life Into Plants With Repeated Violations [42]

"At least three of the 12 coal plants the Trump administration funded have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations, amplifying public-health concerns."

Climate Change [3]
Conflict/Corruption [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 06/22/2026
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Trump DOJ Supports Musk-Owned Data Center In Suit By NAACP [44]

"The Trump administration urged a federal court on Monday to dismiss an environmental lawsuit against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, saying the company’s Grok government model and the data centers that power it are crucial to national security. The NAACP alleges that xAI has rushed to build and continue expanding its Colossus Gas Plant in vulnerable and heavily Black communities near the Tennessee-Mississippi border without legally required permits or pollution controls."

Conflict/Corruption [4]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: E&E News [45], 06/17/2026
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Paramount Rejected Ad Slamming Its Owners And Warner Bros Acquisition [46]

"Paramount Skydance refused to air an ad submitted by a press freedom group that heavily criticized the network’s leadership and merger with Warner Bros Discovery, with an advertising associate deeming it a “conflict of interest”.

Conflict/Corruption [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Government [47]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [48], 06/17/2026
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Billionaire Donor Benefits as Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Wells [49]

"Trump’s EPA is planning to weaken restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane. Oil billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, a major Trump donor, is set to reap the benefits. Society as a whole will deal with the environmental costs."

Air [50]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Conflict/Corruption [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [47]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
South America [51]
Source: ProPublica [52], 06/17/2026
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