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"Trump Expected to Significantly Weaken Fuel Economy Rules" [1]

"The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to propose weakening automobile fuel efficiency standards that were set under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to spur the sale of electric vehicles, according to three people familiar with the plan."

Air [2]
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Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
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Environmental Health [8]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 12/03/2025
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"How Two NASA Satellites Survived Trump’s Climate Purge" [17]

"NASA has sent two new satellites into space over the past six months to monitor many of the ways global warming is affecting the planet. Just don’t call them climate satellites."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [18]
Science [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [20]
Source: E&E News [21], 12/02/2025
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Trump Admin Will Review Part Of Rule To Protect Miners From Lung Diseases [22]

"The Trump administration says it will reconsider aspects of a rule that aims to protect miners from exposure to cancer-causing silica dust on the job."

Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [23]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [25]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [26], 12/02/2025
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Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Rates on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog [27]

"Media companies owned by Rupert Murdoch have found a “scapegoat” in clean energy for the rising electricity prices in New Jersey, according to two reports from watchdog Media Matters."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Journalism & Media [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 12/02/2025
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"Exxon Halts Plans For Massive Low-Carbon Hydrogen Facility In Texas" [29]

"Exxon Mobil has pulled the plug on what would have been one of the world’s largest hydrogen plants, the latest setback for the effort to scale production of low-carbon versions of the fuel."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Technology [12]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: Canary Media [32], 12/02/2025
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BLM Lets Ranchers Renew Grazing Permits With Little Environmental Scrutiny [33]

"With dwindling oversight, cattle are grazing where they’re not supposed to and in greater numbers or for longer periods than permitted. This can spread invasive plants, pushing out native species and worsening wildfire risk."

Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [36]
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Source: ProPublica/HCN [38], 12/02/2025
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"EPA Cements Delay Of Biden-Era Methane Rule For Oil And Gas" [39]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday cemented its delay of Biden-era regulations on planet-warming methane coming from the oil and gas industry."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [40], 12/02/2025
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Citizen Pollution Monitors Face Industry Pushback, Legal Threats [41]

A steep decline in the enforcement of environmental laws means the monitoring of pollution by citizens is more important than ever. But as the latest TipSheet notes, some states have passed laws that severely constrain the use of citizen monitoring or the sharing of findings. Get the backstory, along with top reporting angles and resources for finding monitoring in your area.

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Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [36]
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Journalism & Media [18]
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Pollution [11]
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Orphans and Zombies — Reporting on Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Across the Country [48]

For more than a century, oil and gas companies have been drilling — and abandoning — wells across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands to potentially leak pollutants into the air, water and soil. Climate and environment reporter Martha Pskowski looks at how funding and regulatory issues are impacting efforts to identify and plug these wells, and offers resources for drilling into their story.

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Agriculture [34]
Air [2]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Government [44]
Health [45]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [24]
Policy [50]
Pollution [11]
Technology [12]
Water & Oceans [46]
Wildlife [37]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [52]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
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"The State of Local News 2025": 20 Years of Data, Deserts and Dynamic Change [55]

"News deserts are widening. Newspaper closures continue unabated. Independent publishers are calling it quits at an alarming rate. Yet local digital-only news sites are multiplying. Many are even thriving."

Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Journalism & Media [18]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [56]
Technology [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Medill [57], 12/01/2025
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