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FEMA Staff Warn Trump Cuts Could Expose US To Another Hurricane Katrina [1]

"Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina, staff at the agency have warned Congress in a withering critique that also takes aim at its current leadership."

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Source: Guardian [12], 08/26/2025
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September 3, 2025

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"Green Spaces Are Key To Combating Record Heat In Marginalized Communities" [16]

"Keith Lambert and his family cope with the extreme heat of summertime Chicago by going in and out of their house as quickly as possible and making sure their insulated shades are always drawn."

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Source: AP [19], 08/25/2025
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Aging US Railroad Bridges Are Self-Inspected And Findings Are Kept Secret [20]

"The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to Oregon State University."

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Source: Howard Center [26], 08/25/2025
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Trump EPA Urged To Speed Monitoring Fenceline Pollution From Steel Plants [27]

"Public health advocates urged the Trump administration to protect residents and workers by sticking to a Biden-era timeline for reducing benzene and chromium emissions at the perimeter of steel and coke plants in Pennsylvania and other states rather than continuing to delay compliance rules."

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Source: Inside Climate News [31], 08/25/2025
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"Why Power Bills Are Rising — And Why That’s Not Changing Soon" [32]

"Ending support for renewables and keeping fossil fuel power plants are the wrong tactics for addressing skyrocketing electricity rates"

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Source: Canary Media [35], 08/25/2025
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"Covid Vaccine Opponent Tapped to Lead Federal Review Team" [36]

"A task force formed by an influential advisory committee to review the safety of Covid vaccines will be led by a panel member who has described the shots as “the most failing medical product in the history of medical products.”

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Source: NYTimes [42], 08/25/2025
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"Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built" [43]

"The Trump administration on Friday ordered that all construction stop on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is already mostly built."

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Source: NYTimes [45], 08/25/2025
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"Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Closed Over NEPA Failures" [46]

"U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams late Thursday issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting more detainees from coming to the site, barring new construction and giving the state 60 days to remove many of its major elements."

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Source: E&E News [51], 08/25/2025
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September 8, 2025

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