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"Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants" [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [10], 05/27/2025
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#SEJSpotlight: Alessandra Bergamin, Freelance Journalist [11]

Meet SEJ member Alessandra Bergamin! Alessandra is an Australian freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, whose work focuses on environmental violence and human rights around the world.

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Journalism & Media [12]
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Life on Mars and Other Space Oddities [13]

When an ecologist and a cartoonist team up to explore the realities of colonizing Mars, the result is a humorous and highly informative book on whether humans are truly up to settling space. They detour into the intimacies of zero-gravity intimacy and the challenges of ensuring a food supply. From BookShelf contributing editor Melody Kemp, a review of “A City on Mars.”

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BookShelf [14]
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Planning & Growth [15]
Science [16]
Technology [17]
Transportation [18]
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National (U.S.) [9]
International [19]
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Public [8]
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Mapping Out Local PFAS Risk, As Federal Rules Waver [20]

As the Trump administration rolls back Biden-era rules limiting the presence of “forever chemicals” in drinking water, an updated data mapping tool helps pinpoint local angles on the PFAS story. The latest TipSheet outlines the basics on this class of widely used chemicals, their risks to humans and the challenges of regulating them, plus provides a half-dozen story ideas and questions to ask.

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TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [25]
Pollution [7]
Science [16]
Water & Oceans [26]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [8]
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Texas Cattle Industry Braces For An Imminent Screwworm Infestation [27]

"Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar cattle industry."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [4]
Natural Resources [31]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Mexico [33]
Source: Texas Tribune [34], 05/23/2025
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"Trump Spared A New York Wind Project. What Did He Get In Return?" [35]

"President Donald Trump’s sudden decision Monday to reverse course and lift a stop work order on Empire Wind 1 prompted widespread speculation in Albany and Washington that the president had extracted a commitment from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to allow a new gas pipeline to move forward."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Source: E&E News [38], 05/23/2025
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"Congress Moves To Loosen Toxic Air Pollution Rules" [39]

"Congress has voted to undo a Clean Air Act regulation that strictly controls the amount of toxic air pollutants emitted by many industrial facilities like oil refineries, chemical plants, and steel mills."

Air [40]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [42], 05/23/2025
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"RFK Jr.’s MAHA Report Targets Food, Drug, Tech Industries: Key Takeaways" [43]

"The Trump administration issued its long-awaited Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report Thursday, hammering various industries while deviating from mainstream science on key issues including farming practices, vaccinations and psychiatric medications."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Science [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [44], 05/23/2025
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NOAA Predicts Another Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season, But Not As Bad As 2024 [45]

"With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don’t think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record as it spawned killer storms Beryl, Helene and Milton."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [46]
Science [16]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [47], 05/23/2025
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"Republicans Strip Public Land Sales From Reconciliation" [48]

"House Republicans have scrapped public land sales from the latest version of their tax cut, energy and border security megabill, according to text released Wednesday evening."

Biodiversity [29]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [49]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [31]
Wildlife [50]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [51], 05/23/2025
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