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"The People Behind America’s Disaster Recovery" [1]

"When a disaster strikes, be it a hurricane, flood, wildfire, or other type of extreme weather, an army of workers assemble. They arrive in waves to ravaged areas ready to respond." "From cleanup crews to powerline techs, these are the workers called in after catastrophe."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Government [4]
Infrastructure [5]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Grist [10], 09/23/2025
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Pennsylvania’s Gov. Threatens to Pull State Out of the Region’s Power Grid [11]

"Ninety-eight years ago, the nation’s largest power grid operator was founded here by utilities serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey. On Monday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro threatened to pull his state out of the coalition."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 09/23/2025
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"Trump Ends Annual Report On U.S. Hunger Amid Rising Food Insecurity" [21]

"The Trump administration is ending a decades-long effort to track food security at a time when many Americans are struggling to get proper nutrition or enough to eat."

Agriculture [22]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [27], 09/23/2025
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"Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide" [28]

"The Department of Defense has quietly delayed its cleanup of harmful “forever chemicals” at nearly 140 military installations across the country, according to a list of sites analyzed by The New York Times." "The new timeline could slow cleanup in some communities by nearly a decade. The chemicals, widely used in the military, are linked to cancers and other health risks."

Chemicals [29]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Military [30]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [32], 09/23/2025
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Senate Dems Blame Trump Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices [33]

"With U.S. households paying 10 percent more per kilowatt hour for electricity than they did at the start of this year, Senate Democrats sought Monday to tie the increasing pain for consumers to the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of clean energy policy."

Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 09/23/2025
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Trump Links Autism To Acetaminophen, Despite Decades Of Evidence It’s Safe [35]

"President Donald Trump announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration will be notifying physicians that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy “can be associated with a very increased risk of autism,” despite decades of evidence that it’s safe."

Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Science [36]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: CNN [37], 09/23/2025
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Hurricane Gabrielle Swirls SE of Bermuda as Storm Narda Forms Off Mexico [38]

"Hurricane Gabrielle formed Sunday in the open Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, while Tropical Storm Narda emerged well off southern Mexico’s Pacific coast."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [23]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Central America & the Caribbean [39]
Source: AP [40], 09/23/2025
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"Judge Says Work on Wind Farm Off Rhode Island Can Proceed, for Now" [41]

"A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Danish energy company Orsted could restart work on Revolution Wind, a large wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is nearly complete but had been abruptly halted last month by the Trump administration."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [42], 09/23/2025
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Trump Administration Icing Out NSIDC Data [43]

An important federal database that tracks Arctic ice and snowmelt — which help address concerns like sea level rise and fresh water resources — is facing funding cuts and reductions in services. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks at the kind of high-quality information the National Snow and Ice Data Center can provide environmental reporters, including for local stories. That is, while it lasts.

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Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Studies [45]
Journalism & Media [26]
Natural Resources [46]
Science [36]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
California [47]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
International [49]
Antarctica & Arctic [50]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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A Guide to Legal Resources [51]

Freelance journalists, including environmental reporters, need not brave legal woes alone, counsels Freelance Files co-editor Elyse Hauser. A wide variety of groups offers aid for everything from denials of access to assaults or arrests, and her latest entry IDs more than a dozen resources, including legal assistance, emergency financial help and more. Plus, how to prevent problems to begin with.

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