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"RFK Jr., Once Poisoned By Mercury, Is Silent As EPA Weakens Rules Against It" [1]

"The HHS secretary has fought mercury pollution for years. He’s now in an administration that wants to make it easier for industries to dump it into the air and water."

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Source: E&E News [12], 03/19/2025
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"America’s Ports Have Labored To Clean Up Pollution. Will That Continue?" [13]

"On a gray March afternoon at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest in the U.S., powerful electric top-handlers whir, beep and grind as they motor back and forth, grabbing trailers from truck beds and stacking them as they move on or off the mighty container ships that ferry goods across the Pacific. Some of the ships, rather than burning diesel to sustain operations as they sit in harbor, plug into electricity instead."

Air [14]
Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [19]
Transportation [20]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [21], 03/19/2025
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Kennedy Links Measles to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories [22]

"In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments. He issued a muffled call for vaccinations in the affected community, but said the choice was a personal one. He suggested that measles vaccine injuries were more common than known, contrary to extensive research."

Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [24]
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Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [30], 03/19/2025
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"Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm" [31]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, according to documents reviewed by Democrats on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [24]
Government [25]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [19]
Science [29]
Technology [34]
Transportation [20]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [35], 03/19/2025
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"Want Cheap Power, Fast? Solar and Wind Firms Have a Suggestion." [36]

"Renewable energy companies are shifting strategy under President Trump, emphasizing the economic benefits of low-carbon electricity."

Climate Change [15]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Technology [34]
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Source: NYTimes [37], 03/18/2025
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"Trump Says He’s Authorizing Administration to Produce Coal Power" [38]

"US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorizing his administration to ramp up production of energy from the fossil fuel."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [6]
Pollution [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [39]
Source: Bloomberg [40], 03/18/2025
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After Cuts, Former NOAA Chief Scientist Says U.S. Science Risks Downgrade [41]

"With its first wave of firings, the new Trump administration has decimated NOAA."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [24]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [33]
Science [29]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: bioGraphic [42], 03/18/2025
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"A Famous Climate Scientist Won A $1M Verdict. Then His Case Took A Turn." [43]

"A judge vastly reduced climate researcher Michael Mann’s award, sanctioned his lawyers for presenting false evidence and ordered him to pay $530,000."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [29]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [44], 03/18/2025
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Line 5, A Trump Donor, Profiting Off A Pipeline Deal Threatening Pollution [45]

"Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Canada [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 03/18/2025
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COP30 Mulls Hiring PR Firm That Worked For Weaker Amazon Protections [49]

"Edelman, the world’s largest public relations agency, is in talks to work with the Cop30 team organising the UN climate summit in the Amazon later this year despite its prior connections to a major trade group accused of lobbying to roll back measures to protect the area from deforestation, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal."

Biodiversity [50]
Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [51]
Journalism & Media [27]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [39]
South America [52]
Source: Guardian [53], 03/18/2025
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