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Red State AGs Want EPA To Censor Public Database About Chem Plant Hazards [1]

"A group of 18 state attorneys general are pushing EPA to delete its public online database of chemical facilities, citing vulnerabilities to hackers or other security threats."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [11]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 05/13/2026
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Scientists In Turmoil As Devils Hole Pupfish Reach Crisis Point [16]

"The Devils Hole pupfish, a critically-endangered species and an icon of conservation, ekes out a precarious existence in Death Valley National Park. There, in the scorching desert, guarded by fences and video surveillance, this fish swims around in a sunken fishbowl made of rock that's been its only natural home for millennia."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [21]
Source: NPR [22], 05/12/2026
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New U.S. Wildland Fire Service Prepares For Extreme Fire Season [23]

"Across the country, wildland firefighters are staring down what could be one of the most severe fire seasons in recent history. Among those figuring out how to prepare is the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, a brand new agency created by the Trump administration."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [24]
Government [25]
People & Population [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [26], 05/12/2026
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RFK Jr. Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence [27]

"Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said little publicly about vaccines in recent months, at the behest of a White House worried that his unpopular stance will hurt Republicans in November’s midterm elections. But he has not abandoned his quest for evidence that they are unsafe."

Activism [28]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
People & Population [10]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New York Times [29], 05/12/2026
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Trump DOI Cancels Rule That Made Conservation A ‘Use’ Of Public Lands [30]

"The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land."

Activism [28]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [25]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [32], 05/12/2026
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"Trump Nominates Ousted FEMA Leader to Run the Agency Again" [33]

"President Trump chose Cameron Hamilton to direct federal disaster response. As acting head of FEMA last year, he had opposed abolishing the agency and was ousted."

Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New York Times [34], 05/12/2026
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Health Advocates Warn FDA Claims Of Baby Formula Safety Contradict Data [35]

"The Trump administration announced earlier this month that hundreds of baby formula samples it tested for toxic chemicals “meet a high safety standard”, but public health advocates warn this claim contradicts data showing a majority were contaminated with dangerous substances, such as Pfas or phthalates."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Food [36]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [37], 05/12/2026
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Nonprofit Sues To Stop Trump Changes To Reflecting Pool, A Historic Site [38]

"A Washington-area nonprofit Monday asked a federal court to halt President Donald Trump’s efforts to resurface the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying that the president failed to undergo required federal reviews before applying a blue color to the basin."

Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [40], 05/12/2026
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"As Coal Rebounds, More Toxic Mercury Is in the Air" [41]

"Coal-fired power plants across the country released more mercury last year as power demand surged, reversing a yearslong downward trend in the emissions of a toxic metal that impairs brain development."

Air [42]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New York Times [43], 05/12/2026
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Trump Says He’ll Move To Suspend US Gasoline Tax, But He Needs Congress [44]

"President Donald Trump said Monday he will move to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war. The president cannot suspend the federal tax on his own. Congress would have to approve the move."

Climate Change [18]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
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Transportation [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [46], 05/12/2026
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