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Trump Exempts Nearly 70 Coal Plants From Biden Rule On Mercury And Air Toxics [1]

"The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
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Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [9]
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People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [15], 04/16/2025
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Commercial Salmon Fishing In Calif. Will Be Closed For 3rd Year In A Row [16]

"The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year running, and sportfishing will be restricted to only a few days due to dwindling numbers of fish, fishing regulators voted Tuesday."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [4]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [13]
California [20]
Source: AP [21], 04/16/2025
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Judge Orders Agencies To Release Billions From Two Biden-Era Initiatives [22]

"A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [9]
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Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [23], 04/16/2025
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Burgum Visits, Touts Alabama Coal Mine With Thousands of Safety Violations [24]

"Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited two Warrior Met mines to emphasize the administration’s commitment to lifting regulations on the extraction of ‘clean beautiful coal.’ He did not mention the company’s checkered safety and environmental record."

Air [2]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 04/16/2025
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"Inside Trump’s Plan to Halt Hundreds of Regulations" [28]

"The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [29]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [30], 04/16/2025
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"Inside The Fight To Save California’s Dying Sea Lions From Toxic Algae" [31]

"An animal’s chance of survival after domoic acid poisoning is 50-50, and this year an outbreak has sickened hundreds"

Biodiversity [17]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [32]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [34]
Public [13]
California [20]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
Source: Guardian [36], 04/15/2025
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France’s New High-Speed Train Has Americans Asking: Why Can’t We Have That? [37]

"Here's why the U.S. is behind on building high-speed rail — and what could create momentum to catch up."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [9]
Technology [38]
Transportation [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Europe [40]
Source: Grist [41], 04/15/2025
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Trump Axed Rule Designed To Spare Taxpayers The Burden Of Future Flooding [42]

"The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [43]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist/BPR [44], 04/15/2025
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"Documents Reveal Trump’s Plan To Gut Funding For Nasa And Climate Science" [45]

"Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed"

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Science [46]
Technology [38]
Transportation [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [47], 04/15/2025
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"PR Campaign May Have Fuelled Food Study Backlash, Leaked Document Shows" [48]

"A leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit a landmark environment study, according to an investigation."

Climate Change [4]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [49]
Food [50]
Journalism & Media [51]
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Source: Guardian [52], 04/15/2025
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