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Trump Said Weaker Gas Mileage Rules Will Mean Cheaper Cars. Experts Disagree [1]

"President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken rules for how far automakers’ new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline, set under former President Joe Biden. ... Here are the facts."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [11], 12/10/2025
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As NOAA Funding Lags, Critical Ocean Weather System Nears Breaking Point [12]

"Years of underfunding and new delays in federal grantmaking threaten buoys and ocean monitoring assets run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that protect fishermen, cargo ships and endangered species across the country."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Studies [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 12/10/2025
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Arizona Probes Proposed Critical Mineral Mine’s Polluted Water Discharge [19]

"A proposed critical minerals mine in southern Arizona that was the first added to a federal permitting process designed to be quicker and more transparent has reported water with levels exceeding the state’s regulatory limits of a mineral that can damage the heart, lungs, stomach and eyes."

Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 12/10/2025
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"Democratic Senators Demand U.S. Park Police Suspend Hiring Spree" [25]

"Democratic senators are demanding the U.S. Park Police suspend their D.C. recruitment blitz and accuse the Trump administration of “hijacking this federal police force for its own authoritarian purposes,” according to a letter sent to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Monday morning."

Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Military [28]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Source: Washington Post [30], 12/10/2025
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"Defense Bill Delays Phaseout Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighting Foam" [31]

"The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) gives the Pentagon more time to use firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals.”

Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Military [28]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [32], 12/10/2025
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"Bid To Oust Zeldin Cites ‘EPA-Sanctioned Pollution Spree’" [33]

"Moms Clean Air Force is activating its million-plus members in a bid to oust Administrator Lee Zeldin from EPA."

Activism [34]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [36], 12/10/2025
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Chemical Lobbyists At Trump EPA Double Amount of Formaldehyde Deemed Safe [37]

"Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them." "The chemical industry finally got its wish."

Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ProPublica [38], 12/10/2025
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"E.P.A. Erases Mention of Humans Causing Climate Change From Some Web Pages" [39]

"An E.P.A. site listing the causes of climate change no longer includes the main one: human activity."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [40]
Science [41]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [42], 12/10/2025
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January 30, 2026

DEADLINE: Indigenous Student Investigative Journalism Workshop [43]

IRE, IJA and Oklahoma Media Center invite applications for a day-and-a-half long workshop Feb. 12-13, 2026 in Oklahoma City. Gain hands-on experience in investigative techniques, data analysis and storytelling, while connecting with working journalists and mentors in the field. Deadline: Jan 30.

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"New White House “Hall of Shame” Webpage Expands Trump’s War On The Press" [46]

"“Misleading. Biased. Exposed.” Far from encouraging trustworthy journalism, the new media bias page on the White House website is the Trump administration’s latest effort to pillory the media. Journalists and outlets critical of Trump’s measures are labelled as “offenders” with no factual breakdown of why their reporting is incorrect."

Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [40]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: RSF [47], 12/09/2025
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