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National (U.S.)

Line 5, A Trump Donor, Profiting Off A Pipeline Deal Threatening Pollution

"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."

Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025

COP30 Mulls Hiring PR Firm That Worked For Weaker Amazon Protections

"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."

Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025

"Ohio Supreme Court Weighs High-Stakes Solar Permitting Case"

"A regulatory board’s rejection of a permit for a large solar farm in southwestern Ohio has ​“essentially rewritten” state law to give local governments veto power over clean energy projects, an attorney for the project’s developer argued last week before the Ohio Supreme Court."

Source: Canary Media, 03/18/2025

Trump Halted Agent Orange Cleanup, Putting Hundreds of Thousands at Risk

"In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia. Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding."

Source: ProPublica, 03/18/2025

"Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About Tariffs"

"Tariff threats. Growing uncertainty about the economy. And a push for much lower oil prices. For all of their bravado about U.S. energy dominance and enthusiasm for deregulation, American energy executives are beginning to worry about President Trump’s agenda."

Source: NYTimes, 03/18/2025

Trump Pick To Head Secretive Agency Adept at Stifling Info, Regs

A little-known federal office where some say environmental and other regulations go to die may soon be led by a Trump loyalist best known as an indicted co-conspirator in the plot to overthrow the 2020 election. What is OIRA? And who is Trump’s pick to lead the powerful subagency? WatchDog Opinion has answers and some worrying questions, along with resources for reporters to dig further.

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Desperately Seeking Data? OECD Has Loads

If the possibility of a politically driven dearth of data for your climate and environment reporting has you on edge, the new Reporter’s Toolbox just may have something to soothe your nerves: A data source from beyond the grasp of the Trump administration and outside the boundaries of the United States. Take a quick tour of environmental data from the OECD.

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