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Oil And Gas Money Shapes Research, ‘Echo Chamber’ In Higher Education [9]

"Jackson Voss loves his alma mater, Louisiana State University. He appreciates that his undergraduate education was paid for by a program dreamed up by an oil magnate and that he received additional scholarships from ExxonMobil and Shell. But the socially conscious Louisiana native was also aware of what the support of those companies seemed to buy — silence."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [14]
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Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: Floodlight [19], 03/24/2025
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Fossil-Funded Research Used To Avoid Paying Workers Hurt By 2010 Gulf Spill [20]

"Academic research paid for by BP and Exxon is being used to combat workers’ claims that exposure to oil and chemical dispersants made them ill."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [21]
Science [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Drilled [23], 03/24/2025
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"French Scientist Denied US Entry Over Text Messages Criticising Trump" [24]

"French officials have expressed their dismay after a French scientist was denied entry into the United States because immigration officers found text messages containing a "personal opinion" about the Trump administration and its policies on scientific research."

Environmental Politics [13]
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Science [22]
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Source: France24 [26], 03/24/2025
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Experts Say US Weather Forecasts Will Worsen As DOGE Cuts Balloon Launches [27]

"With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [28]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [14]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [15]
Science [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [31], 03/24/2025
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"Glacier Meltdown Risks Food And Water Supply Of 2 Billion People, Says UN" [32]

"Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will have unpredictable consequences."

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [16]
International [35]
Source: Guardian [36], 03/24/2025
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"California Banned Polystyrene. So Why Is It Still On Store Shelves?" [37]

"Styrofoam coffee cups, plates, clamshell takeout containers and other food service items made with expanded polystyrene plastic can still be found in restaurants and on store shelves, despite a ban that went into effect on Jan. 1."

Chemicals [38]
Consumer [28]
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Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [16]
California [40]
Source: LA Times [41], 03/24/2025
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"Sardines In Hot Water Are Swapping Plankton For Plastics" [42]

"Sardines in the Mediterranean struggling for a decent bite of shrinking plankton are accidentally ingesting more and more microplastics and microfibres, scientists have found. And the root cause of all their problems? Well, it's climate change - of course."

Biodiversity [43]
Chemicals [38]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [30]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [45]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [16]
Europe [46]
Source: Oceanographic [47], 03/24/2025
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"Slow Pace of Mining, Federal Layoffs to Stymie Trump's Order" [48]

"Federal agencies will need fully-staffed teams to implement President Donald Trump’s order for the Interior Department and other agencies to expedite mining on federal lands, natural resources lawyers say. But massive staffing cuts could get in the way of Trump’s demand to mine more minerals domestically, and it could take years for agencies and companies to mobilize and begin digging rock."

Biodiversity [43]
Chemicals [38]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [49], 03/24/2025
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States Push To Shift Road Funds To Transit And Bike Projects Amid Trump Cuts [50]

"Hundreds of bicycle advocates were at an annual summit this month in Washington, D.C., when their cellphones lit up over breakfast with an urgent email warning that President Donald Trump’s transportation department had just halted federal grant funding for bike lanes."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Transportation [52]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [53], 03/24/2025
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"E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk" [54]

"The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution in poorer areas."

Chemicals [38]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [55]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [56], 03/24/2025
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"Interior To Open Millions Of Acres In Alaska To Drilling And Mining" [57]

"Trump officials said they would open up areas of Alaska that Joe Biden had made off-limits to oil and gas production, and allow for a gas pipeline to be built across the state."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Water & Oceans [34]
Wildlife [58]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [59]
Source: Washington Post [60], 03/21/2025
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EPA Mulls Giving Drillers More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Toxic Wastewater [61]

"The Trump administration plans to increase “regulatory flexibility” for oil and gas companies trying to find ways to dispose of copious amounts of toxic wastewater."

Chemicals [38]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 03/21/2025
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"Lake Tahoe Could Be A Deathtrap During Major Wildfires" [63]

"Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties in South Lake Tahoe are at risk — yet new resorts are being built in high-danger fire areas."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Forests [64]
Infrastructure [51]
People & Population [65]
Planning & Growth [66]
Transportation [52]
Public [16]
California [40]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [67]
Source: CalMatters [68], 03/21/2025
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Black Farmers Face Setbacks Over Trump Budget Cuts: ‘We Are In Survival Mode’ [69]

"A consortium of Black farmers in the north-east take financial hits as harsh USDA cuts threaten their operations"

Agriculture [33]
Environmental Justice [55]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [39]
People & Population [65]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [70]
Source: Guardian [71], 03/21/2025
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Calif. Falls Short in Enforcing Regulations for Metal Shredding Industry [72]

"After decades of lax oversight, new efforts are underway to protect communities from toxic emissions without putting the industry out of business."

Chemicals [38]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [21]
Waste [73]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [40]
Source: Public Health Watch [74], 03/21/2025
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