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"Syngenta Closer To Settling Thousands Of US Paraquat Lawsuits" [1]

"Syngenta is another step closer to potentially putting an end to thousands of lawsuits brought by people blaming the company’s paraquat weed killer for causing Parkinson’s disease."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The New Lede [11], 08/14/2025
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"'MAHA' Activists Urge Trump To Oppose Limits On Pesticide Regulation" [12]

"President Donald Trump should block the U.S. House from limiting the regulation of pesticides and "forever chemicals" in its environmental appropriations bill or risk losing Republican support, more than 200 activists aligned with the "Make America Healthy Again" movement said in a letter to Trump."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [14], 08/13/2025
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"France’s Top Court Strikes Down Pesticide Clause In Farming Law" [15]

"France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that would have brought back a banned pesticide."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [16]
Chemicals [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Wildlife [17]
Public [9]
Europe [18]
Source: AP [19], 08/08/2025
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Denial Of Gray Wolf Protections Violated Endangered Species Act, Judge Rules [20]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service will have to reconsider whether gray wolves in the western United States merit Endangered Species Act protections in light of Republican-backed efforts to aggressively cull the animals in the Northern Rockies, a federal judge ruled Tuesday."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [16]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [17]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Public Domain [22], 08/07/2025
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Photos Of Mexican Ranchers Struggling As Screwworm Ravages Their Cattle [23]

"The U.S. has suspended live cattle imports from Mexico due to concerns about the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite found in southern Mexico. This suspension has severely impacted ranchers in Sonora, who are already struggling with drought."

Agriculture [2]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [7]
Wildlife [17]
Public [9]
Mexico [25]
Source: AP [26], 08/06/2025
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Trump May Destroy NASA Climate Satellites That Scientists And Farmers Rely On [27]

"The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions, according to current and former NASA staffers. If the plans are carried out, one of the missions would be permanently terminated, because the satellite would burn up in the atmosphere."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Technology [29]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [30], 08/05/2025
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"Pesticide Manufacturer Spent More Than $200K Lobbying In Iowa" [31]

"Bayer, the biotech company and manufacturer of Round Up, has substantially increased its spending on lobbying in Iowa since the introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch [33], 08/05/2025
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"Experts Slam Chesapeake Bay Draft Plan Over Lack of Pollution Targets" [34]

"The newest draft of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement lacks meaningful pollution reduction targets and allows states to evade legal accountability, according to concerned environmental advocates and experts who have reviewed the document."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [35]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 08/05/2025
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"Eroding Protections For Public Lands" [40]

"The U.S. Congress has passed hundreds of laws protecting federal public lands over the past century through bipartisan efforts and with the support of local governments. Now, President Donald Trump’s administration and some Republican lawmakers in Congress are pushing policies and legislation that upend these protections."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [16]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [42]
Government [43]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [17]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [44], 08/04/2025
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Experts Urge Brazil's President to Veto a Law To Cut Environmental Reviews [45]

"Independent experts with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday publicly called on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to veto parts of a new law that would carve giant loopholes in the country's environmental regulations."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [28]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [17]
Public [9]
International [46]
South America [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 08/01/2025
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