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"States Push To End Secrecy Over Data Center Water Use" [1]

"States facing drought and dwindling groundwater supplies are seeking to pull back the curtain on water use at data centers, in a push for transparency that has scrambled traditional partisan alliances."

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Source: E&E News [11], 12/09/2025
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"Federal Judge Finds Trump’s Halt on Wind Energy Is Illegal" [12]

"A federal judge on Monday struck down President Trump’s halt on approvals of all wind power projects on federal lands and waters, dealing a significant legal setback to the administration’s campaign against wind farms."

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Source: NYTimes [19], 12/09/2025
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Journal Retracts Study On Safety Of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘Ethical Concerns’ [20]

"The journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology has formally retracted a sweeping scientific paper published in 2000 that became a key defense for Monsanto’s claim that Roundup herbicide and its active ingredient glyphosate don’t cause cancer."

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Source: Guardian [24], 12/09/2025
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Pesticide Drift Catches Schools Off Guard. Lawmakers Want Spraying Notice [25]

"More than 700 Illinois schools are within a quarter-mile of crop fields, yet state law doesn’t require pesticide applicators to notify them before spraying. Advocates say a new notification proposal would give educators and park staff time to move children indoors and reduce exposure."

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Source: Investgate Midwest [29], 12/08/2025
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"Corn’s Clean-Energy Promise Is Clashing With Its Climate Footprint" [30]

"Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water."

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Biodiversity [31]
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Source: Floodlight [36], 12/08/2025
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"Plastic Pollution Could More Than Double By 2040, Report Finds" [37]

"Failure to address a worldwide plastic pollution crisis could trigger a surge in greenhouse gas emissions and human health problems tied to the industry, according to a new report."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [14]
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Environmental Studies [5]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [22]
Technology [18]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [8]
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International [38]
Source: The New Lede [39], 12/08/2025
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Trump Climate Policies Are Driving Up Insurance Costs for Homeowners: Experts [40]

"Tariffs, extreme weather events and the president’s funding cuts are contributing to increasing rates, sometimes by double digits."

Climate Change [13]
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Source: Capital & Main [42], 12/08/2025
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"Maha v Maga: Feud Grows As Trump EPA Rolls Back Rules On Toxic Chemicals" [43]

"“Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement leaders have put out a petition calling for Donald Trump to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin, who, since being appointed in late January, has quickly moved to undo toxic chemical regulations and fast-track pesticide approvals."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [21]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [33]
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People & Population [27]
Pollution [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [44], 12/08/2025
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"After Ohio’s Landmark Decisions On HB 6 Utility Scandal, What’s Next?" [45]

"In landmark rulings last month, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ordered FirstEnergy’s three regulated companies to pay roughly $250 million for violations linked to the state’s largest-ever utility corruption scandal. More than $186 million of that will be refunded or credited to consumers."

Climate Change [13]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [16]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Source: Canary Media [47], 12/04/2025
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Whitmer 7th Governor Urging EPA To Monitor Microplastics In Drinking Water [48]

"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week joined governors from six other states signing onto a petition demanding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency add microplastics to its program collecting data on contaminants not currently covered by the Safe Drinking Water Act."

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: Michigan Advance [50], 12/04/2025
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