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Mississippi Residents Say Wood-Pellet Plant Harming Their Town [1]

"Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, are suing plant that exports wood pellets to UK and Europe. Company says it is reducing emissions"

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Forests [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Verite News [11], 12/19/2025
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DOE Watchdog Will Audit Trump Cuts Of Nearly $8B In Clean Energy Grants [12]

"An internal watchdog in the U.S. Department of Energy will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects across 16 states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election."

Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [17], 12/19/2025
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Federal Judge Blocks Whitmer From Shutting Down Pipeline Under Great Lakes [18]

"A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ‘s attempt to shut down an aging oil pipeline running beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, finding that only the federal government can regulate interstate pipeline safety."

Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Canada [23]
Source: AP [24], 12/19/2025
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"PJM’s Capacity Costs Hit Record As Grid Falls Short On Supply" [25]

"Data center construction and clogged-up generation queues are driving costs — and political backlash — in the country’s biggest power market."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Technology [26]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Source: Canary Media [29], 12/19/2025
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"Is RFK Jr. Backing Big Food’s Drive To Overturn Tough New State Laws?" [30]

"Secretary Kennedy echoes industry talking points on food safety laws"

Agriculture [31]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [16]
Food [33]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: U.S. Right to Know [34], 12/19/2025
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"Trump Admin Orders Washington State Coal Plant To Stay Running" [35]

"The Trump administration has ordered another aging, costly coal plant to keep operating past its long-planned retirement date — this time in Centralia, Washington."

Air [36]
Climate Change [13]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
Source: Canary Media [38], 12/19/2025
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"Trump Officials Dive Into The West’s Biggest Water War" [39]

"The Trump administration is turning up the pressure on Western states to cut a deal to shrink their water use as the drought-stricken Colorado River careens towards crisis."

Agriculture [31]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [19]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Politico [40], 12/19/2025
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"SPEED Act Passes in House Despite Changes That Threaten Clean Power" [41]

"The Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act, or SPEED Act, overcame opposition from environmentalists and many Democrats who oppose the bill’s sweeping changes to a bedrock environmental law."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [42]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 12/19/2025
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"Defense Bill Directs GAO To Probe Tick Conspiracy Promoted By RFK Jr." [44]

"The House-passed National Defense Authorization Act would spur an investigation of whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease."

Biodiversity [45]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [46]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [47], 12/18/2025
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"American Academy of Pediatrics Loses HHS Funding After Criticizing RFK Jr." [48]

"The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for initiatives on reducing sudden infant deaths, improving adolescent health, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome and identifying autism early, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."

Consumer [32]
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Health [49]
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Source: Washington Post [50], 12/18/2025
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