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"The Nightmare Mess Left by One Closed Pulp Mill" [1]

"Documents expose the huge cleanup BC faces for Port Alice and 11 more shut mills. Will new projects also slip off the hook?" 

Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Public [11]
Canada [12]
Source: The Tyee [13], 07/16/2025
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"Texas Failed To Spend Federal Aid For Disaster Protection" [14]

"In the past decade, as extreme weather killed nearly 700 people in Texas, the state relinquished $225 million in federal grant money that it was supposed to spend on protecting residents from disasters, federal records show."  "States across the country have not used billions of dollars from FEMA intended to reduce damage from flooding and other disasters."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 07/16/2025
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"House Republicans Buck Trump On NOAA Cuts" [21]

"House Republican appropriators would cut NOAA by nearly $400 million for fiscal 2026, but they’re rejecting deeper reductions proposed by the White House."

Biodiversity [2]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [25], 07/16/2025
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"An Ohio Solar Project Overcomes Local Opposition And Misinformation" [26]

"A contested solar agrivoltaics project avoided having its permit denied by Ohio regulators, likely thanks to the neutral stances of a county board and one of its townships."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: Canary Media [28], 07/15/2025
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Chesapeake Bay Program Nixes Membership For Virginia Tribal Nations For Now [29]

"Recognized for their environmental stewardship rooted in ancestral practices, seven tribes in Virginia are seeking full membership in the Chesapeake Bay Program alongside its existing signatory partners" 

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 07/15/2025
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"House Releases Interior-EPA Spending Bill With Deep Cuts" [35]

"House Republican appropriators unveiled their fiscal 2026 funding legislation for the Interior Department and EPA, with steep cuts proposed for both agencies."

Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [36], 07/15/2025
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Trump Admin Says It Won’t Publish Climate Report On NASA Site As Promised [37]

"The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [39], 07/15/2025
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"Parks Gift Shops Directed To Remove Items That ‘Disparage Americans’" [40]

"Trump officials have directed staff at national parks to review all items in gift shops for anti-American content, according to an internal directive reviewed by The Washington Post. The move is part of the administration’s wider campaign to scrub federal institutions of “corrosive ideology” recognizing historical racism and sexism."

Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [41]
Journalism & Media [38]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [42], 07/14/2025
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Utility Says It Can’t Supply Water for Alabama Data Center Without Upgrades [43]

"BESSEMER, Ala. — Developers of a proposed hyperscale data center may find themselves lacking a resource essential for the operation of what would be one of the largest such facilities in the United States: water."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Technology [44]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 07/14/2025
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"Sierra Club’s Executive Director Is on Leave After a Rocky Tenure" [47]

"Ben Jealous, the executive director of the Sierra Club, is on leave as of Friday afternoon, the organization confirmed, after less than three years leading the environmental nonprofit group."

Activism [48]
Environmental Politics [6]
People & Population [32]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [49], 07/14/2025
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