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"As a Heat Wave Roiled Illinois, People Incarcerated Suffered The Most" [1]

"As heat grips Illinois this summer, one group is more vulnerable to extreme heat than any other: Those incarcerated inside the state’s decaying prisons and jails."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Infrastructure [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 07/29/2025
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Black Women Fight for Life in Houston’s Most Toxic Neighborhood [11]

"In Settegast, where the average person dies before retirement age, Black women battle environmental racism and a record increase in cost of living."

Air [12]
Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Capital B [18], 07/29/2025
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"Denied Federal Flood Relief, A Maryland Town Is Left On Its Own" [19]

"The residents of Westernport, Maryland, overwhelmingly voted for Trump. But after FEMA denied its aid request, the town feels like the president has turned his back on them."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [24], 07/28/2025
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Committee Moves Bayer And Pesticide Makers Closer To Protections From Suits [25]

"A group of US lawmakers failed on Tuesday to beat back a provision in a congressional appropriations bill that would help protect pesticide makers from being sued and could hinder state efforts to warn about risks of pesticide products."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The New Lede [29], 07/28/2025
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For Millions In US Mobile Home Parks, Clean And Safe Tap Water Isn’t A Given [30]

"More than 50 years after the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed to ensure that Americans’ water is free from harmful bacteria, lead and other dangerous substances, millions of people living in mobile home parks can’t always count on those basic protections."

Chemicals [13]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [31], 07/25/2025
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"On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow" [32]

"Old oil wells on the reservation spew chemical-laden water. The feds have done little to honor treaty obligations to clean them up."

Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Capital & Main [34], 07/24/2025
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"Trump’s EPA Delays Rules Requiring Toxic Coal Ash Cleanup" [35]

"The Trump administration just dealt another blow to U.S. environmental regulations — one that could allow more contamination of drinking water from toxic coal ash contamination. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed on July 17 to extend deadlines for required reporting and groundwater monitoring at coal ash landfills and dumps."

Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [36]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Canary Media [37], 07/24/2025
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Activists Opposing Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show [38]

"Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have for years worked alongside private mine security to surveil the largely peaceful protesters who oppose the mine, called Thacker Pass, according to more than 2,000 pages of internal law enforcement communications reviewed by ProPublica."

Activism [39]
Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: ProPublica [41], 07/24/2025
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"Courts Banned This Herbicide Twice. The EPA Wants To Bring It Back." [42]

"The EPA announced Wednesday its plan to re-register dicamba, a herbicide widely used on soybean and cotton farms that has been banned twice by federal courts." 

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [43], 07/24/2025
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NPS Staff Cautious In Reporting Materials At Odds With Trump Administration [44]

"Should the National Park Service discuss climate-change impacts or the fact that George Washington enslaved more than 100 fellow humans? "

Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: National Parks Traveler [46], 07/23/2025
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