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Burgum Visits, Touts Alabama Coal Mine With Thousands of Safety Violations [1]

"Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited two Warrior Met mines to emphasize the administration’s commitment to lifting regulations on the extraction of ‘clean beautiful coal.’ He did not mention the company’s checkered safety and environmental record."

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Source: Inside Climate News [14], 04/16/2025
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Trump Ends Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Black Alabama Communities [15]

"The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Alabamians in majority-Black communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”

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Source: Inside Climate News [20], 04/16/2025
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"Researchers Identify US Counties With Worst Drinking Water Violations" [21]

"The U.S. counties with the most egregious water quality violations are concentrated in four states: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oklahoma, a new study has found."

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Source: The Hill [23], 04/16/2025
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"Inside Trump’s Plan to Halt Hundreds of Regulations" [24]

"The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more."

Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [3]
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Source: NYTimes [25], 04/16/2025
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France’s New High-Speed Train Has Americans Asking: Why Can’t We Have That? [26]

"Here's why the U.S. is behind on building high-speed rail — and what could create momentum to catch up."

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Source: Grist [30], 04/15/2025
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Trump Axed Rule Designed To Spare Taxpayers The Burden Of Future Flooding [31]

"The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again."

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Source: Grist/BPR [34], 04/15/2025
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"Documents Reveal Trump’s Plan To Gut Funding For Nasa And Climate Science" [35]

"Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed"

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Source: Guardian [37], 04/15/2025
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"PR Campaign May Have Fuelled Food Study Backlash, Leaked Document Shows" [38]

"A leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit a landmark environment study, according to an investigation."

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Source: Guardian [42], 04/15/2025
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"U.S. Butterfly Population Declined 22 Percent In Two Decades" [43]

"Experts say the drop in abundance is largely due to chemical use, habitat loss, and a warming climate"

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Source: Cedar Rapids Gazette [48], 04/15/2025
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Big Oil Seeks to Shield Itself From Climate Liability While Trump Is in Power [49]

"As several climate liability lawsuits against large oil and gas companies inch closer to trial and states start to adopt climate “Superfund” legislation, the White House and Republican-controlled Congress are rolling out new measures to shield the industry from accountability."

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Source: Sierra [51], 04/15/2025
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