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NY City Bill Aims To Ban Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighting Gear

Tom Perkins reports for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New York City bill aims to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting gear
Approval of legislation to ban Pfas would be major win for advocates pushing for safer gear alternatives across US
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Whitmer 7th Governor Urging #EPA To Monitor Microplastics In Drinking #Water

Kyle Davidson reports for @michiganadvance.com

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Whitmer joins Democratic governors calling on the EPA to monitor microplastics in drinking water • Michigan Advance
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 d...
michiganadvance.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Trump Dismantles Programs Designed To Cut Electricity Demand

Brian Dabbs reports for @eenews.bsky.social

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Trump dismantles programs designed to cut electricity demand
Federal energy efficiency programs that once enjoyed bipartisan support are disappearing as data centers ramp up power consumption.
www.eenews.net
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Trump Logging Plan Threatens Centuries-Old Trees, Fuels Lawsuits

@bobbymagill.bsky.social reports for Bloomberg Law

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Trump Logging Plan Threatens Centuries-Old Trees, Fuels Lawsuits
Visiting a freshly logged forest in western Oregon earlier this fall, retired federal wildlife surveyor Erich Reeder stepped over mangled tree roots and dead limbs scattered across a denuded slope tha...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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As Countries Set Trade Rules at CITES, Animal and Plant Trafficking Rages On

@kileyprice.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org

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As Countries Take Steps to Protect Wildlife in Legal Trade, Animal and Plant Trafficking Rages On - Inside Climate News
Countries are meeting in Uzbekistan to negotiate trade protections for threatened plants and animals.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Trump Loosens Gas Mileage Rule for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy

Lisa Friedman, @maxinejoselow.bsky.social and John Ewing report for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Exxon Halts Plans For Massive Low-Carbon Hydrogen Facility In #Texas

@alexckaufman.bsky.social reports for @canarymedia.com

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Exxon halts massive Texas low-carbon hydrogen facility
The sector has faced setbacks under the Trump administration, which pulled funding for Exxon’s “blue” hydrogen project earlier this year.
www.canarymedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Regulator Stopped Enforcing Gas Flaring Limits After Alberta Pressure: Docs

Amanda Stephenson reports for @reuters.com

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Alberta Energy Regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show | CBC News
The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Alberta bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil productio...
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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BLM Lets Ranchers Renew Grazing Permits With Little #Environmental Scrutiny

Mark Olalde and Lucas Waldron report for @propublica.org and @jamesctobias.bsky.social reports for @highcountrynews.org with photos by Roberto “Bear” Guerra.

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A Loophole Allows Ranchers to Renew Grazing Permits With Little Scrutiny of the Environmental Impact
With dwindling oversight, cattle are grazing where they’re not supposed to and in greater numbers or for longer periods than permitted. This can spread invasive plants, pushing out native species and ...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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#EPA Cements Delay Of Biden-Era Methane Rule For #Oil And #Gasperini

@rachelfrazin.bsky.social reports for @thehill.com

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December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Southeast #Asia #Storm Deaths Near 800 As Scale Of Disaster Revealed

Willy Kurniawan reports for @reuters.com

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Storm death toll nears 800 as scale of disaster revealed
As rescuers battled to clear roads, improved weather conditions revealed the scale of a disaster that has killed nearly 800 people in Southeast Asia.
www.odt.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Zillow Removes #Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings

@hclairebrown.bsky.social reports for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Beekeepers, Farmers and the Fight to Save a Century-Old Research Hub

Linda Qiu reports for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Beekeepers, Farmers and the Fight to Save a Century-Old Research Hub
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Electric Rates Jump After Trump Rejects Disaster Aid For #Michigan Utilities

@bytomfrank.bsky.social reports for @eenews.bsky.social

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Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities
The president denied the state’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of
www.eenews.net
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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#FDA Pulls Proposal To Require Talc-Containing Cosmetics To Test For #Asbestos

@rachelfrazin.bsky.social reports for @thehill.com

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December 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Atrazine Probably Causes Cancer In Humans, WHO Cancer Agency Says

@stacymalkan.bsky.social reports for @usrighttoknow.bsky.social

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Atrazine probably causes cancer in humans, WHO cancer agency says
The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency has classified the herbicide atrazine as “probably carcinogenic to humans.”
usrtk.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Mumbai Families Suffer As Datacentres Keep The City Hooked On Coal

@lukewbarratt.bsky.social @atikarehman.bsky.social and @sushmitaw.bsky.social report for @theguardian.com

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‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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#FDA Yanks Proposal Requiring Talc-Containing Cosmetics To Test For #Asbestos

@rachelfrazin.bsky.social reports for @thehill.com

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thehill.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Va. Communities Resist Sewage Sludge On Farm Land As #PFAS Concerns Grow

@shannonheckt.bsky.social reports for @virginiamercury.com

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Virginia communities push back against sewage sludge on agricultural land as PFAS concerns grow • Virginia Mercury
As worry mounts about health risks from exposure to ‘forever chemicals,’ Virginia communities push for testing and limits for biosolids.
virginiamercury.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Electricity Prices Jump After Trump Rejects Disaster Aid For Mich. Utilities

@bytomfrank.bsky.social reports for @eenews.bsky.social

www.eenews.net/articles/ele...
Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities
The president denied the state’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of
www.eenews.net
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Trump Exempts Coal Used In Steelmaking From Clean Air Act Rule

@rachelfrazin.bsky.social reports for @thehill.com

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thehill.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Interior Skips NEPA Analysis For Offshore Drilling Expansion

@im-stevenson.bsky.social reports for @eenews.bsky.social

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Interior skips NEPA analysis for offshore drilling expansion
All prior five-year drilling plans — dating back to 1980 — reference National Environmental Policy Act analyses.
www.eenews.net
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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La. Health Official Who Halted State #Vaccine Campaign Tapped As #CDC’s No. 2

@lenasun.bsky.social reports for @washingtonpost.com

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Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham has been appointed as the CDC’s principal deputy director.
wapo.st
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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#EPA To Scrap Lifesaving Soot #Pollution Limit

@seanatgreenwire.bsky.social reports for @eenews.bsky.social

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EPA to scrap lifesaving soot pollution limit
The move could offer an early test of the Trump administration’s aggressive deregulatory agenda.
www.eenews.net
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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#Environmentalists Sue to Stop #Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico

@karenzraick.bsky.social reports for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM