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EPA Withholds Emissions Report, So Environmental Group Releases It
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EPA Withholds Emissions Report, So Environmental Group Releases It

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unexpectedly withheld its annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and declined to submit the data to the United...

May 13, 2025 12:03 AM Negative
Northwest States’ Green Energy Goals Stall for Lack of Power Lines
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Northwest States’ Green Energy Goals Stall for Lack of Power Lines

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Oregon and Washington have passed ambitious laws to achieve carbon-free electricity but are struggling to build the actual infrastructure...

May 13, 2025 12:03 AM Negative
Border Walls Divide Wildlife, Not Just People: Lynx and Other Species at Risk
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Border Walls Divide Wildlife, Not Just People: Lynx and Other Species at Risk

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From the US-Mexico barrier to fences in Eastern Europe, new data reveals how border walls severely disrupt wildlife migration, fracturing habitats...

May 12, 2025 01:03 AM Negative
Koalas left homeless and starving as Australia logs blue gum plantations
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Koalas left homeless and starving as Australia logs blue gum plantations

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Mass logging of blue gum plantations in Victoria, Australia, is displacing tens of thousands of koalas annually. Wildlife carers report spikes in...

May 10, 2025 10:24 PM Negative
Industry groups fight to save Energy Star program as EPA plans shutdown
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Industry groups fight to save Energy Star program as EPA plans shutdown

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A broad coalition of manufacturers and environmental advocates is challenging the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate the long-standing...

May 10, 2025 10:24 PM Negative
Rare Axolotl Salamanders Reintroduced to Wild
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Rare Axolotl Salamanders Reintroduced to Wild

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Mexico City - Conservationists in Mexico have successfully released captive-bred axolotls back into the wild canals of Xochimilco, marking a...

May 10, 2025 09:23 AM Positive
EPA Halts $18 Million Compost Project, Alarms Activists
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EPA Halts $18 Million Compost Project, Alarms Activists

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Providence, R.I., USA - Under the Trump administration, the EPA abruptly canceled an $18 million grant for a community-led compost program in...

May 10, 2025 09:23 AM Negative
FEMA Chief Fired After Defending Agency’s Climate Readiness on Hill
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FEMA Chief Fired After Defending Agency’s Climate Readiness on Hill

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FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell has been abruptly removed by President Trump days after she testified about rising climate-driven disasters....

May 09, 2025 12:05 AM Negative
New LNG Terminal OK’d as Trump Scraps Regulations
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New LNG Terminal OK’d as Trump Scraps Regulations

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Louisiana has approved construction for a fifth LNG export terminal, backed by the administration’s fast-track policy for fossil fuel projects....

May 08, 2025 09:25 AM Negative

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