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"This historic storm is will spread destructive ice and heavy snow over 34 states through Monday including the South, Midwest and Northeast."

"The historic site, on an island in South Carolina, could be inundated by rising seas in decades to come. A display on the threat has been removed."

"Neither the House nor the Senate included funding for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service in new spending bills. The Interior Department is still forging ahead."

"The Trump administration says the regulation will ease permitting expenses. Utilities say costs could shift to them and their customers."

"New federal decisions remove health protections as Black communities face rising pollution and asthma rates."

"The deep rift between Democrats and Republicans over the future of the nation’s premier chemical safety law was on full display on Thursday in a hearing designed to kickstart legislation that would allow faster federal approvals for new chemicals. "

"On Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalized a new rule making it easier for companies to apply for the right to mine the deep ocean floor."

"The Energy Department said on Thursday that it was in the process of revising or canceling more than $83 billion in loans for clean energy technologies that had been approved under the Biden administration."

"The global skin-lightening market is worth over $10 billion and growing, but the unregulated products driving it contain dangerous chemicals linked to serious health risks."

"As fossil fuel-based carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise to record levels, a new analysis shows that a majority of these emissions can be traced back to a shrinking number of large corporate entities."