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Commercial Fishing In Vast Pacific Reserve Halted As Judge Blocks Trump Order

"Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections."

Source: AP, 08/11/2025

"The Slow-Moving Fight to Clean New Jersey’s Most Contaminated River"

"More than 40 years after the Passaic River was declared a Superfund site, cancer-causing toxins still line its bottom. While residents drink from its waters, cleanup stalls under corporate resistance and potential federal budget cuts."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/11/2025

Records Contradict What FEMA Leader Told Congress About Texas Flood Response

"In the week after floods tore through Texas Hill Country, most survivors were unable to get through to a federal aid hotline because the Department of Homeland Security let funding lapse, according to publicly available contract records and internal FEMA call center logs obtained by NPR."

Source: NPR, 08/11/2025

"Far More Environmental Data Is Being Deleted In Trump's Second Term"

"The current Trump administration has made 70% more changes to government environmental websites during its first 100 days than the first Trump administration did, and those changes are bolder, according to a report published by the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI)."

Source: NPR, 08/11/2025

"Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts"

"The Environmental Protection Agency said it would stop updating research that hundreds of companies use to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions after the agency suspended the database’s creator because he had signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration’s approach to scientific research."

Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2025

"Civil Cases Against Major Polluters Plummet Under Trump"

"The Trump administration has filed far fewer civil cases accusing companies of violating environmental rules than its predecessors, an analysis of federal data shows."

Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2025

"Judge Stops Hazardous Waste Shipments To Michigan Landfill From Five States"

"A judge has stopped government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill after a year of legal challenges by Detroit-area communities concerned about possible environmental impacts."

Source: AP, 08/08/2025

Federal Judge Orders Chemours To Immediately Stop Polluting Ohio River

"A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant."

Source: Mountain State Spotlight, 08/08/2025

After Deep Cuts, National Weather Service Gets OK To Fill Up To 450 Jobs

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hire as many as 450 people to shore up the National Weather Service after deep cuts this spring raised concern about dangerous understaffing, the Trump administration confirmed Wednesday."

Source: AP, 08/08/2025

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