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Water & Oceans

"RFK Jr., Once Poisoned By Mercury, Is Silent As EPA Weakens Rules Against It"

"The HHS secretary has fought mercury pollution for years. He’s now in an administration that wants to make it easier for industries to dump it into the air and water."

Source: E&E News, 03/19/2025

"America’s Ports Have Labored To Clean Up Pollution. Will That Continue?"

"On a gray March afternoon at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest in the U.S., powerful electric top-handlers whir, beep and grind as they motor back and forth, grabbing trailers from truck beds and stacking them as they move on or off the mighty container ships that ferry goods across the Pacific. Some of the ships, rather than burning diesel to sustain operations as they sit in harbor, plug into electricity instead."

Source: AP, 03/19/2025

"Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm"

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, according to documents reviewed by Democrats on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology."

Source: NYTimes, 03/19/2025

Line 5, A Trump Donor, Profiting Off A Pipeline Deal Threatening Pollution

"Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president."

Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025

Desperately Seeking Data? OECD Has Loads

If the possibility of a politically driven dearth of data for your climate and environment reporting has you on edge, the new Reporter’s Toolbox just may have something to soothe your nerves: A data source from beyond the grasp of the Trump administration and outside the boundaries of the United States. Take a quick tour of environmental data from the OECD.

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Trump Admin Voids Permit for New Jersey Wind Farm Trump Opposes

"A critical permit for an offshore wind farm planned near the New Jersey Shore has been invalidated by an administrative appeals board, seven weeks after President Donald Trump declared he hoped the project was “dead and gone.”

Source: Bloomberg, 03/17/2025

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