Environmental Health

Researcher Resigns Citing Tulane Censorship On Pollution Racial Disparity

"A Tulane University researcher resigned Wednesday, citing censorship from university leaders who had warned that her advocacy and research exposing the Louisiana petrochemical industry’s health impacts and racial disparities in hiring had triggered blowback from donors and elected officials."

Source: AP, 06/16/2025

Popular NOAA Climate Website Will Be Hobbled, After Trump Cuts Entire Staff

"A widely used federal website that publishes information about changing weather patterns, drought conditions, agricultural best-practices, atmospheric changes and greenhouse gas emissions will no longer be updated, according to current and former employees familiar with the site. The website will stop publishing new content on July 1."

Source: NPR, 06/16/2025

Trump Cuts EPA Grants to Address Health Risks on Hopi and Navajo Reservations

"Red Feather, which works to improve housing on the Navajo and Hopi reservations, is just one of hundreds of groups that have had grants meant to help disadvantaged communities terminated by the Trump administration." 

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/16/2025

Chesapeake Bay Health Slips in 2025 Report Card Amid Persistent Challenges

"The Chesapeake Bay’s health has taken a downturn, according to a new report card, with the estuary relegated from a “C+” to a “C” as climate extremes and runaway pollution limit restoration efforts."

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/16/2025

Head of FEMA Command Center Quits After Trump Says He’ll Phase Out Agency

"The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster command center, who coordinates the national response to earthquakes, floods and other disasters, has submitted his resignation, according to two people familiar with the matter." "His resignation came after other senior staff members have left and a day after President Trump said he would wind down the federal agency by November."

Source: NYTimes, 06/16/2025

"In Majority-Black Camp Hill, a Young Mayor Fights for Water"

"An Alabama town is at risk of losing water access after it disputed rate rises and recent charges by a neighboring water board. The mayor says customers are being “bamboozled.”"

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/13/2025

EPA Just Delayed Reporting Safety Data On 16 Toxic Chemicals. What To Know.

"The Environmental Protection Agency extended the deadline for reporting health and safety data for 16 toxic chemicals, including benzene, BPA and vinyl chloride."

Source: Washington Post, 06/13/2025

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