"Trump Hits Delete For Energy, Environment Regs"
"The president’s suite of executive orders to decimate environmental regulations will propel his administration into court."
Source: E&E News, 04/14/2025
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#SEJ2025 — Confronting the Past, Surviving the Future
Next week, hundreds of environmental journalists are expected to gather in Arizona for #SEJ2025, the Society of Environmental Journalists’ expansive annual conference. Co-chair Kendal Blust has highlights of the four-day event, plus how the challenges facing the Southwest are those of communities across the United States, and why now is a critical time for journalists to come together. Read her rundown and register now, before the April 16 midnight deadline.
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Coal Country Voices Say Closures Of MSHA Offices Will Endanger Mine Safety
"Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it’s safe for anyone to work in the industry right now. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by President Donald Trump and run by Elon Musk, has been targeting federal agencies for spending cuts. That includes terminating leases for three dozen offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws."
Source: AP, 04/07/2025
With Scientific Research Under Attack, Journalists Must Up Their Game
The Trump administration’s offensive against evidence-based research is making clear, accurate reporting on science more important than ever — because people who understand how scientific research works and what it tells us are less likely to be duped by misinformation or pseudoscience. SciLine director Matt DeRienzo on the challenges of the time and new resources to help journalists understand and explain evidence-based research.
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Calif., 23 States Sue Trump HHS Over Cuts To CDC Infectious-Disease Funds
"California and a coalition of other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to cut billions of dollars in federal public health grants designed to make states more resilient to infectious disease, and accused the administration of overreaching its authority by clawing back funding already allocated by Congress."
Source: LA Times, 04/03/2025
"Trump Administration Cancels NIH Scientific Integrity Policy"
"The National Institutes of Health has rescinded a scientific integrity policy intended to protect research and communications from political interference, citing the policy's commitment to diversity and inclusion."
Source: E&E News, 04/03/2025
"Memos: FEMA Blocked $10B In Disaster Aid"
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency has frozen nearly $10 billion in disaster aid for nonprofits including hospitals as it seeks to identify funding that could be used to help undocumented migrants, according to agency documents obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."
Source: E&E News, 03/31/2025
"Trump Admin Cancels Over $12B In Health Care Grants"
"The Trump administration is canceling billions of dollars in grant funding to state and local health departments without warning, throwing their programs into disarray."
Source: Axios , 03/31/2025
Hazardous Risk Reporting Resource at Risk of Trump Blackout
Hazardous sites around the United States are supposed to have disaster plans, which make for a localizable story environmental journalists can tell to help protect their communities. The problem, reports TipSheet, is that a key federal database of these plans may be shut down by the Trump administration. More on the Risk Management Program, efforts to protect the data and how reporters can use it.
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Trump EPA Aims To Cut Pollution Rules Projected To Save Nearly 200,000 Lives
"A push by Donald Trump’s administration to repeal a barrage of clean air and water regulations may deal a severe blow to US public health, with a Guardian analysis finding that the targeted rules were set to save the lives of nearly 200,000 people in the years ahead."
Source: Guardian, 03/20/2025
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