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Oversight Dem Questions How CDC Can Provide FOIA Records Without Staffers [9]

"Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is demanding to know how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests when the relevant staff have been put on administrative leave."

Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [16], 04/28/2025
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"‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries" [17]

"On August 6, 2012, a corroded, eight-inch pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, cracked open, sending a white cloud hundreds of feet into the air. The cloud quickly engulfed the 19 refinery firefighters, managers and other workers who had been trying to fix what had been a small leak in the pipe."

Chemicals [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [22]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [23]
Public [14]
California [24]
Source: Public Health Watch [25], 04/28/2025
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Supreme Court Could Limit Agencies’ Duty To Consider Environmental Harms [26]

"A forthcoming Supreme Court decision is poised to weaken a bedrock law that requires federal agencies to study the potential environmental impacts of major projects."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [28]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [30], 04/28/2025
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"China Says Trump’s Order on Seabed Mining Violates International Law" [31]

"China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that an executive order President Trump signed a day earlier to accelerate the permitting process for seabed mining in international waters “violates international law and harms the overall interests of the international community.”

Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [28]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [36]
Source: NYTimes [37], 04/28/2025
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Burgum Confirms Administration Is Reviewing National Monument Boundaries [38]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum confirmed Friday the administration is reviewing the boundaries of several national monuments — meaning it eventually could move to shrink them."

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [41], 04/28/2025
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"Interior Plan Slashes Environmental Reviews To 1 Month" [42]

"Leaning on President Donald Trump’s declared energy emergency, the department aims to limit fossil project reviews to 28 days."

Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [43], 04/28/2025
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"White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On" [44]

"Over the past two months, the Trump administration has taken steps to eliminate regulations addressing climate change, pull back funding for climate programs and cancel methods used to evaluate how climate change is affecting American society and its economy. Now it is directly undermining the science and research of climate change itself, in ways that some of the nation’s most distinguished scientists say will have dangerous consequences."

Climate Change [27]
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Science [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ProPublica [46], 04/28/2025
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"Which Cities Have The Most Trees? See How Yours Stacks Up." [47]

"Why some U.S. cities are so much greener than others." Includes lookup map.

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Forests [48]
Infrastructure [22]
Planning & Growth [49]
Wildlife [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [50], 04/28/2025
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"Report On National Monuments Eyed For Energy Draws Concerns" [51]

"Reports that the Trump administration is eyeing six national monuments in the West for energy development drew promises Thursday that any reduction in a monument's boundaries would be met with a lawsuit."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: National Parks Traveler [52], 04/25/2025
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"Trump Signs Order Seeking To Jump-Start Mining Of The Ocean Floor" [53]

"President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to jump-start mining on the ocean floor."

Chemicals [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [54], 04/25/2025
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"Child Health Experts With Diversity Roles Will Be Fired or Reassigned" [55]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has informed employees who are experts in children’s health that they will be fired or reassigned because their job descriptions include work on environmental justice or diversity, equity and inclusion, an agency spokeswoman has confirmed."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [56]
Pollution [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [57], 04/25/2025
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"OSHA Office Closure in ‘Cancer Alley’ Raises Fears About Risks to Workers" [58]

"On the morning of March 20, Mathew Roberts was working at a chemical plant on the outskirts of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when he was involved in an accident with a forklift. Unresponsive and in critical condition, the father of two and Iraq War veteran known for his big laugh and warm smile was taken from the Nutrien nitrogen plant to a local hospital, where he died of his injuries."

Air [59]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [56]
Pollution [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: Capital & Main [61], 04/25/2025
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"Trump Denies Aid For Arkansas After Storms That Killed More Than 40 People" [62]

"Donald Trump has denied federal disaster relief funds to the people of Arkansas, which saw dozens of people die from a series of deadly tornadoes last month, as legislators plead for him to reconsider."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [63]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
People & Population [56]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: Guardian [64], 04/25/2025
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Weather Service To Resume Translating Its Products For Non-English Speakers [65]

"The National Weather Service will resume translating its products for non-English speakers."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [63]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [12]
People & Population [56]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [66], 04/25/2025
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Trump’s Latest USDA Cuts Cancel Beloved Farm-To-School Program [67]

"The abrupt cancellation of a beloved farm-to-school grant program threatens food access, school gardens, and small farms nationwide."

Agriculture [68]
Consumer [69]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Food [70]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [56]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [71], 04/25/2025
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