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‘Earth Loses a Defender’: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet [9]

"Pope Francis’ care for the environment was telegraphed early in his papacy. His chosen name honored St. Francis, the Italian friar who proclaimed “Praise God for all his creatures.” As pope, Francis called for immediate action on climate change and exhorted the world’s Catholics to “better recognize the ecological commitments which stem from our convictions.”"

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [16]
Public [17]
International [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 04/22/2025
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"Wave of Earth Day Protests As Americans Mobilize Against Trump" [20]

"Hundreds of marches, pickets and cleanup events are taking place across the US in the run-up to Earth Day on Tuesday, as environmental and climate groups step up resistance to the Trump administration’s authoritarianism and its “war on the planet”."

Activism [21]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 04/22/2025
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"Zeldin A ‘No’ On Targeting Climate Groups’ Tax-Exempt Status" [26]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he does not think the government should broadly reconsider climate advocacy groups’ tax-exempt status." "The EPA administrator also signaled that he was not in a rush to announce reduction-in-force plans, saying,“We’re just trying to get it right.”"

Activism [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
People & Population [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [29], 04/22/2025
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"Indigenous River Campaigner From Peru Wins Prestigious Goldman Prize" [30]

"An Indigenous campaigner and women’s leader from the Peruvian Amazon has been awarded the prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activists, after leading a successful legal campaign that led to the river where her people, the Kukama, live being granted legal personhood."

Activism [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Natural Resources [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
International [18]
Source: Guardian [33], 04/22/2025
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"Trump Touts ‘Clean Coal’ — But Cuts Programs That Protect Miners" [34]

"A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
People & Population [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Washington Post [38], 04/22/2025
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"Interior Secretary Puts DOGE Representative In Charge Of Department Cuts" [39]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has given a former oil executive and aide to Elon Musk broad latitude to cut costs and consolidate work within his vast department, which oversees more than 500 million acres of land across the United States."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [31]
Wildlife [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [42], 04/22/2025
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Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Climate Change and More [43]

"By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [44]
Science [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: ProPublica [46], 04/22/2025
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"The Hidden Climate Costs of Exporting US Liquefied Natural Gas" [47]

"An exclusive Inside Climate News analysis found that a single year of greenhouse gas emissions from tankers carrying LNG from the United States more than cancels out the annual reductions achieved through driving all the electric vehicles currently on U.S. roads."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Studies [44]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [48]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 04/22/2025
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"Sludge Contaminated 10,000 Acres of Farmland. What Should Be Done?" [50]

"For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”"

Agriculture [51]
Chemicals [52]
Consumer [53]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Food [54]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [15]
Waste [55]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: NYTimes [56], 04/22/2025
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New Books About Public Lands, the Threats They Face, and Their Importance [57]

"These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs."

Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [23]
Natural Resources [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Revelator [58], 04/22/2025
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"Trump Admin Reveals Timeline For Approving Resolution Copper Mine" [59]

"The Trump administration gave notice Thursday that it’s advancing Arizona’s Resolution Copper mine, a divisive project that’s opposed by members of Native American tribes who are asking the Supreme Court to intervene." "The Forest Service on Thursday said it intends to advance the contentious Arizona project that some tribal members are asking the Supreme Court to halt."

Biodiversity [10]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [44]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: E&E News [61], 04/21/2025
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Trump Admin Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills [62]

"A federal program that helps low-income households pay for heating and cooling costs is in limbo."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [53]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [63]
Laws & Regulations [28]
People & Population [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 04/21/2025
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"Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders" [65]

"Sources in Washington, including within the Department of Justice and on Capitol Hill, have told Inside Climate News that White House officials are preparing executive orders on environmental issues. One order, they say, would target the tax exempt status of environmental nonprofits, particularly those that do legal work."

Activism [21]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 04/21/2025
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"DOJ Questions Science Journal About Bias, Triggering Free-Speech Concerns" [67]

"Amid brewing conflict between scientists and the administration of President Donald Trump, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia sent an unusual letter this week to a scientific journal focused on diseases and medicine related to the chest, asking about its editorial policies."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Science [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [68], 04/21/2025
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"EPA Withholds Layoff, Restructuring Plan" [69]

"EPA rebuffed attempts to make public its initial downsizing and reorganization plan submitted for White House review." "The Phase 1 “Agency RIF and Reorganization Plan,” which was due at the White House on March 13, remains shrouded in secrecy."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [15]
Science [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [70], 04/21/2025
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