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White House Fires CDC Director Who Says RFK Jr. Is ‘Weaponizing Public Health’ [9]

"The White House on Wednesday fired Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy, which sparked the resignation of other senior CDC officials and a showdown over whether she could be removed."

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Source: Washington Post [23], 08/28/2025
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Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Pushes Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals [24]

"President Trump is not only working to stop a transition away from fossil fuels in the United States, he is pressuring other countries to relax their pledges to fight climate change and instead burn more oil, gas and coal."

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Source: NYTimes [27], 08/28/2025
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FEMA Employees Put On Leave After Letter Criticizing Trump Administration [28]

"The Trump administration placed more than 30 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees on leave Tuesday after they signed an open letter of dissent about the agency’s leadership, according to people familiar with the situation and documents reviewed by The Washington Post."

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Source: Washington Post [30], 08/28/2025
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"Trump Administration Presses Rollback Of ‘Roadless Rule’ On Wild Lands" [31]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday took formal steps to rescind a decades-old rule that protects 58.5 million acres of wild areas in national forests, including 4.4 million acres in California."

Biodiversity [32]
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Source: LA Times [36], 08/28/2025
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"The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill" [37]

"A coalition of environmental groups is embroiled in a year-long fight with an Alliant Energy subsidiary over its discharge of groundwater possibly contaminated with coal combustion residuals."

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Source: Inside Climate News [38], 08/28/2025
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"Trump Administration Investigates California EPA Over Diversity Practices" [39]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it is opening an investigation into the California Environmental Protection Agency, including the powerful California Air Resources Board, over potentially discriminatory employment practices."

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Source: LA Times [44], 08/28/2025
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"How Trump’s Anti-Environment Crusade Enriches Drug Traffickers" [45]

"The president has pledged to combat transnational drug organizations. Yet these groups make vast sums from environmental crimes, and his administration has gutted personnel and programs that targeted them, a new report shows."

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Source: Inside Climate News [50], 08/28/2025
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"Proposed NASA Cuts Could Affect Public Health Research" [51]

"From space, NASA collects data that’s crucial for public health. Potential cuts could threaten that work."

Biodiversity [32]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [52]
Forests [33]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Technology [53]
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Source: Undark [54], 08/28/2025
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"Parks And Museums Emerge As New Culture War Battlegrounds" [55]

"U.S. parks and museums are becoming the latest battleground in the nation’s culture wars as President Trump seeks changes to the way national parks and the Smithsonian tell the story of America."

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Source: The Hill [57], 08/28/2025
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"Hurricane Science Has Come Far Since Katrina. That Progress Is Now At Risk" [58]

"In the 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, hurricane scientists have made great strides toward understanding how climate change influences tropical cyclones, at the same time as they have vastly improved hurricane forecasting. Better forecasts, in turn, save the country billions every time a storm makes landfall, according to a 2024 analysis published in the National Bureau of Economic Research."

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Source: NPR [62], 08/28/2025
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"1 In 4 People Lack Access To Safe Drinking Water: UN" [63]

"More than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that progress toward universal coverage was moving nowhere near quickly enough."

Consumer [11]
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Source: AFP [64], 08/27/2025
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"Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups" [65]

"A law firm representing opponents of offshore wind farms is demanding that Brown University retract research that details links between the fossil fuel industry and anti-wind groups."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
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Source: NYTimes [66], 08/27/2025
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Scientists Flunk Trump Reports Aimed At Undoing A Key Climate Finding [67]

"Two key documents from the Trump administration aimed at revoking the long-standing finding that climate change is dangerous were filled with errors, bias and distortions, according to dozens of scientists surveyed by The Associated Press."

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International [22]
Source: AP [68], 08/27/2025
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"Methane Leaks At California Oil Facilities Are Also Spewing Toxic Chemicals" [69]

"Large methane leaks at oil and gas facilities across the United States not only unleash massive plumes of the potent greenhouse gas, but are also carry a toxic mix of air pollutants that jeopardize the health of communities nearby, according to new research."

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International [22]
Source: LA Times [70], 08/27/2025
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"Trump Plans To Cancel Another Offshore Wind Project" [71]

"On the heels of its move to block a major project off the coast of Rhode Island, court filings indicate the Interior Department plans to block another off the coast of Maryland."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [59]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [53]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [20]
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Source: The Hill [73], 08/27/2025
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