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Weather Service Union Sues Trump Over Order Ending Collective Bargaining [9]

"Unions representing employees of the National Weather Service and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sued President Trump on Tuesday over an executive order that sought to end employee rights to collectively bargain with the government."

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Source: The Hill [18], 09/03/2025
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"Eyeing A Potential Future Tropical Storm In The Eastern Atlantic" [19]

"A tropical wave located a few hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands on Tuesday morning was headed west at about 15 mph." "And in the Eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Lorena is a heavy rain threat for Mexico, while Hurricane Kiko may pass close to Hawaii Sep. 10-11."

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Source: Yale Climate Connections [24], 09/03/2025
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"EPA Fires Some Staffers Who Signed Letter Critical of Leadership" [25]

"The EPA on Friday terminated at least five of the roughly 140 employees who signed a public letter in June critical of the agency’s political leadership, according to the staffers’ union. At least 10 other tenured employees have gotten a notice of proposed removal, said Nicole Cantello, an EPA lawyer and president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 704."

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 09/03/2025
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Despite Trump, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports [29]

"Even as the U.S. federal government rapidly retreats from science-based decision-making, adopts climate-damaging energy policies and disengages from international climate efforts, 46 American researchers have been chosen as authors for the upcoming three main global climate reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."

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Source: Inside Climate News [32], 09/03/2025
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"The Druids Oak Is 800 Years Old - Can It Help Save Tomorrow's Forests?" [33]

"Dr Ed Pyne snips a leaf from the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree that has watched over this woodland in Buckinghamshire for centuries, enduring droughts, storms, heatwaves and more. "We know that this tree is a survivor," he says, taking a leaf sample for DNA testing."

Biodiversity [34]
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Science [21]
Public [16]
International [36]
Europe [37]
Source: BBC News [38], 09/03/2025
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"Former CDC Leaders Slam RFK Jr For Endangering Americans’ Health" [39]

"Nine former officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s leadership of the US health and human services department is “unlike anything our country has ever experienced” and “unacceptable”.

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Source: Guardian [42], 09/02/2025
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Labor Day Swimmers Face Fecal Contamination At Beaches Along US Coastline [43]

"Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste. The advisories typically discourage beachgoers from going in the water because the bacteria can cause gastrointestinal illness, rashes and nausea."

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Source: AP [45], 09/02/2025
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"Shrinking Post-Katrina Levees Need $1B In Upgrades" [46]

"Twenty years out from the New Orleans disaster, the city’s levee and flood wall system must be raised or the region could become ineligible for federal flood insurance."

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Source: E&E News [48], 09/02/2025
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Chagas Disease, Once Mostly Abroad, Now Established In Calif., Southern US [49]

"California has the largest number of people in the U.S. infected with Chagas disease — between 70,000 and 100,000. Many people do not know they are ill until they have a heart attack or stroke."

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Source: LA Times [50], 09/02/2025
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"‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected In More NC Drinking Water, EPA Data Shows" [51]

"New EPA data shows PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in 200 more drinking water systems nationwide, including Durham and Fayetteville, as NC utilities work to remove them."

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Source: WRAL [52], 09/02/2025
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Trump Cuts To Climate Satellites Will Make Weather Prediction Harder [53]

"The Trump administration is scrapping satellite observations of Earth that officials say go beyond the essential task of predicting the weather."

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Source: Washington Post [54], 09/02/2025
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Trump DOT Cancels $679 Million For Offshore Wind Projects As Industry Reels [55]

"The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry."

Climate Change [10]
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Source: AP [58], 09/02/2025
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"Internal Emails Reveal Interior’s Empire Wind Deliberations" [59]

"The messages show the Trump administration included offshore wind foes in the push to cancel permitted projects."

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Infrastructure [44]
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Source: E&E News [61], 09/02/2025
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National Weather Service Applicants Must Explain How They Agree With Trump [62]

"As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired."

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Source: AP [63], 09/02/2025
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"The Ecological Benefits Of Far-Ranging Bison Herds" [64]

"Bison once moved across North America in herds that blackened the landscape in all directions, in numbers estimated not in the hundreds but in the tens of thousands."

Agriculture [65]
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Source: National Parks Traveler [69], 09/02/2025
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