Decades of effort to tackle the often-intractable problems of environmental injustice, supported in recent years by billions in funding, are now facing the knife under the Trump administration. The latest TipSheet provides a thumbnail history of government initiatives and why it matters, then offers a dozen story ideas and reporting resources to tell the story in your community.
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"The white streaks behind planes are condensation trails made of ice, not chemicals sprayed by the Defense Department"
"The Trump administration has moved to end federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a showy grouse with the misfortune of inhabiting southern and central grasslands long sought-after for agriculture and energy development."
"Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study."
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change."
"Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon."
"BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets to pay off a judgment to the railroad BNSF."
"The White House pulled the nomination of Janette Nesheiwat to be the surgeon general in favor of Casey Means, a key figure in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement."
"A bipartisan group of House members is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency — and in some cases expand its services — in an effort to head off President Donald Trump’s threats to shrink or abolish the agency."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/environmental-justice-grants-disappear-environmental-injustice-does-not
[2] https://www.sej.org/calendar/wildphotos-nature-photography-symposium-london-uk-or-online
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/rfk-jr-says-darpa-spraying-chemtrails-no-basis-fact
[4] https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/what-is-darpa-strontium-chemtrails-rfk-kennedy/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-officials-ask-court-end-protections-strutting-showy-bird
[6] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/climate/trump-prairie-chicken-endangered-species-list.html
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/smoke-climate-fueled-wildfires-added-1000s-us-deaths-over-15-years
[8] https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-pollution-climate-change-deaths-9b8c7459e1f27b7688a137a9f4ef0929
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-will-stop-tracking-costs-extreme-weather-fueled-climate-change
[10] https://apnews.com/article/climate-weather-service-disaster-flood-wildfire-cost-53b9d8f5dc8563e2e70804d9c67b9404
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/usfs-and-nps-worker-cuts-leave-wildland-firefighting-crews-short-staffed
[12] https://apnews.com/article/washington-oregon-wildland-wildfire-firefighting-forest-trump-df90c3da2dae47ecd3f0d3eb319394b4
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/asbestos-clinic-forced-close-montana-town-where-thousands-sickened
[14] https://apnews.com/article/libby-montana-asbestos-clinic-shuttered-bnsf-87e2e20926916a97da6821d8afe50be4
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-taps-maha-influencer-surgeon-general-replacing-first-pick
[16] https://wapo.st/4m7TXaN
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/congress-counters-trump-massive-fema-restructuring-plan
[18] https://www.eenews.net/articles/congress-counters-trump-with-massive-fema-restructuring-plan-2/
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=160
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=157
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=158
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=159
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=162
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=163
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=164
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=165
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4874