"Years of underfunding and new delays in federal grantmaking threaten buoys and ocean monitoring assets run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that protect fishermen, cargo ships and endangered species across the country."
"A proposed critical minerals mine in southern Arizona that was the first added to a federal permitting process designed to be quicker and more transparent has reported water with levels exceeding the state’s regulatory limits of a mineral that can damage the heart, lungs, stomach and eyes."
"Democratic senators are demanding the U.S. Park Police suspend their D.C. recruitment blitz and accuse the Trump administration of “hijacking this federal police force for its own authoritarian purposes,” according to a letter sent to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Monday morning."
"The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) gives the Pentagon more time to use firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals.”
"Moms Clean Air Force is activating its million-plus members in a bid to oust Administrator Lee Zeldin from EPA."
"Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them." "The chemical industry finally got its wish."
"An E.P.A. site listing the causes of climate change no longer includes the main one: human activity."
IRE, IJA and Oklahoma Media Center invite applications for a day-and-a-half long workshop Feb. 12-13, 2026 in Oklahoma City. Gain hands-on experience in investigative techniques, data analysis and storytelling, while connecting with working journalists and mentors in the field. Deadline: Jan 30.
"“Misleading. Biased. Exposed.” Far from encouraging trustworthy journalism, the new media bias page on the White House website is the Trump administration’s latest effort to pillory the media. Journalists and outlets critical of Trump’s measures are labelled as “offenders” with no factual breakdown of why their reporting is incorrect."
"The Trump administration has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from next year's calendar of entrance fee-free days for national parks and added President Trump's birthday to the list, according to the National Park Service, as the administration continues to push back against a reckoning of the country's racist history on federal lands."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/noaa-funding-lags-critical-ocean-weather-system-nears-breaking-point
[2] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08122025/noaa-integrated-ocean-observing-system-funding/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/arizona-probes-proposed-critical-mineral-mine-s-polluted-water-discharge
[4] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09122025/arizona-investigating-proposed-mine-contaminated-water-discharge/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/democratic-senators-demand-us-park-police-suspend-hiring-spree
[6] https://wapo.st/3Mq9wxn
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/defense-bill-delays-phaseout-forever-chemicals-firefighting-foam
[8] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5639257-defense-bill-ndaa-pfas-forever-chemicals/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bid-oust-zeldin-cites-epa-sanctioned-pollution-spree
[10] https://www.eenews.net/articles/bid-to-oust-zeldin-cites-epa-sanctioned-pollution-spree/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chemical-lobbyists-trump-epa-double-amount-formaldehyde-deemed-safe
[12] https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-erases-mention-humans-causing-climate-change-some-web-pages
[14] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/climate/epa-website-climate-change-causes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k8.17oC.d9EzJYXtc2bd&smid=url-share
[15] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-indigenous-student-investigative-journalism-workshop
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-white-house-hall-shame-webpage-expands-trump-s-war-press
[17] https://rsf.org/en/usa-new-white-house-hall-shame-webpage-expands-trump-s-war-press-disparaging-media
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nps-fee-free-calendar-drops-mlk-day-juneteenth-and-adds-trumps-birthday
[19] https://www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g-s1-101090/national-parks-fee-free-calendar-mlk-juneteenth
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