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"What’s the Cost to Society of Pollution? Trump Says Zero." [1]

"The Trump administration has directed agencies to stop estimating the economic impact of climate change when developing policies and regulations."

Climate Change [2]
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Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
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Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 05/13/2025
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Trump To Stop US Research On Space Pollution, In Boon To Elon Musk [12]

"The Trump administration is poised to kill federal research into pollution from satellites and rockets, including some caused by Elon Musk’s space companies, raising new conflict-of-interest questions about the billionaire SpaceX and Starlink owner."

Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [17], 05/12/2025
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Smoke From Climate-Fueled Wildfires Added To 1000s Of US Deaths Over 15 Years [18]

"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."

Air [19]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Studies [20]
Forests [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [8]
Science [23]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [24], 05/09/2025
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US Will Stop Tracking Costs Of Extreme Weather Fueled By Climate Change [25]

"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."

Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [27]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [22]
Science [23]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [29], 05/09/2025
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USFS and NPS Worker Cuts Leave Wildland Firefighting Crews Short-Staffed [30]

"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."

Disasters [3]
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Forests [21]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [31], 05/09/2025
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Asbestos Clinic Forced To Close In Montana Town Where Thousands Sickened [32]

"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."

Chemicals [13]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Source: AP [34], 05/09/2025
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"Congress Counters Trump With Massive FEMA Restructuring Plan" [35]

"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."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [37], 05/09/2025
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Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Admin Takes Aim at the Agency [38]

"The ouster of Cameron Hamilton, less than a month before the start of the hurricane season, came a day after he told lawmakers that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [39]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [40], 05/09/2025
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Trump Admin Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Warned of Arctic Climate Change [41]

"Key datasets used to monitor the impacts of climate change in the Arctic have emerged as the latest victim of cost-cutting by the Trump administration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [23]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [42]
Antarctica & Arctic [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 05/08/2025
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"Democratic-Led States Sue To Prevent Trump From Gutting Health Agencies" [45]

"A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday to challenge the Trump administration's decision to gut the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by firing 10,000 of its employees and shuttering entire agencies within the department."

Consumer [46]
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Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [39]
Health [47]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [48], 05/08/2025
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