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Trump Admin Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Warned of Arctic Climate Change [1]

"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."

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Journalism & Media [5]
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Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Antarctica & Arctic [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [13], 05/08/2025
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"Democratic-Led States Sue To Prevent Trump From Gutting Health Agencies" [14]

"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 [15]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [20], 05/08/2025
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Congress Asks Whether FEMA Is Ready for Hurricane Season Amid Cuts [21]

"The agency’s acting head faced questioning by lawmakers over canceled grants, plans to limit relief and a projected $8 billion disaster fund deficit."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [4]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 05/08/2025
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"Anti-Government Group Threatens Crucial Weather Radars, NOAA Warns" [24]

"An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Military [26]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [27], 05/08/2025
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"FEMA Is Ending Door-to-Door Canvassing in Disaster Areas" [28]

"As it shifts responsibility for recovery efforts to local authorities, FEMA workers will stop knocking on doors to provide aid to survivors in disaster areas, per a memo obtained by WIRED."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [4]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: WIRED [29], 05/07/2025
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Climate Disaster Survivors Organize Across America, Turning Loss Into Action [30]

"U.S. disaster declarations totaled 108 last year, touching 137 million people. “Climate change is here, it’s impacting people, and it’s going to get more severe,” says one activist."

Activism [31]
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Environmental Politics [4]
People & Population [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 05/06/2025
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"No Trees, No Birds, No Shade: A Sit-In For Dhaka's Last Parks" [33]

"In the fast-growing Bangladesh capital, sun-scorched activists demand protection for city's last green oases."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Forests [34]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Asia [36]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [37], 05/06/2025
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Rural Communities Were Promised Millions In Disaster Funds. Trump Says No. [38]

"In DePue, Ill., sewage will keep backing up into people's basements when there's heavy rain. In Rising Sun, Md., a mobile home park that has already flooded six times will remain in harm's way. And in Kamiah, Idaho, houses won't get upgrades that would protect them from wildfires"

Agriculture [39]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [41], 05/06/2025
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Scientific Societies To Do Climate Assessment After Trump Dismissed Authors [42]

"Two major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key Congress-mandated report on climate crisis preparedness."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [43]
Science [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [44], 05/05/2025
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"Treated Like Dirt: Uncovering The Toxic Soil Lurking In L.A.’s Burn Zones" [45]

"The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January incinerated more than 16,000 structures and unleashed tons of toxic material into the air, water and soil. Many Pacific Palisades and Altadena homeowners who lost everything hoped the government debris-removal process would at least offer a fresh start for the land where their houses once stood."

Chemicals [46]
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Environmental Health [16]
Pollution [47]
Public [9]
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California [48]
Source: LA Times [49], 05/05/2025
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