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Weather Service To Resume Translating Its Products For Non-English Speakers [1]

"The National Weather Service will resume translating its products for non-English speakers."

Climate Change [2]
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Environmental Health [4]
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Source: AP [11], 04/25/2025
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"Trump Denies Aid For Arkansas After Storms That Killed More Than 40 People" [12]

"Donald Trump has denied federal disaster relief funds to the people of Arkansas, which saw dozens of people die from a series of deadly tornadoes last month, as legislators plead for him to reconsider."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [13]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 04/25/2025
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"DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs" [17]

"AmeriCorps, the US federal agency that oversees volunteerism and service work, abruptly pulled teams of young people out of a variety of community service projects across the country on Tuesday. The work stoppage was due to cuts attributed to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, volunteers were informed Tuesday afternoon."

Activism [18]
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People & Population [8]
Public [9]
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Source: WIRED [20], 04/24/2025
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World’s Biggest Companies Have Caused $28 Trillion In Climate Damage: Study [21]

"The world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates as part of an effort to make it easier for people and governments to hold companies financially accountable, like the tobacco giants have been."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Pollution [23]
Public [9]
International [24]
Source: AP [25], 04/24/2025
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New Jersey Wildfire Forces Evacuations, Reaches Closed Nuclear Power Plant [26]

"A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey forced thousands of people to temporarily evacuate on Tuesday, as officials warned the blaze could become the largest in the state in about 20 years."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [27]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
People & Population [8]
Public [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 04/24/2025
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"HHS Eliminates Program That Helps Firefighters When EVs Burn" [31]

"The firefighter health program was researching firefighters’ chemical exposures in electric vehicle fires — a first step to developing protective equipment."

Chemicals [32]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [23]
Science [33]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [34], 04/23/2025
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Can a City on Fire Be Photographed? Yes, Says One Photojournalist [35]

Will images of a burning Los Angeles last in our consciousness? EJ InSight editor Andrew Cullen makes a powerful argument that they will, illustrating the point with potent photographs of that disaster, as well as from recent hurricanes. An exploration of how photojournalists, working amid the destruction, strive to document not just the devastation but its deeper significance and its human toll.

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Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [8]
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National (U.S.) [10]
California [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
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Public [9]
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Covering Wildfire — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks [38]

With wildfires becoming more extreme in every way, reporters covering them face new challenges along with familiar hazards. A pair of experienced wildfire journalists and others on the front lines offer advice on dealing with access restrictions, on-the-ground dangers, toxic exposure risks and traumatized survivors — as climate change speeds up the news cycle and misinformation muddies the reporting landscape.

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Features [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [27]
Government [13]
Health [40]
Infrastructure [41]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [42]
People & Population [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [43]
California [37]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [44]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
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"EPA Weighs N.C. Environmental Harms From Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer" [47]

"“Off spec” liquid from Winston Weaver fertilizer fire that was applied on a nearby farm field contained toxic PFAS."

Agriculture [48]
Chemicals [32]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Natural Resources [49]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 04/18/2025
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Group Names Mississippi River ‘Most Endangered,’ Cites Proposed FEMA Cuts [51]

"A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi River the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in federal flood management."

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Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Natural Resources [49]
Water & Oceans [14]
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Source: The Hill [52], 04/17/2025
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