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"White House Outlines Plan To Gut NOAA, Smother Climate Research" [1]

"The Trump administration wants to effectively break up NOAA and end its climate work by abolishing its primary research office and forcing the agency to help boost U.S. fossil fuel production, budget documents show."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Government [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Science [12]
Technology [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [17], 04/14/2025
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"See How Rescue Workers Are Trying To Save California’s Poisoned Sea Lions" [18]

"An inside look at the effort to help marine mammals sickened by domoic acid, a neurotoxin in the water resulting from a bloom of algae."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Studies [8]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [21]
Public [15]
California [22]
Source: Washington Post [23], 04/11/2025
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NOAA Contracts Being Reviewed One By One, Throwing The Agency Into Chaos [24]

"The secretary of commerce is personally reviewing all contracts with commitments above $100,000 at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, causing backups and uncertainty in the agency that is responsible for the country's weather forecasts, marine fisheries management and coastal management. NOAA is housed within the Department of Commerce."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Government [10]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Science [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [27], 04/10/2025
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Trump Admin. Cuts Research Funding, Claiming It Creates ‘Climate Anxiety’ [28]

"The Trump administration announced it is cutting nearly $4 million in federal funding for climate change research at Princeton University, saying that the work promoted “exaggerated and implausible climate threats” and increased “climate anxiety” among young Americans."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [8]
Science [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 04/10/2025
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White House Ends Funding For Key US Climate Research Body [31]

"The White House is ending funding for the body that produces the federal government’s pre-eminent climate report, which summarizes the impacts of rising global temperatures on the United States."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [8]
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [20]
Science [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [33], 04/10/2025
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April 17, 2025

Beyond the Threshold: The Urgency of Climate Change [34]

Join the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for a webinar exploring the risks of climate change and how to understand what planetary shifts are inevitable — and which are solvable — in this current era of scientific skepticism. 10 a.m. ET.

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National Weather Service Stops Translating Info For Non-English Speakers [36]

"The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings about extreme weather."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [37]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [38], 04/09/2025
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US Ends Food Aid For Millions. World Food Program Calls It A ‘Death Sentence’ [39]

"The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict, according to the organization and officials who spoke to The Associated Press."

Agriculture [40]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [37]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [29]
Source: AP [42], 04/08/2025
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Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Firefighters [43]

"President Donald Trump’s executive orders shrinking the federal workforce make a notable exception for public safety staff, including those who fight wildland fires. But ongoing cuts, funding freezes and hiring pauses have weakened the nation’s already strained firefighting force by hitting support staff who play crucial roles in preventing and battling blazes."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Forests [44]
Government [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: ProPublica [45], 04/08/2025
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"Forecasters Predict Another Active 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season" [46]

"Colorado State University’s hurricane forecasting team is calling for yet another unusually active season with 17 named storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Science [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [29]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [47], 04/08/2025
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