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UN Ocean Summit Opens In France As U.S. Government Scientists Stay Away [1]

"World leaders, scientists and officials gathered on Monday to open the third United Nations Ocean Conference and launch a global appeal to save the world's oceans, which scientists say are in bad health." "Glaringly absent are U.S. scientific agencies like NASA and NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Their scientists weren't allowed to attend the summit, say organizers."

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People & Population [9]
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Public [12]
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Source: NPR [15], 06/10/2025
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"Trump Cuts Would Scrap USGS Biological Research Arm" [16]

"The Trump administration wants to unplug a high-powered U.S. Geological Survey research program whose scientists have helped protect wildlife, manage forests, thwart pests and illuminate nature for over three decades."

Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Health [18]
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Natural Resources [8]
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Wildlife [19]
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National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [20], 06/10/2025
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Will DOGE Evaporate Crucial Water Data? [21]

Streamflow data gathered by thousands of U.S. Geological Survey gauges helps track the country’s floods and droughts. But it may be lost if the Trump administration follows up on a decision not to renew leases of USGS water science centers that read the gauges and disseminate the measurements. Reporter’s Toolbox on the value of this database and the risk of its loss.

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Federal Judge Dismisses Iowa Challenge To "Swampbuster" Wetlands Protections [29]

"A federal judge last week sided with environmental groups and US regulators in a dispute with an Iowa landowner over a Farm Bill provision that protects wetlands."

Agriculture [23]
Environmental Studies [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [19]
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Source: The New Lede [30], 06/06/2025
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Storm Chasers Drive Into Hail Storms That Cause Billions In Annual Damage [31]

"As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them to study one of the nation’s costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers: Hail."

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Source: AP [32], 06/06/2025
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"The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research." [33]

"President Trump has ordered what he called a restoration of a “gold standard science” across federal agencies and national laboratories. But the May 23 executive order puts his political appointees in charge of vetting scientific research and gives them the authority to “correct scientific information,” control the way it is communicated to the public and the power to “discipline” anyone who violates the way the administration views science."

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Source: NYTimes [36], 06/06/2025
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"The Trump EPA Tried To Bury Some Good News" [37]

"A climate report acquired by a Freedom of Information Act request shows that U.S. climate pollution declined in 2023."

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Source: Yale Climate Connections [39], 06/05/2025
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"Why Trump’s Push For ‘Gold-Standard Science’ Has Researchers Alarmed" [40]

"Many scientists fear the Trump administration’s new standard means putting political appointees in charge, which could undercut independent research." 

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Source: Washington Post [42], 06/04/2025
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From Fear to Fascination — A New Insect Narrative [43]

Media coverage of “bugs” is often sensationalistic and centered on fear and disgust. But conservation photographer and writer Danae Wolfe says journalists should be highlighting the importance, beauty and plight of insects and spiders. Reporting that offers alternative perspectives on these essential creatures can inspire curiosity and admiration, and encourage efforts to protect them. Wolfe on why to write about insects.

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Analysis: Trump Administration Attacks Science, As Environment Suffers [48]

It’s not just scientists who are being lost to the new administration’s extensive firings of federal workers. A Backgrounder Analysis argues it’s the science itself. It’s happening at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but also across agencies that conduct research to protect health and the environment, whether around toxic chemicals or on the battleground of climate change science. A frank look at the reality and what’s being lost for journalists and the communities they serve.

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