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New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste [1]

Industry experts and government regulators have long known that radionuclides reside in oil and natural gas. Yet radioactive emissions and waste continue to threaten the lives of workers and community members across the country. Investigative journalist Justin Nobel on the opportunities and urgent need for reporters to drill into a story steeped in questions of accountability, health and justice.

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Ducks, Once A Conservation Bright Spot, Now Declining In US: New Report [38]

"At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report published Thursday. Among the birds showing the steepest declines are Allen’s hummingbirds, Florida scrub jays, golden-cheeked warblers, tricolored blackbirds and yellow-billed magpies."

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Source: AP [42], 03/14/2025

"White House Abruptly Pulls Dave Weldon’s CDC Nomination Before Hearing" [43]

"The former congressman who drew scrutiny for anti-vaccine views did not appear to have the votes for confirmation amid a measles outbreak, according to people familiar."

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Source: Washington Post [45], 03/14/2025

Plastic Pollution Leaves Seabirds With Brain Damage Similar To Alzheimer’s [46]

"Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage “akin to Alzheimer’s disease”, according to a new study – adding to growing evidence of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on marine wildlife."

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Source: Guardian [48], 03/13/2025

"EPA Likely To Move To Further Limit Federal Protections For Wetlands" [49]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and likely further limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for significant areas."

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Source: AP [51], 03/13/2025

The US Agency That Monitors Weather Will Cut Another 1,000 Jobs: AP Sources [52]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday began plans to lay off 10% of its current workforce, people inside and outside the agency said, with some of them requesting anonymity due to fear of retribution."

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Source: AP [53], 03/13/2025

"E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose" [54]

"Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses."

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Source: NYTimes [56], 03/13/2025

"How A Dog's Nose Became A Powerful Tool For Science And Conservation" [57]

Jack is a blue heeler mix and [Collette] Yee is his bounder, a term for people who work with conservation detection dogs at Rogue Detection Teams in Rice, Washington. Bounders and their dogs assist biologists in locating hidden, hard-to-find and invisible samples in the wild, from plants to pangolins to poop. And Yee and Jack proved to be the quite the duo."

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National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NPR [58], 03/11/2025

"NOAA Said to Be Planning to Shrink Staff by 20 Percent" [59]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, has been told by the Trump administration to prepare to lose another 1,000 workers, raising concerns that NOAA’s lifesaving forecasts might be hindered as hurricane and disaster season approaches."

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Source: NYTimes [61], 03/10/2025

"Life-Saving Avalanche Forecasts Could Be Hindered By Trump Budget Cuts" [62]

"Officials in the Western U.S. who warn the public about avalanches are sounding a different type of alarm. They say they’re worried that the Trump administration firing hundreds of meteorologists and other environmental scientists could hinder life-saving forecasts that skiers and mountain drivers rely on."

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Source: AP [63], 03/07/2025

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