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Source: Inside Climate News [10], 02/12/2025

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Protecting Public Data: SEJ and Partners Demand Action From Federal Agencies [11]

Feb. 10, 2025 — The Society of Environmental Journalists joined partner organizations representing science, health and environmental journalists in opposing the removal of public data from more than a dozen U.S. federal websites.

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"CDC Scientific Report Resumes Publication After Unprecedented Pause" [13]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resumed publishing its weekly scientific report Thursday after an unprecedented pause, but information about the bird flu virus that was supposed to appear remained on hold even as the outbreak spreads."

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Source: Washington Post [16], 02/07/2025

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Communities at Risk Are Climate Stories Too [17]

As environmental journalists scramble to cover dizzying changes in climate and energy policy under the new administration, columnist Yessenia Funes offers an admonition: Do not forget about those whose human rights are being targeted by Trump, and look to connect the changing planet with changes felt by threatened communities. The new Voices of Environmental Justice on exiting the echo chamber.

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Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s First Confirmation Hearing As HHS Secretary [25]

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two Senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary."

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Source: AP [27], 01/30/2025

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Telling the Stories of the Silent Sentinels [28]

To many, plants are a merely green backdrop, indistinguishable and inconsequential. But, freelancer Karen Mockler says that such “plant blindness” belies an urgent need for our notice. More than a third of the world’s trees and thousands of other plant species face extinction. Their plight — and their many blessings — offer perceptive journalists a wealth of reporting and storytelling opportunities. Mockler on why to write about plants.

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Health Researchers Alarmed As Trump Pauses Travel, Communications [44]

"Health officials and experts said this week they are reeling after the new Trump administration on Tuesday abruptly halted external communication at the Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health."

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Source: Washington Post [45], 01/24/2025

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"As Bird Flu Affects More People And Animals, CDC Urges Faster Testing" [46]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Thursday urging health-care workers treating patients hospitalized with the flu to perform an additional test for bird flu within 24 hours of admission."

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Source: Washington Post [47], 01/17/2025

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What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Environmental Justice? [48]

An incoming Trump administration hostile to the very idea of environmental justice likely means the rollback of numerous policies and regulations designed to protect disadvantaged communities, cuts to an important “whole-of-government” initiative and downsizing of key federal environmental justice offices. The latest EJ TransitionWatch examines what’s at stake. And for more, see our Topics on the Beat page on environmental justice [49].

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"Members Of Congress Question Oz’s Credentials For CMS Post" [53]

"On Tuesday, top Democrats, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Dick Durbin (Illinois) and Ben Cardin (Maryland), sent Mehmet Oz a letter asking whether he was qualified for the job Trump has said he’ll nominate him for — running two of the federal government’s largest health-care programs as director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services."

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