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"Memos: FEMA Blocked $10B In Disaster Aid" [1]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency has frozen nearly $10 billion in disaster aid for nonprofits including hospitals as it seeks to identify funding that could be used to help undocumented migrants, according to agency documents obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 03/31/2025

"Trump Admin Cancels Over $12B In Health Care Grants" [16]

"The Trump administration is canceling billions of dollars in grant funding to state and local health departments without warning, throwing their programs into disarray."

Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [17]
Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Axios [19], 03/31/2025

Hazardous Risk Reporting Resource at Risk of Trump Blackout [20]

Hazardous sites around the United States are supposed to have disaster plans, which make for a localizable story environmental journalists can tell to help protect their communities. The problem, reports TipSheet, is that a key federal database of these plans may be shut down by the Trump administration. More on the Risk Management Program, efforts to protect the data and how reporters can use it.

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TipSheet [21]
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Chemicals [22]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [23]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [18]
Waste [25]
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National (U.S.) [14]
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Public [13]

Trump EPA Aims To Cut Pollution Rules Projected To Save Nearly 200,000 Lives [26]

"A push by Donald Trump’s administration to repeal a barrage of clean air and water regulations may deal a severe blow to US public health, with a Guardian analysis finding that the targeted rules were set to save the lives of nearly 200,000 people in the years ahead."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [28], 03/20/2025

Kennedy Links Measles to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories [29]

"In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments. He issued a muffled call for vaccinations in the affected community, but said the choice was a personal one. He suggested that measles vaccine injuries were more common than known, contrary to extensive research."

Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [17]
Government [23]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [24]
People & Population [12]
Science [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [31], 03/19/2025

Desperately Seeking Data? OECD Has Loads [32]

If the possibility of a politically driven dearth of data for your climate and environment reporting has you on edge, the new Reporter’s Toolbox just may have something to soothe your nerves: A data source from beyond the grasp of the Trump administration and outside the boundaries of the United States. Take a quick tour of environmental data from the OECD.

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Agriculture [2]
Air [34]
Biodiversity [35]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Studies [17]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [24]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [39]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [27]
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National (U.S.) [14]
International [40]
Europe [41]
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Public [13]

New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste [42]

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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Features [43]
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Activism [44]
Air [34]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [45]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [17]
Government [23]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [38]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [46]
People & Population [12]
Policy [47]
Pollution [18]
Science [30]
Technology [48]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [49]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [52]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
International [40]
Canada [56]
South America [57]
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March 18, 2025

SciLine Experts on Camera: Light Pollution With Dr. James Lowenthal [58]

Reporters can book a 15-minute Zoom interview with Dr. James Lowenthal of Smith College on Tues, Mar 18 between noon-2 p.m. ET to discuss the negative effects of light pollution on human health and wildlife; what types of states laws have been created to protect the night sky; why solutions may be relatively simple; and more.

Other Events [59]
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Health [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Pollution [18]
Science [30]
Wildlife [60]

"White House Abruptly Pulls Dave Weldon’s CDC Nomination Before Hearing" [61]

"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."

Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [17]
Food [62]
Government [23]
Health [9]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [18]
Science [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [63], 03/14/2025

Will Science Be Stifled at the EPA? [64]

Anti-science policies are being instituted by the Trump administration at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal offices, reports the latest Backgrounder. That makes it especially challenging to keep politics out of decision-making around everything from natural disasters to public health. An examination of scientific integrity under Trump 2.0 and what environmental journalists should watch for.

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