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USDA Accidentally Fired Officials Working On Bird Flu, Now Trying To Rehire [1]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak. The agency said it is now trying to quickly reverse the firings."

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Source: NBC News [11], 02/19/2025
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"Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects" [12]

"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has created a new class of “emergency” permits for fossil fuel projects, raising the possibility that pipelines, mines, power plants and other facilities could be fast-tracked for approval as part of President Trump’s demand to increase oil, gas and coal production."

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Source: NYTimes [18], 02/19/2025
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"High-Ranking D.C. Federal Prosecutor Resigns Over Order To Freeze EPA Funds" [19]

"The head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. resigned Tuesday morning after declining to comply with an urgent Trump administration demand to freeze the assets of a multibillion-dollar Biden administration environmental grant initiative, according to the official’s resignation letter and two people familiar with the matter."

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Source: Washington Post [22], 02/19/2025
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"Park Service Deletes Trans References On Stonewall Inn Monument Page" [23]

"The National Park Service has removed transgender references from its website commemorating the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, erasing transgender activists such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera who were central to the movement for LGBTQ+ rights."

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Source: Washington Post [25], 02/18/2025
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"Murkowski Introduces Bill To Reverse Trump’s Mount McKinley Name Change" [26]

"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation on Thursday to rename North America’s highest mountain “Denali,” after President Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office changing its name to Mount McKinley."

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Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Source: The Hill [28], 02/18/2025
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As Trump Upends EPA, Cleanups Of America’s Most Toxic Sites Are Uncertain [29]

"Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into the environment for nearly a century."

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Source: AP [33], 02/18/2025
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Trump DOE Delays Implementation Of Biden-Era Appliance Efficiency Rules [34]

"The Energy Department on Friday afternoon announced it would “postpone” Biden’s efficiency rules for lightbulbs, clothes washers and dryers, air conditioners, air compressors and gas-powered water heaters."

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Source: The Hill [36], 02/18/2025
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"Musk Accused Reuters Of ‘Social Deception.’ The Deception Was His." [37]

"Trump’s DOGE chief mischaracterizes a contract as he marshals “deep state” conspiracy theories to justify cuts to federal agencies."

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Source: Washington Post [38], 02/18/2025
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Insurance Meltdown a Foreseeable Climate Disaster [39]

Whether fires in California or flooding in North Carolina, climate disasters are revealing a major fault line in U.S. emergency response — a serious insurance shortfall that may lead to financial catastrophe. The new Issue Backgrounder explores the risks of underinsured disasters, the limits to the national flood insurance programs and FEMA aid, and the predictable scapegoating that has created solution gridlock.

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Florida Court Rules That Trump Can Pursue Lawsuit Against Pulitzer Board [47]

"A Florida appeals court Wednesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to pursue a defamation lawsuit against Pulitzer Prize board members in a dispute rooted in the organization awarding a prize to The New York Times and The Washington Post for reporting about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election."

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Source: News Service of Florida [48], 02/14/2025
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