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"The EPA Will Likely Gut Team That Studies Health Risks From Chemicals" [1]

"Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: WIRED [10], 05/13/2025
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House GOP Targets Clean Energy Tax Credits And Pollution Rules In Budget Bill [11]

"House Republicans are calling for billions of dollars in funding cuts for Biden-era climate and environmental programs, including clean energy tax credits, as lawmakers seek to reverse what one GOP leader called “the most reckless parts of the engorged climate spending” approved under former President Joe Biden."

Biodiversity [12]
Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [15], 05/13/2025
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"5 Things To Know About EPA’s Overhaul" [16]

"The plans laid out May 2 included new organizational charts that suggest the elimination of — or, at the very least, the relocation of — key programs tackling climate change, “forever chemicals” and pollution prevention."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Science [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [20], 05/12/2025
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"There Is No ‘Energy Emergency,’ a New Lawsuit Claims" [21]

"Fifteen states sued the Trump administration over its declaration of an “energy emergency,” arguing that there is no emergency and that the order instructs regulators to illegally bypass reviews of fossil fuel projects, potentially damaging the environment."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [22], 05/12/2025
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"Trump Tightens Control Of Independent Agency Overseeing Nuclear Safety" [23]

"The Trump administration has tightened its control over the independent agency responsible for overseeing America's nuclear reactors, and it is considering an executive order that could further erode its autonomy, two U.S. officials who declined to speak publicly because they feared retribution told NPR."

Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [26], 05/12/2025
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Trump To Stop US Research On Space Pollution, In Boon To Elon Musk [27]

"The Trump administration is poised to kill federal research into pollution from satellites and rockets, including some caused by Elon Musk’s space companies, raising new conflict-of-interest questions about the billionaire SpaceX and Starlink owner."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [28]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Technology [29]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [30], 05/12/2025
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"Enviros Release Climate Emissions Data After EPA Refused" [31]

"An environmental group has released EPA’s annual accounting of greenhouse gas emissions after the agency refused to do so."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Science [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [34], 05/12/2025
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"The Trump Administration Has All But Stopped Enforcing Environmental Laws" [35]

"The EPA is the nation's top environmental cop. In the last few months, the federal agency has significantly scaled back pollution enforcement."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Grist [36], 05/12/2025
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Environmentalists Will Be Seeing Trump Forces in Court — Often [37]

The judiciary is looking to become a major environmental battleground for journalists to watch in the coming months and years, as activists confront the Trump administration over its deregulatory campaign. The new Issue Backgrounder maps out the action, explaining how key laws foster citizen suits, while numerous nonprofits are staffed up to sue. Plus, some ways to track the action.

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Consumer [41]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [18]
Infrastructure [42]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [43]
Policy [44]
Pollution [7]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
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Environmental Justice Grants Disappear. Environmental Injustice Does Not [48]

Decades of effort to tackle the often-intractable problems of environmental injustice, supported in recent years by billions in funding, are now facing the knife under the Trump administration. The latest TipSheet provides a thumbnail history of government initiatives and why it matters, then offers a dozen story ideas and reporting resources to tell the story in your community.

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Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
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