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"Trump Tightens Control Of Independent Agency Overseeing Nuclear Safety" [1]

"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."

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Source: NPR [11], 05/12/2025
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Trump To Stop US Research On Space Pollution, In Boon To Elon Musk [12]

"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 [13]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [17], 05/12/2025
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"Enviros Release Climate Emissions Data After EPA Refused" [18]

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

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
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Source: E&E News [22], 05/12/2025
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"The Trump Administration Has All But Stopped Enforcing Environmental Laws" [23]

"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 [4]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Grist [25], 05/12/2025
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Environmentalists Will Be Seeing Trump Forces in Court — Often [26]

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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Infrastructure [33]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [6]
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Policy [35]
Pollution [8]
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Environmental Justice Grants Disappear. Environmental Injustice Does Not [39]

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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"Trump Officials Ask Court to End Protections for a Strutting, Showy Bird" [43]

"The Trump administration has moved to end federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a showy grouse with the misfortune of inhabiting southern and central grasslands long sought-after for agriculture and energy development."

Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [19]
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Pollution [8]
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Source: NYTimes [46], 05/09/2025
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Smoke From Climate-Fueled Wildfires Added To 1000s Of US Deaths Over 15 Years [47]

"Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study."

Air [29]
Climate Change [14]
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Environmental Health [4]
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Forests [48]
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Source: AP [49], 05/09/2025
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Asbestos Clinic Forced To Close In Montana Town Where Thousands Sickened [50]

"BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets to pay off a judgment to the railroad BNSF."

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Source: AP [51], 05/09/2025
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"Trump Taps MAHA Influencer For Surgeon General, Replacing First Pick" [52]

"The White House pulled the nomination of Janette Nesheiwat to be the surgeon general in favor of Casey Means, a key figure in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement."

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Source: Washington Post [53], 05/09/2025
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