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"Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms" [1]

"In announcing one of the largest reorganizations in the 120-year history of the U.S. Forest Service, the Trump administration declared that there would be “no interruption or change” to the agency’s firefighting force. But critics say the upheaval comes at the worst possible time ... .

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Source: Inside Climate News [8], 04/03/2026
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"Trump EPA Punished Dissenters Despite ‘Legal Risk‘ Warning" [9]

"An EPA lawyer said the dissent letter “is likely protected speech under the First Amendment” and advised against “retaliatory” moves."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
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People & Population [15]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [16], 04/03/2026
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"Who Is Lee Zeldin? Possibly Trump’s Next Attorney General" [17]

"Lee Zeldin, currently the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is understood to be the leading candidate for Attorney General after President Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi."

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Source: TIME [18], 04/03/2026
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"Judge Orders Construction On White House Ballroom To Stop" [19]

"A judge ruled on March 31 that construction on President Trump’s White House ballroom must halt until Congress authorizes the project. The lawsuit was brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation."

Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [20]
Government [5]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Source: National Parks Traveler [24], 04/02/2026
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Trump Plans To Move Forest Service HQ To Utah And Shutter Research Sites [25]

"President Donald Trump’s administration will move the U.S. Forest Service headquarters out of the nation’s capital to Salt Lake City as part of an organizational overhaul that involves shuttering research facilities in 31 states and concentrating resources in the West, the agency announced Tuesday."

Agriculture [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [20]
Forests [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [28], 04/02/2026
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Border Wall Plan Unites GOPers and Dems in Texas: ‘This Is Insane’ [29]

"Plans for a wall in Big Bend National Park prompted public protests and behind-the-scenes lobbying to sway the Trump administration to stop."

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Infrastructure [21]
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People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [30]
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Mexico [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 03/31/2026
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"Scientists Urge Action On Glyphosate, Citing Strong Links To Cancer [33]

"US and European regulators should take urgent action to more tightly regulate glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weed killer, in light of strong scientific evidence that the pesticide can cause cancer and other health problems, a group of international scientists said on Friday."

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [34]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [36]
Science [37]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The New Lede [38], 03/30/2026
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"Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use" [39]

"In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [35]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [20]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [41]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: WIRED [42], 03/27/2026
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Maryland Supreme Court Dismisses Baltimore And Annapolis Climate Lawsuits [43]

"In a scathing decision issued Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Maryland tossed out climate change lawsuits filed against fossil fuel companies by Baltimore, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, ruling the localities were stepping on the toes of the federal government."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [36]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Source: Maryland Matters [44], 03/26/2026
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"Questions Mount As Interior’s Wildfire Agency Takes Shape" [45]

"The Trump administration’s new wildfire agency is taking shape at the Interior Department, coalescing around a mission to prioritize swiftly putting out fires on public lands, even as some experts question that strategy."

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Source: E&E News [46], 03/26/2026
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