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‘People Will Die’ — Stories Behind Trump Budget Bill [1]

The Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is anything but, especially in its unraveling of efforts to weave environmental and climate justice into American society, argues the new Voices of Environmental Justice. In her latest column, writer Yessenia Funes calls on journalists to report its ramifications not just for the planet but for the most vulnerable people living on it. Here are key stories to start with.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility: 
Public [24]
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"White House Delays Public Release Of Kennedy’s Children’s Health Strategy" [25]

"Industry will have to wait longer for the report, which is expected to give the government’s response to childhood chronic diseases."

Activism [3]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
People & Population [16]
Science [27]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Politico [28], 08/14/2025
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NWS Plan to Hire Staff After Layoffs Will Be Too Late for Wildfire Season [29]

"Key California weather forecast offices will remain “criminally understaffed” while new hires get on board, former NWS meteorologists warn."

Climate Change [6]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Capital & Main [31], 08/12/2025
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"EPA Dissolves Union Contract, AFGE Says" [32]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has unilaterally dissolved a collective bargaining agreement with members of the union that represents its workers, the union said Friday."

Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [33], 08/11/2025
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Records Contradict What FEMA Leader Told Congress About Texas Flood Response [34]

"In the week after floods tore through Texas Hill Country, most survivors were unable to get through to a federal aid hotline because the Department of Homeland Security let funding lapse, according to publicly available contract records and internal FEMA call center logs obtained by NPR."

Climate Change [6]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: NPR [36], 08/11/2025
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After Deep Cuts, National Weather Service Gets OK To Fill Up To 450 Jobs [37]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hire as many as 450 people to shore up the National Weather Service after deep cuts this spring raised concern about dangerous understaffing, the Trump administration confirmed Wednesday."

Climate Change [6]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
People & Population [16]
Science [27]
Technology [38]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [39], 08/08/2025
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"RFK Jr. Announces End To Some mRNA Contracts, Including For Flu, Covid" [40]

"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday a crackdown on mRNA vaccine technology and research to develop it, following months of pressure from anti-vaccine activists."

Consumer [26]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Science [27]
Technology [38]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [41], 08/08/2025
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"EPA Research Cuts Stoke Fears Over Scientific Independence" [42]

"“This is a very baffling moment in time,” said one researcher. “I never would have thought we had to advocate for science.”" 

Air [4]
Biodiversity [43]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Environmental Studies [44]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [18]
Science [27]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [45], 08/04/2025
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"Eroding Protections For Public Lands" [46]

"The U.S. Congress has passed hundreds of laws protecting federal public lands over the past century through bipartisan efforts and with the support of local governments. Now, President Donald Trump’s administration and some Republican lawmakers in Congress are pushing policies and legislation that upend these protections."

Agriculture [47]
Biodiversity [43]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [48]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [49]
Wildlife [50]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Reuters [51], 08/04/2025
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Op-Ed: Can a Powerful CITES Meeting Help Save Sharks? [52]

"Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks -- if they pass." 

Biodiversity [43]
Economy & Business [53]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [49]
Science [27]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [55]
Source: The Revelator [56], 08/01/2025
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