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"More Lobbyists Turn Up At Trump’s Interior Department" [1]

"Two more former industry lobbyists have taken up influential positions at President Trump’s Interior Department, Public Domain has learned." "They join a stable of industry insiders at DOI, including DOGE operative Tyler Hassen, who made millions in the energy sector before joining the agency" 

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Public Domain [9], 06/04/2025
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Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar [10]

"US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, say researchers from Wood Mackenzie." 

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [14], 06/03/2025
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Worry Swirls Over Cuts To Key Federal Agencies As Hurricane Season Begins [15]

"With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to hurricanes."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [16]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [19], 06/03/2025
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"Mayors Are Making Climate Action Personal. It’s Working." [20]

"As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels and rolls back regulations, mayors are greening their cities — in more ways than one." 

Activism [21]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Infrastructure [22]
Transportation [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Grist [24], 06/02/2025
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"White House Releases Details About Proposed Budget Cuts" [25]

"EPA’s core workforce would shrink to its smallest size since the mid-1980s, while funding for numerous grant programs would be zeroed out, according to new documents released Friday."

Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Science [29]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [30], 06/02/2025
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Analysis: Trump Administration Attacks Science, As Environment Suffers [31]

It’s not just scientists who are being lost to the new administration’s extensive firings of federal workers. A Backgrounder Analysis argues it’s the science itself. It’s happening at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but also across agencies that conduct research to protect health and the environment, whether around toxic chemicals or on the battleground of climate change science. A frank look at the reality and what’s being lost for journalists and the communities they serve.

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Chemicals [33]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [34]
Government [5]
Health [35]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Policy [37]
Science [29]
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"DOGE Appointee Sparks Turf Battle At Interior: ‘Ignore The Email From HR’" [38]

"The Interior bureau that holds the key to Trump’s fossil fuel agenda is riven by feuding between career staff and an emissary from Elon Musk’s budget-cutting operation."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Politico [39], 05/27/2025
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In West Bank, Hope for Future in Link Between Land and People [40]

On a tour of the West Bank this spring, Yessenia Funes found a region where the relationship between land and people serves as a counterweight to occupation and the threat of violence. For her Voices of Environmental Justice column, Funes exhorts fellow environment journalists to report on that struggle, through stories that touch on wildlife, wildfire, food, climate and more.

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Agriculture [42]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [43]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [36]
Military [44]
People & Population [17]
Policy [37]
Water & Oceans [18]
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International [45]
Middle East [46]
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Public [7]
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Nations Still Emit Banned Climate Pollutant HFC-23 at High Levels. Now What? [47]

"HFC-23 emissions from chemical plants in eastern China and elsewhere likely violate an international climate agreement despite readily available pollution controls. Advocates are pressing for action."

Chemicals [33]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Technology [48]
Public [7]
International [45]
Source: ICN/Foreign Policy [49], 05/23/2025
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May 28, 2025

FPF Webinar: Burn After Reporting — Leak Investigations and the Press [50]

Join Freedom of the Press Foundation for this webinar about government investigations into leaks and the impacts on journalists and their sources. 2 p.m. ET.

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