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Puerto Rico: "Waiting, Often in the Dark, for Frozen E.P.A. Funds" [1]

"The Trump administration is trying to claw back billions in climate grants, including $147 million that could help people in Puerto Rico withstand frequent power failures."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Technology [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 05/19/2025
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Storms, Tornadoes Kill 28 In Kentucky, Missouri And Virginia [18]

"Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods, still on edge Sunday for more severe weather ahead after storms that killed more than two dozen people as they swept through parts of the Midwest and South."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [19]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [22], 05/19/2025
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"China’s Mega Dam Project Poses Big Risks for Asia’s Grand Canyon" [23]

"China’s plans to build a massive hydro project in Tibet have sparked fears about the environmental impacts on the world’s longest and deepest canyon. It has also alarmed neighboring India, which fears that China could hold back or even weaponize river water it depends on."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Military [24]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [14]
Asia [26]
Source: YaleE360 [27], 05/16/2025
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"After Disasters, AmeriCorps Was Everywhere. What Happens When It’s Gone?" [28]

"After devastating fires tore through Los Angeles in January, a crew of more than 300 young people showed up to help, many of them members of the national service program AmeriCorps." "Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency."

Activism [29]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [4]
Government [9]
People & Population [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [30], 05/16/2025
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"Trump’s ‘Fear Factor’: Scientists Go Silent As Funding Cuts Escalate" [31]

"In February, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump was inaugurated, Rebekah Tromble launched a program to advise scientists and journalists targeted for intimidation and harassment. But she announced it quietly, fearing the very kind of attacks the initiative was meant to counter."

Biodiversity [32]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [33]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Science [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Science [34], 05/15/2025
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"Republicans’ ‘Clearly Unprecedented’ Gambit To Kill Climate Programs" [35]

"The House Energy and Commerce Committee wants to use the budget process to repeal program authorizations. That may not fly in the Senate."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [36], 05/15/2025
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NOAA Seeks To Reassign Employees To Understaffed Weather Service Offices [37]

"The Trump administration is seeking to reassign other employees to “critically understaffed” offices in the National Weather Service (NWS), according to an internal document. The move to reassign these other employees comes after the administration fired hundreds of people at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including some staff at the NWS."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Science [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [38], 05/15/2025
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House Natural Resources Chair’s Oil Stock Purchases Were Unusual For Panel [39]

"Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) bought stock in a dozen mining, oil and gas giants two months before ramming an industry-friendly budget bill through his committee."

Biodiversity [32]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Public Domain [41], 05/14/2025
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"5 Things To Know About EPA’s Overhaul" [42]

"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 [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [43]
Science [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [44], 05/12/2025
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‘Misplaced Trust’ Aims Big, But Finds Details Make the Difference [45]

A project of vast scope was needed to tell the untold story of stolen lands originally promised to Indigenous nations. But for Tristan Ahtone, it was the pursuit of "smaller" stories arising out of the detailed data that was the Grist team’s proudest result. Explore the high points — plus three key lessons — of this Pulliam Prize-winning project, in Ahtone’s Inside Story Q&A.

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