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Trump Clamps Down On Independent Agencies’ Power [1]

"President Donald Trump is expanding White House control over independent agencies in a move his critics view as an alarming power grab."

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Source: E&E News [8], 02/20/2025
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"Trump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls" [9]

"President Trump intends to revoke federal approval of New York City’s congestion pricing program, fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy that tolls drivers who enter Manhattan’s busiest streets to help finance repairs to mass transit."

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People & Population [13]
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Source: NYTimes [16], 02/20/2025
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"National Science Foundation Fires Roughly 10% Of Its Workforce" [17]

"The National Science Foundation fired 168 employees on Tuesday. According to an NSF spokesperson, the firings are to ensure compliance with President Trump's executive order aimed at reducing the federal workforce in the name of efficiency."

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Source: NPR [23], 02/19/2025
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"Food Head At FDA Quits Citing Trump Administration’s Mass Staff Cuts" [24]

"The head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration has quit in protest over sweeping staff cuts that he warns will hamper the agency’s ability to protect public health."

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Food [26]
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Source: Guardian [27], 02/19/2025
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"FEMA Restricts Media Communications" [28]

"The agency’s acting administrator directed employees to not engage with the media without “prior authorization.”"

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Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [30]
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Source: E&E News [32], 02/19/2025
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"EPA Fires Nearly 400 Workers After OPM Order" [33]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fired nearly 400 employees after a directive from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)."

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Source: The Hill [34], 02/18/2025
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Insurance Meltdown a Foreseeable Climate Disaster [35]

Whether fires in California or flooding in North Carolina, climate disasters are revealing a major fault line in U.S. emergency response — a serious insurance shortfall that may lead to financial catastrophe. The new Issue Backgrounder explores the risks of underinsured disasters, the limits to the national flood insurance programs and FEMA aid, and the predictable scapegoating that has created solution gridlock.

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Policy [38]
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"Fired Inspectors General Sue Trump Over Their 'Unlawful' Termination" [40]

"Eight inspectors general who were fired by President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Wednesday charging their terminations were unlawful and seeking their immediate reinstatement."

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Laws & Regulations [5]
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Source: NBC News [41], 02/13/2025
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"DOGE Lands At EPA" [42]

"Aides with tech mogul Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have been granted access to EPA’s vast contracting system that details millions of dollars in agency spending."

Activism [43]
Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [29]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [12]
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Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
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Source: E&E News [44], 02/13/2025
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Trump Names Oil And Gas Advocate To Lead Agency That Manages Federal Lands [45]

"President Donald Trump has nominated a longtime oil and gas industry representative to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land concentrated in western states."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [2]
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Government [4]
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Source: AP [47], 02/13/2025
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