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House Natural Resources Chair’s Oil Stock Purchases Were Unusual For Panel [1]

"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 [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Public Domain [12], 05/14/2025
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"5 Things To Know About EPA’s Overhaul" [13]

"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 [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [18], 05/12/2025
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‘Misplaced Trust’ Aims Big, But Finds Details Make the Difference [19]

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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Inside Story [20]
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Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [21]
Policy [22]
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National (U.S.) [11]
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Public [10]
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Environmentalists Will Be Seeing Trump Forces in Court — Often [23]

The judiciary is looking to become a major environmental battleground for journalists to watch in the coming months and years, as activists confront the Trump administration over its deregulatory campaign. The new Issue Backgrounder maps out the action, explaining how key laws foster citizen suits, while numerous nonprofits are staffed up to sue. Plus, some ways to track the action.

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Backgrounders [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [25]
Air [26]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Policy [22]
Pollution [16]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
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National (U.S.) [11]
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Public [10]
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Environmental Justice Grants Disappear. Environmental Injustice Does Not [34]

Decades of effort to tackle the often-intractable problems of environmental injustice, supported in recent years by billions in funding, are now facing the knife under the Trump administration. The latest TipSheet provides a thumbnail history of government initiatives and why it matters, then offers a dozen story ideas and reporting resources to tell the story in your community.

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TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [36]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [21]
Policy [22]
Pollution [16]
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National (U.S.) [11]
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Public [10]
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"Trump Taps MAHA Influencer For Surgeon General, Replacing First Pick" [37]

"The White House pulled the nomination of Janette Nesheiwat to be the surgeon general in favor of Casey Means, a key figure in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [36]
Journalism & Media [30]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [38], 05/09/2025
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Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Admin Takes Aim at the Agency [39]

"The ouster of Cameron Hamilton, less than a month before the start of the hurricane season, came a day after he told lawmakers that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [41], 05/09/2025
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"Democratic-Led States Sue To Prevent Trump From Gutting Health Agencies" [42]

"A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday to challenge the Trump administration's decision to gut the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by firing 10,000 of its employees and shuttering entire agencies within the department."

Consumer [28]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [21]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Reuters [43], 05/08/2025
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"Trump’s Plan To Merge ESA Offices Could Be A Hard Sell" [44]

"The idea of moving endangered species work done by NOAA Fisheries to the Fish and Wildlife Service has been considered several times."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [45], 05/07/2025
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"Elon Musk’s xAI in Memphis: 35 Gas Turbines, No Air Pollution Permits" [46]

"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [47], 05/05/2025
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