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"Milwaukee Faces Lead Crisis Without CDC Experts RFK Jr. Fired" [1]

"When Milwaukee officials discovered in January that lead paint in school buildings had poisoned kids, they called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." "“The people who were answering our questions are just gone,” City Health Commissioner Michael Totoraitis said in an interview after the firings Tuesday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [13]
Source: E&E News [14], 04/07/2025
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With Scientific Research Under Attack, Journalists Must Up Their Game [15]

The Trump administration’s offensive against evidence-based research is making clear, accurate reporting on science more important than ever — because people who understand how scientific research works and what it tells us are less likely to be duped by misinformation or pseudoscience. SciLine director Matt DeRienzo on the challenges of the time and new resources to help journalists understand and explain evidence-based research.

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Features [16]
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Climate Change [17]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Studies [18]
Government [7]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Science [21]
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National (U.S.) [12]
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Public [11]
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Dam Safety Firings Leave Downstream Residents at Risk [22]

Among the widespread federal firings that look like they’re putting the public increasingly at risk are those that strip away government oversight of dam safety. The latest TipSheet looks at what’s at stake and offers up a dozen story ideas, questions to ask and reporting resources to help environmental journalists spot the dam dangers nearest them.

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TipSheet [23]
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Disasters [24]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [20]
Policy [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
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National (U.S.) [12]
California [28]
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Public [11]
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"Trump Admin. Announces Plans To Build AI Data Centers On Federal Land" [29]

"The Trump administration identified 16 sites for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers Thursday on land owned by the Department of Energy."

Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [31], 04/04/2025
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Deadly Mosquito-Borne Illness Rises As US Cuts All Climate-Health Funding [32]

"Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, issued an urgent alert about dengue fever, a painful and sometimes deadly mosquito-borne illness common in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. Some 3,500 travelers from the United States contracted dengue abroad in 2024, according to the CDC, an 84 percent increase over 2023."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
People & Population [9]
Science [21]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Grist [33], 04/04/2025
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April 15, 2025

Local Governments Engaging Communities and Leading Climate Change Communication [34]

Join the Yale Center for Environmental Communication, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the Yale School of the Environment for a discussion on the critical role of local leadership in driving climate communication from the ground up. 2 p.m. ET.

Other Events [35]
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Government [7]
Journalism & Media [20]
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National (U.S.) [12]

"E.P.A. Hunt for Shady Deals and ‘Gold Bars’ Comes Up Empty" [36]

"The agency head said a $20 billion Biden climate program was marred by fraud and abuse. A judge said on Wednesday the E.P.A. hasn’t provided evidence."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [11]
Source: NYTimes [37], 04/03/2025
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"EPA Chief Closing Environmental Museum" [38]

"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Monday that he is shutting down a museum in the EPA’s headquarters in an effort to cut costs."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [18]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [20]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [39], 04/02/2025
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Follow the Money … for Lobbying State Legislatures [40]

With many states dominated by a few powerful industries — whether oil, mining or agriculture — the influence of campaign dollars can have an outsize effect on legislation, even to the point of corruption, notes the latest Reporter’s Toolbox. So while the U.S. Congress may be languishing, environmental journalists can dig up stories on lobbying at the state level using a powerful data source.

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Reporters Toolbox [41]
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Activism [42]
Agriculture [43]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [45]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
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Public [11]
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Some L.A. Homes Are Being Built To Resist Wildfires — And Some Aren't [48]

"Homeowners in Los Angeles have started the long process of rebuilding after the destructive wildfires in January. Some are constructing homes that are much less likely to burn when the next wildfire hits." "Still, thousands of other homeowners in the urban center of Altadena are about to rebuild without wildfire-resistant materials, because they live outside a state-designated wildfire zone."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [24]
Diversity [49]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [50]
People & Population [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [28]
Source: NPR [51], 03/31/2025
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