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HHS Fires Entire Staff That Helps Low-Income People Afford Heat, AC [1]

"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has fired all of the workers in its program that seeks to help low-income Americans pay their energy bills. Everyone who had been working on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) was let go on Tuesday, according to now-former employee Andrew Germain."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Food [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [17], 04/03/2025
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"Myanmar Just Had ‘The Big One.’ It Should Be A Wake-Up Call For California." [18]

"The famed San Andreas Fault in California is nearly identical to the one that caused the destructive tremor in Myanmar, and is also overdue for an earthquake."

Disasters [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Health [6]
Infrastructure [10]
People & Population [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 04/02/2025
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"How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt" [23]

"A faith-based Indiana group and heating contractors in Maine are among hundreds of businesses and organizations stymied by EPA’s attempt to claw back $20 billion of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [13]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 04/02/2025
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"Big Banks Predict Catastrophic Warming, With Profit Potential" [26]

"Top Wall Street institutions are preparing for a severe future of global warming that blows past the temperature limits agreed to by more than 190 nations a decade ago, industry documents show."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [13]
Science [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [28], 04/02/2025
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Climate Disasters Are Driving a School Crisis. Black Kids Are Hit Hardest [29]

"Black students are losing classrooms, homes, and support systems after climate events."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Capital B [30], 04/02/2025
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Trump’s DOE Targets Calif. And Other Blue States For Cuts: Leaked Docs [31]

"The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle environmental protections and roll back nationwide progress toward clean energy disproportionately target California and other blue states, internal documents show."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: LA Times [32], 04/02/2025
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Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Slams Climate Action as ‘Religion’ [33]

"When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin made a defiant reference to “climate change religion” in order to justify a plan to roll back environmental protections, American faith leaders and scholars reacted with confusion, sadness and anger."  "Jewish and Christian faith leaders responded to Lee Zeldin’s comments with “righteous anger” and called for policies that support a more just, livable world."

Activism [34]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [13]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [24]
Science [27]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 04/01/2025
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"Fumed Episode 4: Locked and Loaded" [37]

"This season, two stubborn Texans try to salvage what’s left of their working-class community. That’s a problem, though, because they live in East Harris County, where the petrochemical industry calls the shots — and where pushing back can be dangerous."

"Set in Channelview, Texas, in the heart of the nation's petrochemical industry, Fumed follows Carolyn Stone and Greg Moss as they risk everything to fight for their community’s future."

Activism [34]
Chemicals [38]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Public Health Watch [41], 04/01/2025
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West Africa's Hazardous Winds: Harmattan Carries Dust, Spreads Disease [42]

"Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from haramata, a word in the Ghanaian language Fanti. ... The Harmattan's effects go beyond reduced visibility and dryness. It has an impact on human health, agriculture and ecosystems."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [43]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Studies [44]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [39]
Public [15]
Africa [45]
Source: The Conversation [46], 04/01/2025
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"Calif. Snowpack Is Near-Average — What Does This Mean For Water Supplies?" [47]

"At 90% of the state historical average, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is nothing like record-smashing 2023. But it ‘s the third year in the row with near-average or above-average snowpack."

Agriculture [2]
Infrastructure [10]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Planning & Growth [48]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [15]
California [49]
Source: CalMatters [50], 04/01/2025
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