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"EPA Workers Receive Emails Warning Their Employment Could Be Terminated" [1]

"More than 1,100 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency received notice this week that they were deemed to be on probationary status and warning they could be fired immediately, according to an email obtained by CNN."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: CNN [9], 02/03/2025
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"Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday" [10]

"More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found, as federal agencies rush to heed President Trump’s orders targeting diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”"

Climate Change [2]
Diversity [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [15], 02/03/2025
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EPA Tells Staff To Pause Most External Communications And Meetings [16]

"The agency joins several across government at which the Trump administration has issued at least a partial gag order. An agency spokesperson has denied that a pause is in place."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [6]
Science [17]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Government Executive [18], 02/03/2025
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Communities at Risk Are Climate Stories Too [19]

As environmental journalists scramble to cover dizzying changes in climate and energy policy under the new administration, columnist Yessenia Funes offers an admonition: Do not forget about those whose human rights are being targeted by Trump, and look to connect the changing planet with changes felt by threatened communities. The new Voices of Environmental Justice on exiting the echo chamber.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [20]
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Activism [21]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Health [23]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [6]
Policy [24]
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National (U.S.) [8]
International [25]
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Public [7]
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Energy-Dominance Exponent Coasts Into Interior [26]

The newly installed Interior Department head, who will manage most federally owned U.S. lands and billions of acres of the continental shelf, hails from a top fossil fuel-producing state and has close oil industry ties, reports the new EJ TransitionWatch. What former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum had to say at his Senate confirmation about U.S. “energy dominance.” Plus, one surprising source of support.

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EJ TransitionWatch [27]
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Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [24]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
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Public [7]
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FDA Purges Material On Clinical Trial Diversity, Under Trump DEI Ban [31]

"An effort by the Trump administration to pull down Food and Drug Administration website pages focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion has ensnared many pages focused on ensuring that clinical trials used to test drugs and medical devices include people of different ethnic and economic backgrounds."

Diversity [11]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [17]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: STAT News [33], 01/31/2025
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Meta Agrees To Pay Trump $25 Million To Settle Suit Over Facebook Suspension [34]

"Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 federal lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations and other claims following the company suspending him from Facebook and Instagram in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol."

Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [35], 01/31/2025
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"Power Companies Pressure Trump EPA To Roll Back Rules On Toxic Coal Ash" [36]

"A coalition of U.S. power companies is demanding ​“immediate action” from the Trump administration to roll back federal regulation of toxic coal ash and rescind recent enforcement actions."

Chemicals [37]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Canary Media [40], 01/31/2025
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"EPA Cuts Off IRA Solar Money Already Under Contract" [41]

"EPA sent letters to recipients of a nationwide solar program Tuesday informing them that their grants had been paused until further notice."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [43], 01/31/2025
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"How US States Are Leading The Climate Fight – Despite Trump’s Rollbacks" [44]

"As the Trump administration rolls back decades-old environmental protections and pulls Biden-era incentives for renewable energy, state-level advocates and officials are preparing to fill the void in climate action."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [38]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [45], 01/31/2025
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