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"High-Ranking D.C. Federal Prosecutor Resigns Over Order To Freeze EPA Funds" [1]

"The head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. resigned Tuesday morning after declining to comply with an urgent Trump administration demand to freeze the assets of a multibillion-dollar Biden administration environmental grant initiative, according to the official’s resignation letter and two people familiar with the matter."

Activism [2]
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Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [9], 02/19/2025
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"Park Service Deletes Trans References On Stonewall Inn Monument Page" [10]

"The National Park Service has removed transgender references from its website commemorating the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, erasing transgender activists such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera who were central to the movement for LGBTQ+ rights."

Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [13], 02/18/2025
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"Murkowski Introduces Bill To Reverse Trump’s Mount McKinley Name Change" [14]

"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation on Thursday to rename North America’s highest mountain “Denali,” after President Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office changing its name to Mount McKinley."

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Natural Resources [12]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: The Hill [16], 02/18/2025
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Faith Groups Mobilize To Keep Fighting Climate Change As Trump Exits Paris [17]

"Hundreds of religious communities have joined with businesses, universities and colleges, major investors, local governments, states, and tribal nations in declaring they will continue the work of fulfilling the U.S. pledge in the Paris Agreement. "

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People & Population [18]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [19]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [20], 02/18/2025
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As Trump Upends EPA, Cleanups Of America’s Most Toxic Sites Are Uncertain [21]

"Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into the environment for nearly a century."

Chemicals [22]
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Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [25]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [26]
Source: AP [27], 02/18/2025
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Trump Creates Council For ‘Energy Dominance,’ To Boost Natural Gas Exports [28]

"President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order formally creating a National Energy Dominance Council and directed it to move quickly to drive up already record-setting domestic oil and gas production."

Climate Change [3]
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Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [30], 02/18/2025
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Trump DOE Delays Implementation Of Biden-Era Appliance Efficiency Rules [31]

"The Energy Department on Friday afternoon announced it would “postpone” Biden’s efficiency rules for lightbulbs, clothes washers and dryers, air conditioners, air compressors and gas-powered water heaters."

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Consumer [32]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Technology [33]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [34], 02/18/2025
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"Musk Accused Reuters Of ‘Social Deception.’ The Deception Was His." [35]

"Trump’s DOGE chief mischaracterizes a contract as he marshals “deep state” conspiracy theories to justify cuts to federal agencies."

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Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [36], 02/18/2025
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"EPA Fires Nearly 400 Workers After OPM Order" [37]

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

Environmental Health [24]
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Government [38]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [39], 02/18/2025
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"As Trump Vents About Covid, Experts Worry His Moves Could Worsen Next Threat" [40]

"The president, still angry about the pandemic response, may be cutting into the country’s fundamental ability to identify emerging diseases and head them off."

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Health [41]
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Source: Washington Post [42], 02/18/2025
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