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"Trump Fires EPA Watchdog Who Closely Scrutinized Biden's Agency" [1]

"The surprise dismissal of the EPA’s inspector general has left agency veterans puzzled, given Sean O’Donnell’s track record in recovering money and scrutinizing waste within the agency."

Environmental Politics [2]
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Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [7], 01/28/2025
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Burgum Hosted ‘VIP Dinner’ for Oil, Gas, and Coal Execs Last Year: Emails [8]

"Doug Burgum, one of President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, held a dinner for fossil fuel CEOs at a private event during the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, held in Bismarck, ND, from May 14 to 16, 2024, emails obtained by the research group Fieldnotes and shared with DeSmog show."

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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: DeSmog [10], 01/28/2025
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"Trump Looks To Seize Control Of California Water" [11]

"The Trump administration is weighing how to take control of water in California — including setting aside endangered species protections — framing its mission in a new executive order as necessary to prevent future wildfires like those that recently swept across Los Angeles."

Agriculture [12]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [2]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
California [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 01/28/2025
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EPA Proposal For Pesticide Tied To Reproductive Harm Lands Back With Trump [21]

"US environmental regulators are planning to change allowable levels of a weedkiller linked with reproductive health problems to a concentration critics say discounts years of documented health and environmental risks — potentially marking a new battlefront within the Trump administration."

Agriculture [12]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The New Lede [23], 01/27/2025
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134M Poultry And Counting: Charts Show Counties Hardest-Hit By Bird Flu [24]

"The latest data from the CDC and USDA show the continued devastating effects of bird flu outbreaks across the United States – with Iowa, the nation's leading egg producer, suffering substantial losses."

Agriculture [12]
Biodiversity [25]
Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [2]
Food [28]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Wildlife [29]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Investigate Midwest [30], 01/27/2025
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US Is Trying To Unravel A Hacking Plot That Targeted Climate Activists [31]

"A yearslong U.S. Justice Department investigation of a global hacking campaign that targeted prominent American climate activists took a turn in a London court this week amid an allegation that the hacking was ordered by a lobbying firm working for ExxonMobil. Both the lobbying firm and ExxonMobil have denied any awareness of or involvement with alleged hacking."

Activism [32]
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Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [34]
Source: NPR [35], 01/27/2025
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Mass Firing: Trump Removes Independent Inspectors General At 17+ Agencies [36]

"The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversight laws." EPA, Energy Dept., Interior, Commerce, Agriculture are included in the list.

Chemicals [22]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [37], 01/27/2025
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"Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists" [38]

"President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections."

Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [40]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [41], 01/27/2025
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EPA Nominee Heads for Approval, Despite Inexperience [42]

Former Congressman Lee Zeldin, the Trump administration nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has scant expertise in the field and little appeal to environmental groups. But at a Senate hearing earlier this month, the Trump loyalist aimed to score points by confirming the existence of climate change and deflating rumors of an agency move out of the Capital. The latest EJ TransitionWatch takes a look at Zeldin's prospects.

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Telling the Stories of the Silent Sentinels [47]

To many, plants are a merely green backdrop, indistinguishable and inconsequential. But, freelancer Karen Mockler says that such “plant blindness” belies an urgent need for our notice. More than a third of the world’s trees and thousands of other plant species face extinction. Their plight — and their many blessings — offer perceptive journalists a wealth of reporting and storytelling opportunities. Mockler on why to write about plants.

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Agriculture [12]
Air [49]
Biodiversity [25]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [2]
Environmental Studies [50]
Food [28]
Forests [51]
Government [44]
Health [52]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [40]
Pollution [4]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [53]
Science [54]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [29]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
California [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [55]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
International [34]
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