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"Documents Reveal Trump’s Plan To Gut Funding For Nasa And Climate Science" [1]

"Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed"

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Science [5]
Technology [6]
Transportation [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [10], 04/15/2025
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"PR Campaign May Have Fuelled Food Study Backlash, Leaked Document Shows" [11]

"A leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit a landmark environment study, according to an investigation."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [14]
Food [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [18], 04/15/2025
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Big Oil Seeks to Shield Itself From Climate Liability While Trump Is in Power [19]

"As several climate liability lawsuits against large oil and gas companies inch closer to trial and states start to adopt climate “Superfund” legislation, the White House and Republican-controlled Congress are rolling out new measures to shield the industry from accountability."

Activism [20]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Sierra [21], 04/15/2025
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"AP Journalists Held Out Of White House Events Despite Judge’s Ruling" [22]

"The Associated Press was not included in the in-town pool Monday, and its journalists were rebuffed when trying to cover an Oval Office meeting."

Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [23], 04/15/2025
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"Trump Administration Cancels $3 Billion Climate-Friendly Farming Program" [24]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said it had canceled a $3 billion program for climate-smart farming projects after a review found it did not align with the priorities of the Trump administration."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [31], 04/15/2025
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Energy Experts and States Argue Trump Job Cuts Harm US "Energy Dominance" [32]

"President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda will be undermined by steep cuts to federal agencies that are said to be planned by the Trump administration, scientists, lawmakers and energy executives warned on Monday."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [34], 04/15/2025
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Trump 2.0 Cuts Hit FOIA Offices at Federal Agencies [35]

The Freedom of Information Act is a key tool for environmental journalists, but firings at many federal agencies’ FOIA offices threaten to seriously undermine it. That’s the warning from WatchDog Opinion, which points to dire implications for the free flow of information on public health and environmental health threats. A look at what’s at stake and what some are doing to keep FOIA alive.

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As One Door Shuts on Climate Risk Data, News Outlet Opens Another [41]

Even as U.S. government agencies rush to wipe climate change information (or even the mention of the word climate) from their websites, others are racing to reconstruct lost data elsewhere. Case in point is a rescued database on climate risks preserved by The Guardian. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox has more on the preserved database and how best to use it.

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Reporters Toolbox [42]
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Climate Change [2]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [37]
Journalism & Media [16]
Policy [40]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [8]
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African Conservationists Seek More Love For Vultures [44]

"Vultures have an image problem. Seen as ugly and associated with death, they are among the least loved animals in the world. But conservationists in Africa are trying to change that."

Biodiversity [26]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [14]
Natural Resources [28]
Wildlife [30]
Public [8]
Africa [45]
Source: AP [46], 04/14/2025
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"Mexico To Send Water To Texas Farmers As US Treaty Threat Grows" [47]

"Mexico will make an immediate water delivery to Texas farmers to help make up its shortfall under a treaty that has strained US relations and prompted tariff threats by Donald Trump, said Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Friday."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Mexico [49]
Source: Reuters [50], 04/14/2025
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