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"Trump’s ‘Fear Factor’: Scientists Go Silent As Funding Cuts Escalate" [1]

"In February, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump was inaugurated, Rebekah Tromble launched a program to advise scientists and journalists targeted for intimidation and harassment. But she announced it quietly, fearing the very kind of attacks the initiative was meant to counter."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Science [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Science [13], 05/15/2025
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"Republicans’ ‘Clearly Unprecedented’ Gambit To Kill Climate Programs" [14]

"The House Energy and Commerce Committee wants to use the budget process to repeal program authorizations. That may not fly in the Senate."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [16], 05/15/2025
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"Eight Of The Top 10 Online Shows Are Spreading Climate Misinformation" [17]

"Often backed by large advertising budgets, a new breed of climate denial is gaining popularity."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [8]
Science [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [19], 05/15/2025
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NOAA Seeks To Reassign Employees To Understaffed Weather Service Offices [20]

"The Trump administration is seeking to reassign other employees to “critically understaffed” offices in the National Weather Service (NWS), according to an internal document. The move to reassign these other employees comes after the administration fired hundreds of people at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including some staff at the NWS."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [7]
Science [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [22], 05/15/2025
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"EPA Tells Scientists To Apply For New Jobs Within The Agency" [23]

"Political leaders at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have told scientists there to apply to new jobs, implying that those who do not may be fired, according to an official with a union representing the agency’s employees."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [25]
Science [10]
Technology [26]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [27], 05/15/2025
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Georgia Shields Maker Of Roundup Weed Killer From Some Cancer Claims [28]

"In a victory for global agrochemical maker Bayer, Georgia has become the second state to shield pesticide manufacturers from some lawsuits claiming that they failed to warn customers of potential dangers."

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
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Source: AP [33], 05/15/2025
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"EPA Ditches Historic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Rule" [34]

"The Trump administration will roll back a landmark regulation on “forever chemicals” in drinking water, two weeks after EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promised to address contamination from the toxic, man-made substances."

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [25]
Science [10]
Technology [26]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [37], 05/15/2025
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Project To Raise California’s Shasta Dam Could Move Forward Under Trump [38]

"Enlarging the dam would deliver more Sacramento River water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites and endangered salmon could lose habitat in wet years."

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Infrastructure [35]
Natural Resources [40]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [41]
Source: CalMatters [42], 05/14/2025
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"Trump Promised U.S. Dominance. Instead, Energy Companies Are Faltering." [43]

"President Donald Trump promised to unleash an energy renaissance that would lock in U.S. dominance over oil and gas. But that is not how things are working out for America’s drillers, fracking firms and equipment suppliers, including the company founded by Trump’s own energy secretary."

Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Natural Resources [40]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [45], 05/14/2025
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"Senate Republicans Balk at House Plan to Gut Energy Tax Cuts" [46]

"Key Senate Republicans are resisting the House’s plan to gut clean energy tax credits, vowing to soften the blow for emerging technologies. The pushback comes just a day after House Republicans released a plan to help pay for an extension of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts by cutting more than $500 billion in energy tax credits from former President Joe Biden’s signature climate law."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg [47], 05/14/2025
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