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Trump Admin Strips ‘Renewable’ And ‘Energy’ From NREL Laboratory Name [1]

"The Trump administration on Monday stripped the words “renewable” and “energy” from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory name, furthering White House directives to abandon clean energy sources."

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Source: The Hill [12], 12/03/2025
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"Trump Admin Backs Monsanto Effort To Limit Roundup Lawsuits Over Glyphosate" [13]

"The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to get the Supreme Court to shield it from liability over cancer claims related to its Roundup weedkiller, a move that could anger the Trump administration’s allies in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement."

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Source: The Hill [18], 12/03/2025
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"Top FDA Drug Regulator Plans To Depart Weeks Into Job" [19]

"Richard Pazdur had clashed with Trump officials on the legality and pace of their initiatives. His sudden retirement adds to the recent upheaval at FDA."

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Source: Washington Post [22], 12/03/2025
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Phthalates Are In Our Food, Decades After Scientists Recognized Dangers [23]

"A large body of science has linked phthalates to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility."

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Source: Washington Post [26], 12/03/2025
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"How Two NASA Satellites Survived Trump’s Climate Purge" [27]

"NASA has sent two new satellites into space over the past six months to monitor many of the ways global warming is affecting the planet. Just don’t call them climate satellites."

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Source: E&E News [29], 12/02/2025
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Citizen Pollution Monitors Face Industry Pushback, Legal Threats [30]

A steep decline in the enforcement of environmental laws means the monitoring of pollution by citizens is more important than ever. But as the latest TipSheet notes, some states have passed laws that severely constrain the use of citizen monitoring or the sharing of findings. Get the backstory, along with top reporting angles and resources for finding monitoring in your area.

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EPA Urged To Ban Spraying Of Antibiotics On Food Crops Amid Resistance Fears [38]

"A new legal petition filed by a dozen public health and farm worker groups demands the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stop allowing farms to spray antibiotics on food crops in the US because they are probably causing superbugs to flourish and sickening farm workers."

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Source: Guardian [40], 12/01/2025
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"Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War" [41]

"Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat."

Climate Change [2]
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Source: NYTimes [44], 12/01/2025
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What’s Lost With Federal Funding Cuts At USGS Climate Science Centers [45]

"When the Trump administration began freezing federal funding for climate and ecosystem research, one of the programs hit hard was ours: the U.S. Geological Survey’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers." "The centers have been helping to track invasive species, protect water supplies and make agriculture more sustainable in the face of increasing drought conditions. They’re improving wildfire forecasting, protecting shorelines and saving Alaska salmon, among many other projects."

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Source: The Conversation [47], 12/01/2025
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"Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings" [48]

"The scores aimed to predict a property’s risk from a fires, floods and storms, but some in the real estate industry as well as homeowners have called them inaccurate."

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Source: NYTimes [50], 12/01/2025
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