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"Prominent Critic Of RFK Jr. Blocked From FDA Vaccine Committee" [1]

"Paul Offit, a pediatrician who has sparred with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over childhood vaccination, has been blocked from participating in a vaccine advisory committee for the Food and Drug Administration."

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Science [5]
Technology [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [9], 09/03/2025
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"Dozens of Scientists Call DOE Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’" [10]

"More than 85 climate scientists declared the Department of Energy’s new climate report unfit for policymaking in a comprehensive review released Tuesday. The DOE’s report cherry-picked evidence, lacked peer-reviewed studies to support its questioning of the detrimental effects of climate change in the U.S. and is “fundamentally incorrect,” the authors concluded."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [13], 09/03/2025
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National Weather Service Applicants Must Explain How They Agree With Trump [14]

"As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [16], 09/02/2025
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Trump Cuts To Climate Satellites Will Make Weather Prediction Harder [17]

"The Trump administration is scrapping satellite observations of Earth that officials say go beyond the essential task of predicting the weather."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [18], 09/02/2025
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"Former CDC Leaders Slam RFK Jr For Endangering Americans’ Health" [19]

"Nine former officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s leadership of the US health and human services department is “unlike anything our country has ever experienced” and “unacceptable”.

Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [3]
Science [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [21], 09/02/2025
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The Time To Make Local Stories With GHG Inventory Data Is Now [22]

If you’re thinking of reporting on major greenhouse gas emitters in your coverage area by using long-standing U.S. government data, better act fast — a key source of that information may soon disappear, warns the latest TipSheet. Find out who’s working to save the numbers, plus get more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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RFK Jr Deputy Jim O’Neill As Acting CDC Director After Monarez Ouster: Sources [28]

"Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill is expected to serve as acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official and another person familiar with the matter."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [29]
Disasters [15]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [25]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [33]
Science [5]
Technology [6]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: CNN [36], 08/29/2025
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Trump Climate Science Denial Hinges on … Not Saying the Word [37]

A war on the facts behind climate change — and on the actions to address it — is well underway in the second Trump administration. The new WatchDog Opinion column takes the measure of the battlefront, eyeing key examples of the political onslaught, including a concerted effort to eradicate the very term itself. Regulations killed, research discredited, speech censored and more.

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Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [24]
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Laws & Regulations [4]
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"Proposed NASA Cuts Could Affect Public Health Research" [41]

"From space, NASA collects data that’s crucial for public health. Potential cuts could threaten that work."

Biodiversity [42]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [24]
Forests [43]
Natural Resources [44]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [33]
Science [5]
Technology [6]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Undark [45], 08/28/2025
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Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Pushes Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals [46]

"President Trump is not only working to stop a transition away from fossil fuels in the United States, he is pressuring other countries to relax their pledges to fight climate change and instead burn more oil, gas and coal."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [33]
Science [5]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [47]
Source: NYTimes [48], 08/28/2025
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