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"Senate Confirms Susan Monarez To Lead CDC" [1]

"The Senate on Tuesday confirmed longtime federal government scientist Susan Monarez to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the public health agency that is under intense scrutiny as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends vaccine policy in United States."

Climate Change [2]
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Source: Washington Post [12], 07/30/2025
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EPA Aims to Kill Bedrock Scientific Finding For Key Climate Rollback [13]

"The proposal is President Trump’s most consequential step yet to derail federal climate efforts and appears to represent a shift toward outright denial of the scientific consensus." 

"Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Tuesday the Trump administration would revoke the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change.

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Source: NYTimes [17], 07/30/2025
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"EPA To Launch Plan Tuesday For Undoing Climate Rule Cornerstone" [18]

"The Trump administration is planning to release a proposal Tuesday that would overturn a 16-year-old scientific finding that has allowed three administrations to regulate climate pollution."

Climate Change [2]
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Environmental Studies [15]
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Source: E&E News [19], 07/29/2025
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September 30, 2025

DEADLINE: Write Before Midnight [20]

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ short fiction contest will be judged by renowned American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. No entry fee. Cash prizes. Deadline is Sep 30, 2025.

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"E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change" [26]

"The Trump administration has drafted a plan to repeal a fundamental scientific finding that gives the United States government its authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions and fight climate change, according to two people familiar with the plan."

Climate Change [2]
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Source: NYTimes [29], 07/24/2025
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"Hundreds of NASA Employees, Past and Present, Sign Letter of Formal Dissent" [30]

"The signatories of the “Voyager Declaration” warned the space agency’s leadership about the consequences of major budget cuts that would halt many science missions."

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Source: NYTimes [32], 07/23/2025
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August 31, 2025

DEADLINE: Civic Science Media Funding Opportunity [33]

The Center for Cooperative Media offers 10 awards up to $15,000 each for short-term civic science media projects in the U.S. that can bridge the gap between scientists, media and communities. Includes hands-on coaching. Deadline: Aug 31, 2025.

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Dismantling of EPA’s Scientific Arm Fulfills Key Chemical Industry Goal [34]

"Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on the Office of Research and Development’s assessments of the dangers of formaldehyde, ethylene oxide and other substances." 

Chemicals [35]
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Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [37]
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People & Population [7]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 07/22/2025
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"E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm" [39]

"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so."

Biodiversity [40]
Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [41]
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Environmental Justice [37]
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Source: NYTimes [42], 07/21/2025
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RFK Jr. Attacks Some Unwelcome Truth-Telling [43]

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to forbid government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals, WatchDog was among those who paid heed to this worrisome move to censor science, and the harm it portends for environmental science, environmental journalism and, ultimately, public health. But as WatchDog warns, it could be just the tip of the iceberg.

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