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"Trump Team Readies More Attacks On Mainstream Climate Science" [1]

"The plans include a public debate on global warming. Scientists say that falsely implies the major tenets of climate research are unsettled." 

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [8], 08/20/2025
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White House Draft Suggests Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations [9]

"A highly anticipated White House report on the health of American children would stop short of proposing direct restrictions on ultraprocessed foods and pesticides that the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has called major threats, according to a draft of the document that was reviewed by The New York Times."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [13]
Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [16], 08/19/2025
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Saving Big Cats From Humans [17]

As expanded development on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula encroaches on prime wildlife habitat, big cats find it harder to avoid people, and many wind up dead. In this Inside Story Q&A, Liza Gross of Inside Climate News describes how she and photographer/editor Michael Kodas worked with a local cougar protection team to track a family of big cats to their den and through the area.

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Inside Story [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Studies [13]
Forests [20]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [21]
Science [5]
Wildlife [22]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [23]
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Public [6]
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EPA Open Data Plan Is Worth Putting Into Action [24]

Public databases — a boon to good environmental reporting — have long been a priority for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as evidenced in its just-published “open data plan.” But as an analysis in the latest Reporter’s Toolbox notes, that pioneering approach may succumb to Trump 2.0 policies. What’s at stake and what’s already being lost.

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Reporters Toolbox [25]
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Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [4]
Policy [27]
Science [5]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [6]
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Duffy Says NASA Will Dump Climate Science, Focus Only On Space Exploration [28]

"Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Thursday that climate and earth science at the agency will “move aside” as it refocuses solely on space exploration."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Science [5]
Technology [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [30], 08/15/2025
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"White House Delays Public Release Of Kennedy’s Children’s Health Strategy" [31]

"Industry will have to wait longer for the report, which is expected to give the government’s response to childhood chronic diseases."

Activism [32]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [26]
Health [14]
People & Population [21]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Politico [34], 08/14/2025
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"Green Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Report Downplaying Climate Damage" [35]

"Environmental advocates are suing the Trump administration over what they described as a secretive plan to undermine climate science."

Activism [32]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [37], 08/13/2025
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Trump Orders Political Control Over All Federal Grants, Alarming Researchers [38]

"An executive order signed by President Donald Trump late Thursday aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies. Scientists say it threatens to undermine the process that has helped make the U.S. the world leader in research and development."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [5]
Technology [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [39], 08/11/2025
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"Far More Environmental Data Is Being Deleted In Trump's Second Term" [40]

"The current Trump administration has made 70% more changes to government environmental websites during its first 100 days than the first Trump administration did, and those changes are bolder, according to a report published by the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI)."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [13]
Journalism & Media [4]
Pollution [41]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [42], 08/11/2025
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"Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts" [43]

"The Environmental Protection Agency said it would stop updating research that hundreds of companies use to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions after the agency suspended the database’s creator because he had signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration’s approach to scientific research."

Activism [32]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [13]
Journalism & Media [4]
Pollution [41]
Science [5]
Technology [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [45], 08/11/2025
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