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"Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet" [1]

"By pulling the United States out of the main international climate treaty, seizing Venezuelan crude oil and using government power to resuscitate the domestic coal industry while choking off clean energy, the Trump administration is not just ignoring climate change, it is likely making the problem worse."

Climate Change [2]
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Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Science [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Source: NYTimes [12], 01/13/2026
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"EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution" [13]

"In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show."

Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [6]
Science [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [22], 01/13/2026
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"The Secret World Of Animal Sleep" [23]

"Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep."

Biodiversity [24]
Science [7]
Wildlife [25]
Public [9]
International [11]
Source: AP [26], 01/08/2026
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"The Icebreaker Reaches the Thwaites Glacier, and the Science Begins" [27]

"After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this Antarctic expedition is ready to start."

"After a 12-day journey across the southern seas, the nearly 40 scientists aboard the icebreaker Araon on Wednesday reached Antarctica’s fastest-melting glacier, the Thwaites. An ambitious campaign to study the ice by air, under sea and with boots on the frozen surface is now underway.

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Studies [19]
Journalism & Media [28]
Science [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Antarctica & Arctic [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 01/08/2026
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"Environmental Health Perspectives Joins The ACS Publications Portfolio" [31]

"The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is proud to announce that Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) has joined the ACS Publications portfolio. EHP is a globally respected journal with a legacy as a premier source for research findings at the intersection of the environment and human health."

Chemicals [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Government [32]
Journalism & Media [28]
Science [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Source: ACS [33], 01/08/2026
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January 22, 2026

DEADLINE: Journalismfund.eu FPD Science Grants [34]

With this project Journalismfund wants to stimulate in-depth science journalism in Dutch-language media in Belgium. The next application deadline is Jan 22 2026, 1 PM CET.

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"U.S. Overhauls Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Recommends Fewer Shots" [37]

"The Trump administration is overhauling the list of routine shots recommended for all babies and children in the United States, bypassing the government’s typical process for recommending vaccines and delivering on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-standing goals to upend the nation’s pediatric vaccine schedule."

Activism [38]
Consumer [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [21]
Science [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [39], 01/06/2026
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Trump Attacks On ‘Climate Alarmism’ Have Already Transformed US Science [40]

"Experts say the cuts to the federal workforce and climate science funding could cause decades of loss in human knowledge and discovery."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [7]
Technology [41]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Source: Washington Post [42], 12/24/2025
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Senate Confirms Isaacman as NASA Administrator In Do-Over After Musk Feud [43]

"The Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator on Wednesday, placing him atop the agency after a monthslong saga where President Donald Trump revoked his nomination as part of a feud with tech billionaire Elon Musk."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [18]
People & Population [21]
Science [7]
Technology [41]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [44], 12/19/2025
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"Defense Bill Directs GAO To Probe Tick Conspiracy Promoted By RFK Jr." [45]

"The House-passed National Defense Authorization Act would spur an investigation of whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease."

Biodiversity [24]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [46], 12/18/2025
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