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134M Poultry And Counting: Charts Show Counties Hardest-Hit By Bird Flu [1]

"The latest data from the CDC and USDA show the continued devastating effects of bird flu outbreaks across the United States – with Iowa, the nation's leading egg producer, suffering substantial losses."

Agriculture [2]
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Economy & Business [5]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Investigate Midwest [13], 01/27/2025
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EPA Takes Unprecedented Step To Remove Uranium Waste From Navajo Nation [14]

"The decision opens the door for new ways to manage uranium pollution on tribal land"

Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [16]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: High Country News [22], 01/27/2025
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Trump Quietly Withdraws Proposed Limits On PFAS In Industrial Wastewater [23]

"Amid a flurry of actions curtailing Biden’s environmental policies, the administration of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump this week withdrew a plan to set limits on toxic PFAS chemicals in industrial wastewater."

Chemicals [15]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Infrastructure [24]
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Pollution [19]
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Source: The New Lede [26], 01/27/2025
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Mass Firing: Trump Removes Independent Inspectors General At 17+ Agencies [27]

"The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversight laws." EPA, Energy Dept., Interior, Commerce, Agriculture are included in the list.

Chemicals [15]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [19]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [29], 01/27/2025
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"Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists" [30]

"President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections."

Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [31]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [16]
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Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [19]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [33], 01/27/2025
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Telling the Stories of the Silent Sentinels [34]

To many, plants are a merely green backdrop, indistinguishable and inconsequential. But, freelancer Karen Mockler says that such “plant blindness” belies an urgent need for our notice. More than a third of the world’s trees and thousands of other plant species face extinction. Their plight — and their many blessings — offer perceptive journalists a wealth of reporting and storytelling opportunities. Mockler on why to write about plants.

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As Workers Clean Up After The LA Fires, Can The State Keep Them Safe? [48]

"The LA fires have left domestic workers and day laborers jobless. They may soon be hired for wildfire cleanup work, where they can be exposed to ash and other toxins."

Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [31]
Disasters [49]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [16]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [11]
California [44]
Source: CalMatters [50], 01/24/2025
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Health Researchers Alarmed As Trump Pauses Travel, Communications [51]

"Health officials and experts said this week they are reeling after the new Trump administration on Tuesday abruptly halted external communication at the Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health."

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Health [40]
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Source: Washington Post [52], 01/24/2025
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"Senate Committees Advance Trump’s Energy, Environment Nominees" [53]

"President Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s energy and environment-focused agencies all sailed through committee votes on Thursday morning."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [39]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [54], 01/24/2025
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"Trump’s Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback and Doubt" [55]

"Automakers and even some Republicans may fight to preserve funds, and environmental activists will likely sue, but some experts said that some changes may not survive legal challenges."

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Source: NYTimes [57], 01/23/2025
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