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"National Park Service Rewrites History Of Underground Railroad" [1]

"Since Trump took office, the park service —- an agency charged with preserving American history —- has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow."

Diversity [2]
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Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [12], 04/08/2025
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US Ends Food Aid For Millions. World Food Program Calls It A ‘Death Sentence’ [13]

"The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict, according to the organization and officials who spoke to The Associated Press."

Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [18]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [19]
Source: AP [20], 04/08/2025
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Coal Country Voices Say Closures Of MSHA Offices Will Endanger Mine Safety [21]

"Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it’s safe for anyone to work in the industry right now. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by President Donald Trump and run by Elon Musk, has been targeting federal agencies for spending cuts. That includes terminating leases for three dozen offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws."

Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [26], 04/07/2025
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"Milwaukee Faces Lead Crisis Without CDC Experts RFK Jr. Fired" [27]

"When Milwaukee officials discovered in January that lead paint in school buildings had poisoned kids, they called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." "“The people who were answering our questions are just gone,” City Health Commissioner Michael Totoraitis said in an interview after the firings Tuesday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Source: E&E News [32], 04/07/2025
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"Chemical Industry Asks Trump for Exemption From Pollution Limits" [33]

"Two chemical industry groups are asking President Trump for a complete exemption to free their factories from new limits on hazardous air pollution."

Air [34]
Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [35], 04/07/2025
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How the Potomac Imparts the Capital’s Story [36]

The Potomac is one of the most prominent rivers in the United States, a defining ecological feature of Washington, D.C., at the same time it reveals the city’s history of racial inequality and disenfranchisement. Writer, historian, educator and herbalist Charlotte Taylor Fryar recounts that tale in her ambitious “Potomac Fever,” reviewed in the latest BookShelf by contributing editor Jennifer Weeks, herself a Washington native.

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After Outcry, Brazil Supreme Court Nixes Mining On Indigenous Lands [40]

"Brazil’s Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution."

Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [41]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
South America [42]
Source: Mongabay [43], 04/04/2025
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"EPA Cuts Could Leave Small Rural Towns Choking In Smoke" [44]

"The EPA’s slashing of more than $1 billion in grant funding has hit hard in Western communities that have felt climate impacts from flooding, wildfire smoke and melting permafrost."

Air [34]
Disasters [16]
Economy & Business [45]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [41]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [46], 04/04/2025
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CDC Fires Staff Working On Childhood Lead Exposure And Cancer Clusters [47]

"Staff members who fought childhood lead exposure and those who worked on cancer clusters were among those fired from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a now former employee told The Hill."

Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [29]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [25]
Science [48]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [49], 04/04/2025
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"Flood Risks Getting Worse Along U.S. Coastlines, New Analysis Shows" [50]

"Flooding in coastal areas of the United States is projected to occur 10 times more often over the next 25 years, with about 2.5 million people and 1.4 million homes facing severe property damage from sea level rise, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by Climate Central."

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Source: Floodlight [51], 04/03/2025
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