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"CDC Reinstates Workers Who Screen Coal Miners For Black Lung Disease" [1]

"The Trump administration temporarily rehired as many as 40 employees who screen coal miners for the deadly and incurable disease."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [12], 04/30/2025
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Labor Dept. Warns That Staff Who Speak With Journalists Face Criminal Charges [13]

"A top official in the Department of Labor this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business."

Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: ProPublica [15], 04/30/2025
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"The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance" [16]

"“This president is a master of distraction and is destroying what it took 250 years to build. Here’s another distraction in his quest for attention. Another failure of his first 100 days,” said North Carolina Rep. Alma Adams, responding to efforts to physically remove the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth’s lunch counter exhibit from the National Museum of African American History and Culture — affectionately known as the “Blacksonian.”"

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: BlackPressUSA [17], 04/30/2025
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"EPA Canceling Nearly 800 Environmental Justice Grants" [18]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is canceling nearly 800 grants, most of which have to do with environmental justice, according to a court document."

Activism [19]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [21], 04/30/2025
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"Trump Administration Dismisses Authors Of Key Climate Report" [22]

"The Trump administration told scientists writing a congressionally mandated climate report that it was “releasing” them from their roles and that the report’s scope was being reevaluated, in an email sent Monday and seen by The Washington Post."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [25]
Forests [26]
Government [20]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Science [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [30], 04/30/2025
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"Trump Says Columbus Day Will Now Just Be Columbus Day" [31]

"President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor’s practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October, accusing Democrats of denigrating the explorer’s legacy as he pressed his campaign to restore what he argues are traditional American icons."

Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [32], 04/29/2025
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"The Unregulated Link In A Toxic Supply Chain" [33]

"From El Paso, Texas, to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them."

Chemicals [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Grist [36], 04/29/2025
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Immigrants Cleaning Up Wildfire-Stricken LA face Exploitation, Hazards [37]

"Advocates say workers risk their health and fear speaking out about conditions amid Trump’s immigration crackdown"

Chemicals [34]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
California [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 04/29/2025
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N. Dakota Enacts First US Law Shielding Roundup From Some Cancer Lawsuits [40]

"A new first-of-its-kind law enacted in North Dakota could shield agrochemical manufacturer Bayer from lawsuits claiming it failed to warn customers that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer."

Agriculture [41]
Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [42]
Source: AP [43], 04/29/2025
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"Which Cities Have The Most Trees? See How Yours Stacks Up." [44]

"Why some U.S. cities are so much greener than others." Includes lookup map.

Biodiversity [45]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Forests [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Planning & Growth [46]
Wildlife [47]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [48], 04/28/2025
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