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"National Science Foundation Fires Roughly 10% Of Its Workforce" [1]

"The National Science Foundation fired 168 employees on Tuesday. According to an NSF spokesperson, the firings are to ensure compliance with President Trump's executive order aimed at reducing the federal workforce in the name of efficiency."

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Source: NPR [12], 02/19/2025
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"Food Head At FDA Quits Citing Trump Administration’s Mass Staff Cuts" [13]

"The head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration has quit in protest over sweeping staff cuts that he warns will hamper the agency’s ability to protect public health."

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Source: Guardian [18], 02/19/2025
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"Climate Aid Projects Fighting Extremism and Unrest Are Closing Down" [19]

"Numerous programs aimed at averting violence, instability and extremism worsened by global warming are ensnared in the effort to dismantle the main American aid agency, U.S.A.I.D."

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Source: NYTimes [26], 02/19/2025
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"Trump’s Oil Ambitions Face Harsh Economic And Geologic Realities" [27]

"The president is calling for energy dominance, but aging shale plays aren’t positioned to deliver a surge of new oil production."

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Energy & Fuel [28]
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Source: E&E News [29], 02/19/2025
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"FEMA Restricts Media Communications" [30]

"The agency’s acting administrator directed employees to not engage with the media without “prior authorization.”"

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Source: E&E News [33], 02/19/2025
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USDA Accidentally Fired Officials Working On Bird Flu, Now Trying To Rehire [34]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak. The agency said it is now trying to quickly reverse the firings."

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Source: NBC News [36], 02/19/2025
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"Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects" [37]

"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has created a new class of “emergency” permits for fossil fuel projects, raising the possibility that pipelines, mines, power plants and other facilities could be fast-tracked for approval as part of President Trump’s demand to increase oil, gas and coal production."

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Source: NYTimes [40], 02/19/2025
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"High-Ranking D.C. Federal Prosecutor Resigns Over Order To Freeze EPA Funds" [41]

"The head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. resigned Tuesday morning after declining to comply with an urgent Trump administration demand to freeze the assets of a multibillion-dollar Biden administration environmental grant initiative, according to the official’s resignation letter and two people familiar with the matter."

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Source: Washington Post [43], 02/19/2025
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February 26, 2025

SEJ Webinar: Wildfire and the New Extremes — A Journalist Convening [44]

The fires in Southern California have stopped burning, but the aftermath coverage has just begun. In this #SEJWebinar, we’ll hear from subject matter experts on recurring and emerging concerns, from physical access and safety concerns, to environmental health and exposures, to trauma-informed reporting, and the ways coverage is changing. 12:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. ET

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"Park Service Deletes Trans References On Stonewall Inn Monument Page" [46]

"The National Park Service has removed transgender references from its website commemorating the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, erasing transgender activists such as Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera who were central to the movement for LGBTQ+ rights."

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Source: Washington Post [47], 02/18/2025
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