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"E.P.A. Demotes Career Employees Overseeing Science, Enforcement and More"

"The Environmental Protection Agency is demoting career employees who oversee scientific research, the enforcement of pollution laws, hazardous waste cleanup and the agency’s human resources department and will replace them with political appointees, according to two people familiar with the approach."

Source: NYTimes, 02/05/2025

"Trump Picks Scientist Involved In ‘Sharpiegate’ Scandal To Lead NOAA"

"President Donald Trump has named Neil Jacobs, an atmospheric scientist who was found to have violated scientific integrity policies during the “Sharpiegate” scandal of the first Trump administration, to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

Source: Washington Post, 02/05/2025

Advisers Push CDC To Explain Data Removal, Say When Info Will Be Restored

"Top advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are asking the agency’s acting director to explain the abrupt removal of information and data from CDC websites, and say when it will be restored." "Agencies took down info on topics including gender, vaccines, and climate change"

Source: STAT News, 02/04/2025

"Inside The Energy Department’s Partnership With The Plastics Industry"

"Nearly five years ago, the United States Department of Energy, or DOE, began an unusual partnership with the country’s largest lobbying group for the plastics industry." "Critics argue that the agency’s work with a lobbying group is a conflict of interest."

Source: Grist/ExxonKnews, 02/04/2025

Levels Of Microplastics In Human Brains May Be Rapidly Rising: Study

"The exponential rise in microplastic pollution over the past 50 years may be reflected in increasing contamination in human brains, according to a new study."

Source: Guardian, 02/04/2025

Tribes Push to Control Reservation Water as Wyoming Seeks To Send it Outside

"The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho have long fought for water sovereignty on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but their effort is being challenged by federal legislation and a changing water landscape."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/04/2025

Court Restores Fishing Gear Protections For Endangered Whale Species

"Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a setback when a federal appeals court reinstated rules meant to protect a dwindling whale species from getting entangled in fishing gear."

Source: AP, 02/04/2025

"East Palestine Residents Allege Wrongful Deaths From 2023 Derailment"

"A new lawsuit filed by more than 700 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, makes the first wrongful-death allegations in connection with the 2023 derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in the village."

Source: The Hill, 02/04/2025

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