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Environmental Justice

Anti-DEI Push Kills $75 Million Grant To Plant Trees In Places That Need Them

"Arthur Johnson has lived in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward for nearly three decades, long enough to appreciate the trees that filter pollution from the big ships traveling the nearby Mississippi River and that offer shade on sweltering summer days."

Source: AP, 03/05/2025

Does N.C. Need Another Polluting Plant to Turn Plastic Waste Into Diesel?

"Buffeted by PFAS-emitting industries, Fayetteville could soon be home to a financially troubled company that wants to turn tons of plastic waste into diesel fuel using a polluting, energy-intensive process called pyrolysis."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/05/2025

"FBI Takes Up EPA Probe Amid Pushback From Judge, Prosecutors"

"FBI agents this week questioned Environmental Protection Agency employees regarding a Biden administration grant program for climate and clean-energy projects, escalating a criminal probe that already caused one veteran prosecutor to resign, according to two people familiar with the matter."

Source: Washington Post, 03/04/2025

"Trump May Rue Firing Experts When Environmental Rollbacks Land In Court"

"Amid spending freezes and policy rollbacks from Donald Trump, environmental advocacy groups are gearing up for a long series of legal showdowns with the administration."

Source: Guardian, 03/04/2025

‘They’re Back’ — Veteran Journalists on Braving the Specter of Trump’s Return

How can environmental reporters best cover the upheavals of a second Trump administration? SEJournal commissioned a special analysis to draw on the experience of reporters who were there to chronicle the first. Contributing editor Jennifer Weeks spoke to more than half a dozen news veterans of Trump’s earlier environmental and energy policy initiatives, with insights and tips on how to handle what’s ahead.

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"EPA Urges White House To Strike Down Landmark Climate Finding"

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal government’s push to combat climate change, according to three people briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly."

Source: Washington Post, 02/27/2025

"Trump: EPA Boss Expects To Cut 65 Percent Of Staff"

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin expects to cut most of that agency’s staff, President Donald Trump said Wednesday as he and his administration plow ahead with dramatic reductions to the federal workforce."

Source: E&E News, 02/27/2025

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