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Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Firefighters [1]

"President Donald Trump’s executive orders shrinking the federal workforce make a notable exception for public safety staff, including those who fight wildland fires. But ongoing cuts, funding freezes and hiring pauses have weakened the nation’s already strained firefighting force by hitting support staff who play crucial roles in preventing and battling blazes."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Government [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ProPublica [11], 04/08/2025
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"Trump Administration Orders Half Of National Forests Open For Logging" [12]

"The Trump administration has removed environmental protections covering more than half of the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the president’s aim to significantly bolster the U.S. logging industry."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [8]
Wildlife [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [16], 04/08/2025
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After Outcry, Brazil Supreme Court Nixes Mining On Indigenous Lands [17]

"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 [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [8]
People & Population [19]
Public [9]
South America [20]
Source: Mongabay [21], 04/04/2025
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"EPA Cuts Could Leave Small Rural Towns Choking In Smoke" [22]

"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 [23]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [25]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [26], 04/04/2025
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Firing National Park and Forest Workers Stresses Nearby Communities [27]

"As government agencies slash staff managing federal lands, rural populations dependent on outdoor tourism face mounting economic and environmental risks that are trickling down from the cuts."

Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [8]
People & Population [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 04/03/2025
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Is Planting Trees 'DEI'? Trump USFS Cuts Nationwide Tree-Planting Effort [29]

"The Trump administration's efforts to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs has hit an unexpected target: In February, communities around the country learned that funding was canceled for a nationwide tree-planting program aimed at making neighborhoods cooler, healthier and more resilient to climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [8]
People & Population [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [31], 03/26/2025
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‘A Myriad of Voices’ Tells of Restoring a Swamp in Crisis [32]

When a pair of journalists reported on a degraded Colombian mangrove swamp, they turned to two local fishermen to help tell the story, tapping into their experience as they worked to repair the ecosystem that fed their community. In the latest Inside Story Q&A, reporter Jacobo Patiño Giraldo explains their successful use of primary source solutions journalism.

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Activism [34]
Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [18]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Forests [6]
Journalism & Media [37]
Natural Resources [8]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [38]
Region: 
International [39]
South America [20]
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Public [9]
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"Lake Tahoe Could Be A Deathtrap During Major Wildfires" [40]

"Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties in South Lake Tahoe are at risk — yet new resorts are being built in high-danger fire areas."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [6]
Infrastructure [30]
People & Population [19]
Planning & Growth [41]
Transportation [42]
Public [9]
California [43]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [44]
Source: CalMatters [45], 03/21/2025
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COP30 Mulls Hiring PR Firm That Worked For Weaker Amazon Protections [46]

"Edelman, the world’s largest public relations agency, is in talks to work with the Cop30 team organising the UN climate summit in the Amazon later this year despite its prior connections to a major trade group accused of lobbying to roll back measures to protect the area from deforestation, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal."

Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Journalism & Media [37]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [39]
South America [20]
Source: Guardian [48], 03/18/2025
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"Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen" [49]

"The Trump administration, with DOGE, is pulling the rug from under growers and producers across the country"

Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [8]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Sierra [51], 03/17/2025
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