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Trump Shutters Agency That Investigates Industrial Chemical Explosions [1]

"Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?" 

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Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [11]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Verite/Grist [15], 06/18/2025
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"Trump vs. Birds: Proposed Budget Eliminates Critical Research Programs" [16]

"Two federal programs that experts consider indispensable for bird research and conservation in the United States could be eliminated under the Trump administration’s proposed budget for 2026."

Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [18]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [19]
Science [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Revelator [22], 06/18/2025
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"7,500 Interior Workers Took Trump Buyouts Or Early Retirement" [23]

"The Interior Department has shed nearly 11 percent of its staff during the Trump administration, a reduction of nearly 7,500 employees who took buyout offers or early retirement in the past five months, according to data obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."

Biodiversity [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [24], 06/18/2025
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Trump Orders Merger Of Wildland Firefighting Into Single Force, Despite Chaos [25]

"President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered government officials to consolidate wildland firefighting into a single program, despite warnings from former federal officials that it could be costly and increase the risk of catastrophic blazes."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [3]
Forests [27]
Government [8]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [28], 06/17/2025
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Public Broadcasting Cuts Would Harm Free Press [29]

Trump administration efforts to defund public media, now before Congress, are a misguided effort to harm a source of journalism that is highly trusted by audiences, argues the latest WatchDog Opinion column. And while public broadcasting’s diverse funding sources may insulate it from politics to some degree, the attacks do threaten to chill press freedom, including environmental reporting, more broadly. The latest Dog explains.

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"Hundreds Of Laid-Off CDC Employees Are Being Reinstated" [33]

"More than 460 laid-off employees at the nation’s top public health agency received notices Wednesday that they are being reinstated, according to a union representing the workers."

Environmental Health [5]
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Government [8]
Journalism & Media [31]
Science [20]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [34], 06/16/2025
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Head of FEMA Command Center Quits After Trump Says He’ll Phase Out Agency [35]

"The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster command center, who coordinates the national response to earthquakes, floods and other disasters, has submitted his resignation, according to two people familiar with the matter." "His resignation came after other senior staff members have left and a day after President Trump said he would wind down the federal agency by November."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [37], 06/16/2025
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"National Parks Are Told to Delete Content That ‘Disparages Americans’" [38]

"The Interior Department plans to remove or cover up all “inappropriate content” at national parks and sites by Sept. 17 and is asking the park visitors to report any “negative” information about past or living Americans, according to internal documents."

Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [18]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [10]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [40], 06/16/2025
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National Park Story No Walk in the Park, Post-Budget Cuts [41]

Steep cuts for the U.S. National Park System look likely from the Trump administration, affecting visitors, roiling local businesses and raising political hackles. For environmental journalists, budgets slashed for hundreds of park units could also turn a summer standby story into something closer to disaster coverage. TipSheet has more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources to cover the park nearest you.

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"In Majority-Black Camp Hill, a Young Mayor Fights for Water" [44]

"An Alabama town is at risk of losing water access after it disputed rate rises and recent charges by a neighboring water board. The mayor says customers are being “bamboozled.”"

Activism [45]
Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [46]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [13]
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Source: Inside Climate News [48], 06/13/2025
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