"A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Network staff for now, and he said all congressional funding must resume to the outlets, which had been effectively shuttered by the administration."
"The Trump administration is set to cancel tens of millions of dollars in grants to scientists studying environmental hazards faced by children in rural America, among other health issues, according to internal emails written by senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency."
"These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs."
"By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades."
"A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts."
"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he does not think the government should broadly reconsider climate advocacy groups’ tax-exempt status." "The EPA administrator also signaled that he was not in a rush to announce reduction-in-force plans, saying,“We’re just trying to get it right.”"
"Hundreds of marches, pickets and cleanup events are taking place across the US in the run-up to Earth Day on Tuesday, as environmental and climate groups step up resistance to the Trump administration’s authoritarianism and its “war on the planet”."
"U.S. oil producers are stuck between President Donald Trump’s policies, benefiting from relaxed environmental regulations but facing weakening oil prices as tariffs weigh on the global economy."
"Amid brewing conflict between scientists and the administration of President Donald Trump, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia sent an unusual letter this week to a scientific journal focused on diseases and medicine related to the chest, asking about its editorial policies."
"Sources in Washington, including within the Department of Justice and on Capitol Hill, have told Inside Climate News that White House officials are preparing executive orders on environmental issues. One order, they say, would target the tax exempt status of environmental nonprofits, particularly those that do legal work."
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