"The Trump Administration Has All But Stopped Enforcing Environmental Laws"
"The EPA is the nation's top environmental cop. In the last few months, the federal agency has significantly scaled back pollution enforcement."
Source: Grist, 05/12/2025
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"Trump Officials Ask Court to End Protections for a Strutting, Showy Bird"
"The Trump administration has moved to end federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a showy grouse with the misfortune of inhabiting southern and central grasslands long sought-after for agriculture and energy development."
Source: NYTimes, 05/09/2025
US Will Stop Tracking Costs Of Extreme Weather Fueled By Climate Change
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change."
Source: AP, 05/09/2025
USFS and NPS Worker Cuts Leave Wildland Firefighting Crews Short-Staffed
"Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon."
Source: AP, 05/09/2025
"Trump Taps MAHA Influencer For Surgeon General, Replacing First Pick"
"The White House pulled the nomination of Janette Nesheiwat to be the surgeon general in favor of Casey Means, a key figure in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement."
Source: Washington Post, 05/09/2025
"Congress Counters Trump With Massive FEMA Restructuring Plan"
"A bipartisan group of House members is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency — and in some cases expand its services — in an effort to head off President Donald Trump’s threats to shrink or abolish the agency."
Source: E&E News, 05/09/2025
Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Admin Takes Aim at the Agency
"The ouster of Cameron Hamilton, less than a month before the start of the hurricane season, came a day after he told lawmakers that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated."
Source: NYTimes, 05/09/2025
Study on Air Pollution and Racial Inequities Caught in NSF Funding Freeze
"A doctoral candidate examining air pollution effects in mostly Black and Latino neighborhoods in Detroit was among the wave of researchers who have had federal funds halted."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/08/2025
17 States Sue Trump Admin For Blocking Funds For Electric Vehicle Charging
"Seventeen states are suing President Donald Trump ‘s administration for withholding billions of dollars for building more electric vehicle chargers, according to a federal lawsuit announced Wednesday."
Source: AP, 05/08/2025
Trump Admin Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Warned of Arctic Climate Change
"Key datasets used to monitor the impacts of climate change in the Arctic have emerged as the latest victim of cost-cutting by the Trump administration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/08/2025
