"As Floods Keep Coming, This Small City Can’t Afford To Let People Leave"
"Floodplain buyouts can reduce the financial toll of future disasters. But some small towns losing property and people are now saying no."
Source: Washington Post, 06/17/2025
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"Birds vs. Wind Turbines: New Research Aims to Prevent Deaths"
"Window collisions and cats kill more birds than wind farms do, but ornithologists say turbine impacts must be taken seriously. Scientists are testing a range of technologies to reduce bird strikes — from painting stripes to using artificial intelligence — to keep birds safe."
Source: YaleE360, 06/17/2025
"CDC Virus Expert Resigns After RFK Jr.’s Purge Of Vaccine Advisers"
"A senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who oversaw respiratory virus surveillance has resigned and raised concerns about the future of vaccine policy as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the agency’s long-standing approach to immunization."
Source: Washington Post, 06/17/2025
US Proposes Listing Pangolins, Most Trafficked Mammal, As Endangered Species
"U.S. officials proposed Monday to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered Species Act. The pangolin is “the most trafficked mammal in the world” in large part for its scales, used in traditional Chinese medicine, and meat, according to the World Wildlife Fund."
Source: AP, 06/17/2025
Trump Fires Democratic Commissioner Of Independent NRC
"President Donald Trump has fired a Democratic commissioner for the federal agency that oversees nuclear safety as he continues to assert more control over independent regulatory agencies."
Source: AP, 06/17/2025
Trump Orders Merger Of Wildland Firefighting Into Single Force, Despite Chaos
"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."
Source: AP, 06/17/2025
Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Residents' Tearful Protests
"The Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, N.J., has two distinct sections: an immigrant-rich area of rowhouses, ethnic restaurants and shops, and a clogged industrial zone with three power plants, the state’s largest incinerator and biggest sewage facility, a slew of factories and a near-constant parade of diesel trucks."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/17/2025
"E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos"
"The Trump administration plans to reconsider a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States, according to a court filing on Monday."
Source: NYTimes, 06/17/2025
Trump EPA Is Telling Some Staff To Stop Policing The Oil And Gas Industry
"The Environmental Protection Agency has told staff overseeing the country’s industrialized Midwest — a region plagued by a legacy of pollution — to stop enforcing violations against fossil fuel companies, multiple sources told CNN."
Source: CNN, 06/17/2025
#SEJSpotlight: Lisa John Rogers, News Editor, Great Lakes Now
Meet SEJ member Lisa John Rogers! Lisa John is an environmental health journalist and art critic from the Midwest. When not writing about regional PFAS news, she's working as the News Editor for Detroit PBS’s Great Lakes Now, an Emmy Award-winning environmental television show and website.
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