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"Where Local Forecast Offices No Longer Monitor Weather Around-The-Clock"

"For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. But after the U.S. DOGE Service led efforts to shrink the federal government, that is no longer possible in some parts of the country."

Source: Washington Post, 05/21/2025

"FEMA Should Take New Name, States Should Bear Costs, DHS Head Noem Says"

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency should be renamed as the agency is reformed to increase the burden on states to respond to natural disasters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at a meeting on reforming FEMA on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 05/21/2025
May 23, 2025

'Silencing Voice of America', in Conversation With Liam Scott and Freedom of the Press Foundation

This conversation about the Trump administration’s attacks on Voice of America and other publicly funded media outlets will examine how these moves threaten the independence of public-interest journalism, what’s at stake for reporters and audiences, and what comes next for press freedom in the U.S. and around the world. 12:30 p.m. ET.

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May 29, 2025

YPCCC Webinar: Understanding and Countering Climate Change Misinformation and Disinformation

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication hosts an online conversation with speakers from Climate Action Against Disinformation, Graphika and University of Cambridge on how climate change disinformation spreads, groups that are susceptible and how climate communicators can respond. 10 a.m. ET.

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"WOTUS: A Narrowing EPA Definition Is Reshaping The Clean Water Act"

"Debra Shankland was a kid when the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire in 1969. ... Shankland was one of many speakers at the latest listening session led by the EPA as the agency crafts a new definition for the long controversial language “waters of the United States” contained in the Clean Water Act. The interpretation of that phrase, commonly shorthanded as WOTUS, can have massive implications for the health of small streams, remote wetlands, creeks and other waters."

Source: The New Lede, 05/20/2025

Endangered Whales Gave Birth To Few Babies This Year As Population Declines

"A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct. The whale is the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers only about 370 and has declined in population in recent years."

Source: AP, 05/20/2025

Company Decides Not To Rebuild Ga. Chlorine Plant With History Of Fires

"The company that operated a Georgia chlorine plant with a history of explosions, chemical fires and toxic clouds that have drifted over neighborhoods outside Atlanta has decided not to rebuild the main manufacturing facility in Conyers."

Source: AP, 05/20/2025

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