"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
Environmental Politics
‘Misplaced Trust’ Aims Big, But Finds Details Make the Difference
A project of vast scope was needed to tell the untold story of stolen lands originally promised to Indigenous nations. But for Tristan Ahtone, it was the pursuit of "smaller" stories arising out of the detailed data that was the Grist team’s proudest result. Explore the high points — plus three key lessons — of this Pulliam Prize-winning project, in Ahtone’s Inside Story Q&A.
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Environmentalists Will Be Seeing Trump Forces in Court — Often
The judiciary is looking to become a major environmental battleground for journalists to watch in the coming months and years, as activists confront the Trump administration over its deregulatory campaign. The new Issue Backgrounder maps out the action, explaining how key laws foster citizen suits, while numerous nonprofits are staffed up to sue. Plus, some ways to track the action.
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Environmental Justice Grants Disappear. Environmental Injustice Does Not
Decades of effort to tackle the often-intractable problems of environmental injustice, supported in recent years by billions in funding, are now facing the knife under the Trump administration. The latest TipSheet provides a thumbnail history of government initiatives and why it matters, then offers a dozen story ideas and reporting resources to tell the story in your community.
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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
Asbestos Clinic Forced To Close In Montana Town Where Thousands Sickened
"BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets to pay off a judgment to the railroad BNSF."
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
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