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Environmental Politics

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

"House GOPers Push To Sell 100,000s Of Acres Of Public Lands In The West

"House Republicans added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package authorizing sales of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah, prompting outrage from Democrats and environmentalists who called it a betrayal that could lead to drilling, mining and logging in sensitive areas."

Source: AP, 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

"Democratic-Led States Sue To Prevent Trump From Gutting Health Agencies"

"A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday to challenge the Trump administration's decision to gut the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by firing 10,000 of its employees and shuttering entire agencies within the department."

Source: Reuters, 05/08/2025

"States Sue Over Freeze on Funding for Electric-Vehicle Charging"

"A coalition of states led by Washington, Colorado and California sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, charging that it was unlawfully withholding billions of dollars allocated by Congress for electric-vehicle charging stations across the United States."

Source: NYTimes, 05/08/2025

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