"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
Laws & Regulations
‘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
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
"Radioactive Shadow Workers"
"The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret"
Source: Sierra, 05/08/2025
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
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