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EPA Hits 40-Year Lows in Staffing After Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts - Inside Climate News An Inside Climate News analysis of just-released federal workforce data shows more than 4,000 employees departed between January 2025 and January 2026, including a majority of team leaders.

#EPA Staffing Hits 40-Year Low As Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts

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A Trump Order Protected a Weedkiller. And Also a Weapon of War.

A Trump Order Protected a #Weedkiller. And Also a Weapon of War.

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Tackling air pollution should be part of government work to cut cancer rates, scientists say New European Code Against Cancer calls on politicians to phase out use of fossil fuels in homes

Tackling Air #Pollution Should Be Part Of War On Cancer Rates: Scientists

Gary Fuller reports for @theguardian.com

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‘Fundamental conflict’: Ethics holds on Trump EPA chemicals officials lift A host of agency appointees will be free to reconnect with past industry clients on upcoming consequential regulatory matters.

‘Fundamental Conflict’: Ethics Holds On Trump #EPA Chemicals Officials Lift

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After Years of Gains, GOP Pushes to Roll Back Chemical Regulations In Texas, environmental activists and experts raise the alarm about the impact on the state's petrochemical industry.

After Years of Gains, GOP Pushes to Roll Back #Chemical Regulations

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Oil tops $100 a barrel as Iran war escalates It's a political setback for President Trump, who has relished in touting lower gasoline prices on his watch

#Oil Tops $100 Per Barrel As #Iran War Escalates

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Despite a family tradition in #journalism, @marigofarr.bsky.social first spent a decade working on #socialjustice issues before making a realization: They, too, wanted to be a journalist. Follow their journey #SEJournalFreelanceFiles.

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How Will the War in Iran Affect Your Utility Bills? - Inside Climate News Conflict in the Middle East could have major repercussions for U.S. electricity and natural gas prices. Some states, like Pennsylvania, are particularly vulnerable.

Energy experts warn that the impacts from the war in Iran on natural-gas prices could rival the crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Growing the Forests of the Future These researchers are helping trees migrate to cope with the effects of a warming world

In the past, trees expanded this range over time through wind or animal-dispersed seeds. However, that process may be too slow to keep up with human-caused climate change. To assist, researchers are using assisted migration to accelerate the process.

Texas court weighs beach access limits due to SpaceX launches The justices are considering the constitutionality of a 2013 law in a lawsuit brought by environmentalist and indigenous groups against the General Land Office and Cameron County.

U.S. Supreme Court justices are considering the constitutionality of a 2013 law in a lawsuit brought by environmentalist and indigenous groups against the General Land Office and Cameron County.

Big Tech Signs Trump Pledge to Pay Data-Center Power Costs. Fulfilling It Is the Hard Part. - Inside Climate News The pledge is nonbinding and unlikely to bring immediate relief on electricity bills. Making it real will fall to utilities and regulators.

Big #Tech Signs Trump #Data Center Pledge. Fulfilling It Is the Hard Part.

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Chart: US to overwhelmingly build clean power in 2026 A federal agency says solar, battery, and wind additions will vastly outpace new gas facilities in what’s set to be a record year for power plant…

Clean #Energy Dominates Plans For New U.S. Power Plants This Year

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In Colorado, a fossil fuel company has drilled four miles deep, toward a geothermal future A federally funded project is testing whether the same techniques used to extract fossil fuels could help mine heat from the Earth’s crust.

An #Oil Company Quietly Dug A Surprisingly Deep #Geothermal Well

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Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing - Inside Climate News A federal court ruled that the Trump administration’s efforts to end the program are unlawful. The federal government is reviewing its legal options, including an appeal.

Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing

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Can fire-resistant homes be sexy? 'You be the judge,' says this Palisades architect A new home built in Pacific Palisades is designed for fire resistance without sacrificing architectural beauty.

Pacific Palisades Architect Builds Fire-Resistant Home Like A Sexy Tank

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Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

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House Farm Bill clears committee with controversial pesticide and livestock provisions intact After days of debate and disagreements, the House Committee on Agriculture on Thursday passed its version of the 2026 Farm Bill, which includes controversial provisions critics say will hamper the abi...

House Panel OKs Farm Bill With Disputed #Pesticide And #Livestock Provisions

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Jobs are relatively plentiful in green #energy fields, whether in #solar, #wind, geothermal, energy efficiency, storage or hydro. #SEJournalTipSheet has a dozen story ideas and #reportingresources for your coverage.

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Scientists create autism panel, citing RFK Jr.’s politicization of research The scientists launched the independent autism advisory panel to counter what they see as the politicization of research by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

#Scientists Create Autism Panel, Citing RFK Jr.’s #Politicization Of Research

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The Most Imperiled Terrestrial Ecosystem On The Planet Tall prairie grasses nodding in the breeze at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas and in a small number of similar landscapes reflect a tiny fraction of those that once fi...

The Most Imperiled #Terrestrial #Ecosystem On The Planet

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The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters.

The Sea Is Higher Than We Thought And Millions More Are At Risk: Study

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Syngenta says it will stop making paraquat - a pesticide linked to Parkinson's disease Syngenta, maker of a controversial pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease, said on Tuesday that it will stop making its paraquat weed killer by the end of June.

Syngenta Will Stop Making Paraquat – A #Pesticide Linked To Parkinson’s

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Trump’s High-Profile Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska Has No Takers

Trump’s High-Profile #Oil and #Gas Lease Sale in #Alaska Has No Takers

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Trump Bets That ‘Energy Dominance’ Will Make War in Iran Less Costly

Trump Bets That ‘#Energy Dominance’ Will Make War in Iran Less Costly

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The Little-Known Committee That Has Cost Black Farmers for Generations County committees may not be as powerful as they were at the height of Jim Crow, but the system still has serious consequences for Black producers.

The USDA’s discrimination against Black farmers is widely documented, contributing to a historic decline in land loss. Yet, it’s also rooted in a little-known but powerful county committee system, where Black farmers have been denied resources & access to programs.
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The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters.

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are.
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Do we live on a land planet — or inside a vast #hydrosphere? In Planet Aqua, Jeremy Rifkin argues water isn’t just a resource, but the source of life itself. #SEJournalBookShelf editor Tom Henry explores the bold rethink.

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Former EPA Staff Detail Expanding Pollution Risks Under Trump - Inside Climate News The Trump administration’s relentless rollback of public health and environmental protections has allowed widespread toxic exposures to flourish, warn experts who helped implement safeguards now under...

Former #EPA Staff Detail Expanding #Pollution Risks Under Trump

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US plans to clear-cut in Michigan forest. Some fear for endangered species - Bridge Michigan The US Forest Service is proposing a project in the Ottawa National Forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that would involve logging, gravel mining expansion and forest restoration efforts.

US Plans To Clear-Cut In #Michigan Forest. Some Fear For #Endangered Species

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Health advocates clash with chemical industry as Congress proposes TSCA changes Scientists and health advocates say proposed changes to a key US chemicals safety law would upend protections for children and other vulnerable populations suffering from toxic exposures, while indust...

Scientists Clash With Chemical Firms As #Congress Proposes TSCA Changes

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