"The EPA Will Likely Gut Team That Studies Health Risks From Chemicals"
"Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals."
Source: WIRED, 05/13/2025
People & Population
"First US Trial Over PFAS Injuries to Focus on Kidney Cancer"
"The first bellwether personal injury trial in a nationwide proceeding over damages from PFAS in specialized firefighting foam will focus on kidney cancer, the court managing the multidistrict case litigation ordered Friday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/12/2025
‘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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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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Smoke From Climate-Fueled Wildfires Added To 1000s Of US Deaths Over 15 Years
"Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study."
Source: AP, 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
"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
"Radioactive Shadow Workers"
"The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret"
Source: Sierra, 05/08/2025
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