"Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests"
"The president wants to circumvent environmental regulations to expand timber production, something sought by homebuilders and the construction industry."
Source: NYTimes, 03/04/2025
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"Justice Dept. Is Poised To Drop Suit Over Alleged Cancer-Causing Pollution"
"The Justice Department is preparing to drop a landmark lawsuit alleging that emissions from a Louisiana petrochemical plant poses a danger to nearby communities."
Source: Washington Post, 03/04/2025"Trump May Rue Firing Experts When Environmental Rollbacks Land In Court"
"Amid spending freezes and policy rollbacks from Donald Trump, environmental advocacy groups are gearing up for a long series of legal showdowns with the administration."
Source: Guardian, 03/04/2025"FBI Takes Up EPA Probe Amid Pushback From Judge, Prosecutors"
"FBI agents this week questioned Environmental Protection Agency employees regarding a Biden administration grant program for climate and clean-energy projects, escalating a criminal probe that already caused one veteran prosecutor to resign, according to two people familiar with the matter."
Source: Washington Post, 03/04/2025Attempted NOAA Mass Firing May be Illegal, Threatens Public Safety: Experts
"Forecasters with the National Weather Service were among those who lost their jobs, raising questions about the service’s ability to continue providing the free, accurate, up-to-the minute information on potential hazards like heat waves, blizzards, tornadoes and hurricanes that is critical to industries such as agriculture and aviation, as well as the weather reports the general public relies on."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/04/2025Trump Official Who Tried To Downplay Major Climate Report Now Will Oversee It
"A former Trump official who alarmed scientists years ago when he attempted to meddle with a congressionally mandated climate report has returned to the White House in a role that’s expected to heavily influence the next version of the assessment."
Source: E&E News, 03/04/2025UN Sets August Date For Extra Session To Finalize Plastics Treaty
"The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take place from August 5 to 14 in Geneva, Switzerland, after countries failed to agree on the parameters of a final agreement last December in Busan, South Korea."
Source: Reuters, 03/04/2025"Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web"
"Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything."
Source: NYTimes, 03/04/2025"Green Group Looks To Use Its Clout With Republicans"
"A conservation group founded by young conservatives has pulled out all the stops in the hopes of being a player with Republicans in Washington. Whether that push from the American Conservation Coalition bears fruit remains a big question."
Source: E&E News, 03/04/2025Endangered Florida Panther Faces Threats Of Urban Sprawl And More Traffic
"In January, an endangered Florida panther known as UCFP479 became the first to die this year in a vehicle collision along a rural southwestern Florida road. The male panther, just under 2 years old, will not be the last."
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Source: AP, 03/04/2025"‘Full on Fight Club’: How Trump Is Crushing U.S. Climate Policy"
"In a few short weeks, President Trump has severely damaged the government’s ability to fight climate change, upending American environmental policy with moves that could have lasting implications for the country, and the planet. With a flurry of actions that have stretched the limits of presidential power, Mr. Trump has gutted federal climate efforts, rolled back regulations aimed at limiting pollution and given a major boost to the fossil fuel industry."
Source: NYTimes, 03/03/2025Judge Says Trump's Mass Firing Of Federal Workers Is Illegal And Should Stop
"A federal judge in San Francisco says the Trump administration's firing of thousands of probationary employees is illegal and should be stopped."
Source: NPR, 03/03/2025"Hundreds Of Weather Forecasters Fired In Latest Wave Of DOGE Cuts"
"Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said. Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country."
Source: AP, 03/03/2025Media Spar With Trump Over ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’" and Press Freedom
"President Donald Trump’s executive order was clear: The Gulf of Mexico was out after hundreds of years. The Gulf of America was its name now. But The Associated Press decided to keep the original name for its style and also note that Trump changed it. Trump limited the global news outlet’s access to some presidential events. The AP sued."
Source: AP, 03/03/2025"Over-Planting Of GM Corn Costing Farmers Billions, Study Finds"
"A new study adds to evidence that farmers in the US corn belt have over-planted a type of genetically modified (GM) corn, leading to estimated losses of more than $1 billion as the pests the corn was designed to repel have grown resistant over time."
Source: The New Lede, 03/03/2025
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