"How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A."
"The agency’s prestigious research office spent decades doing scientific work insulated from political pressure. Now it’s being dismantled."
Source: New York Times, 04/29/2026
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"EPA’s Zeldin Tangles With Democrats Over Trump’s Budget Request"
"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wrestled with House Democrats on Monday in a hostile hearing that culminated in the top Democratic appropriator facetiously suggesting the agency chief drink weed killer."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/28/2026
"ICE Planning Facility For Children And Families On Pfas-Contaminated Site"
"Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a detention facility for children and their families on one the nation’s most Pfas-contaminated sites, which also serves as a hub for the president’s deportation program."
Source: Guardian, 04/28/2026
"Shrunken Offshore Energy Regulator Faces An Outsize Challenge"
"A new agency for offshore energy development that’s seen its workforce shrink in recent years — and is targeted for funding cuts next year by the Trump administration — will be taking on a quickly growing portfolio of responsibilities."
Source: E&E News, 04/28/2026
Trump DOI To Pay 2 More Companies To Walk Away From Offshore Wind Leases
"The Trump administration announced two more payouts Monday for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development."
Source: AP, 04/28/2026
"Supreme Court Grills Monsanto On Roundup Cancer Warning"
"Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of Monsanto’s argument that federal law prevents state courts from holding the company financially responsible for failing to warn consumers about the risk of cancer from its popular Roundup weedkiller."
Source: E&E News, 04/28/2026
Trump Fires All 24 Members of National Science Foundation’s Governing Body
"U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday fired all 24 members of the National Science Board (NSB), the body that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF). Many science advocates see it as the latest step by his administration to erode—some would say destroy—the independence of the 76-year-old research agency."
Source: Science, 04/27/2026
Fossil-Funded GOPers Claim National Academies Have Conflicts of Interest
"Republican allies of the oil and gas industry question the objectivity of an independent report from the nation’s top science advisers on the harms of human-caused climate change."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/27/2026
"Trump’s Border Wall Plans Threaten Texas Public Hunting Lands"
"Overshadowed by the fight over Big Bend, the White House’s wall expansion could degrade some of the few public hunting opportunities in Texas."
Source: Public Domain, 04/27/2026
"Unlikely Foes Clash At Supreme Court Over Roundup Cancer Risk"
"On Monday, the justices will hear arguments over whether a state court rightfully awarded a $1.25 million verdict to a Missouri man who said the maker of the popular Roundup weedkiller failed to caution users about the product’s cancer risk — even as federal environmental regulators have repeatedly concluded that a warning is not required."
Source: E&E News, 04/27/2026
