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Trump Officials Refer Biden-Era FEMA Staff To DOJ For Criminal Charges

"The Trump administration has sent a referral to the Department of Justice recommending Biden-era Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staff face criminal charges, alleging politicization of emergency funding."

Source: The Hill, 10/23/2025

Gulf South Residents, Greens Sue Trump EPA Over Toxic Pollution Exemptions

"Frontline community groups teamed up with national environmental organizations Wednesday to sue the Trump administration for letting chemical manufacturing plants off the hook for toxic, carcinogenic air pollution." 

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/23/2025

Melissa To Become Major Hurricane In Caribbean With Intense Winds, Flooding

"As Tropical Storm Melissa crawls through the Caribbean, it will strengthen to a hurricane and unleash torrential rain that may trigger major to extreme flooding and mudslides, endangering lives and property."

Source: AccuWeather, 10/23/2025

"US Hits Top Russian Oil Companies With Sanctions, EU Bans Russian LNG"

"U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia for the first time in his second term, targeting oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft as his frustration grows with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war."

Source: Reuters, 10/23/2025

Anti-Science Bills Hit Statehouses, Ending Public Health Protections

"More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law."

Source: AP, 10/23/2025

Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIEHS

"Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/23/2025
November 11, 2025

Forked Podcast Live in DC

Join the Food & Environment Reporting Network for a LIVE taping of FORKED, food politics in the age of MAHA with hosts Theodore Ross and Helena Bottemiller Evich. 6-9 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The event is free but registration is required.

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Purdue Student Journos Deliver 'Solidarity' Newspaper To IU Bloomington

"On Friday afternoon, students and staff from Purdue's student paper, The Exponent, traveled two hours from West Lafayette to Bloomington to do what the Indiana Daily Student couldn’t: deliver a paper to newsstands."

Source: Bloomington Herald-Times, 10/22/2025

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