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"Decision To Axe Advisory Groups Could Spell Trouble For US Food Safety"

"A Trump administration move to axe key food safety advisory committees could leave the public more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses, critics fear, particularly alongside current legislative efforts to undermine proposed safety regulations on food processors."

Source: The New Lede, 03/17/2025

Trump Admin Voids Permit for New Jersey Wind Farm Trump Opposes

"A critical permit for an offshore wind farm planned near the New Jersey Shore has been invalidated by an administrative appeals board, seven weeks after President Donald Trump declared he hoped the project was “dead and gone.”

Source: Bloomberg, 03/17/2025

Some US Scientists Stick with the IPCC Despite Trump Pullout

"Despite a series of directives from the Trump administration aimed at disengaging the U.S. government from international climate collaboration, five U.S. scientists are part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s team of 100 experts from 50 countries who met in Osaka, Japan, this week to start writing a report about global warming and cities that is due in 2027."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/17/2025

"Burn Pit Fund For Veterans On Chopping Block In GOP Spending Bill"

"Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in a stopgap federal spending bill passed by House Republicans this week that would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs fund meant to cover costs for illnesses linked to military burn pits and other chemical exposure."

Source: The Hill, 03/17/2025

New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste

Industry experts and government regulators have long known that radionuclides reside in oil and natural gas. Yet radioactive emissions and waste continue to threaten the lives of workers and community members across the country. Investigative journalist Justin Nobel on the opportunities and urgent need for reporters to drill into a story steeped in questions of accountability, health and justice.

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"12 Books That Demonstrate Women’s Leadership On Climate"

"From explorations of motherhood to climate fiction, women are setting the tone in climate literature and action." "The Yale Climate Connections bookshelf for March, also known as Women’s History Month, began to take shape when I saw the announcement for “Mother Creature Kin: What We Learn from Nature’s Mothers in a Time of Unraveling” by Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder."

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 03/14/2025

"Trump Administration Plans To Give Dirty US Coal Plants A Reprieve On Soot"

"President Donald Trump's administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants in a move intended to help keep some of the nation's dirtiest plants operational."

Source: Reuters, 03/14/2025

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