Government

"White House Ousts Top Official In U.S.-Mexico Water Wars"

"The Trump administration on Monday demanded the resignation of the top federal official overseeing a dispute between the United States and Mexico over untreated sewage flowing across the border into California."

Source: Washington Post, 04/23/2025

EPA To Fire More Than 450 Staffers Working On Environmental Justice, DEI

"The Environmental Protection Agency has informed more than 450 employees working on environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion that they will be fired or reassigned, according to an agency spokesman, as part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to reshape the agency."

Source: Washington Post, 04/23/2025

"Interior Secretary Puts DOGE Representative In Charge Of Department Cuts"

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has given a former oil executive and aide to Elon Musk broad latitude to cut costs and consolidate work within his vast department, which oversees more than 500 million acres of land across the United States."

Source: Washington Post, 04/22/2025

"Zeldin A ‘No’ On Targeting Climate Groups’ Tax-Exempt Status"

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he does not think the government should broadly reconsider climate advocacy groups’ tax-exempt status." "The EPA administrator also signaled that he was not in a rush to announce reduction-in-force plans, saying,“We’re just trying to get it right.”" 

Source: E&E News, 04/22/2025

Energy Efficiency Program Killed; Advocates Say Louisianans Will Pay Price

"In a move energy advocates say will increase electric bills for Louisiana residents and allow the state’s utilities to keep earning money for electricity they don’t provide, Louisiana’s energy regulators voted 3-2 Wednesday to scrap plans for an independently operated energy efficiency program more than 14 years in the making."

Source: Floodlight, 04/21/2025

"EPA Withholds Layoff, Restructuring Plan"

"EPA rebuffed attempts to make public its initial downsizing and reorganization plan submitted for White House review." "The Phase 1 “Agency RIF and Reorganization Plan,” which was due at the White House on March 13, remains shrouded in secrecy."

Source: E&E News, 04/21/2025

Covering Wildfire — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks

With wildfires becoming more extreme in every way, reporters covering them face new challenges along with familiar hazards. A pair of experienced wildfire journalists and others on the front lines offer advice on dealing with access restrictions, on-the-ground dangers, toxic exposure risks and traumatized survivors — as climate change speeds up the news cycle and misinformation muddies the reporting landscape.

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Trump Tariffs Blow Up Long U.S.-Canada Environmental Partnership

As trade wars loom with U.S. allies, including our neighbors to the north and south, another kind of long-standing relationship is under threat — the environmental partnership between the United States and Canada. A Backgrounder Analysis examines deep-rooted ties over energy, water and timber. Does the brewing conflict over trade mean the long bonds over the environment have been broken?

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"CDC Scientist: Texas Measles Outbreak Response Hurt By Funding Cuts"

"A senior scientist overseeing the measles response by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a recent pullback of pandemic funding from states has hurt Texas’s response to its growing outbreak, now linked to 90 percent of cases in the United States."

Source: Washington Post, 04/18/2025

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