After Cuts, Former NOAA Chief Scientist Says U.S. Science Risks Downgrade
"With its first wave of firings, the new Trump administration has decimated NOAA."Climate ChangeEnvironmental PoliticsEnvironmental StudiesFish & FisheriesLaws & RegulationsNatural...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleDesperately Seeking Data? OECD Has Loads
If the possibility of a politically driven dearth of data for your climate and environment reporting has you on edge, the new Reporter’s Toolbox just may have something to soothe your nerves: A data...
View Article"Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm"
"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, according to documents reviewed by...
View ArticleKennedy Links Measles to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
"In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science,...
View Article"New Study Reinforces Worries About Pulses of Rapid Sea Level Rise"
"A new analysis of ancient layers of peat at the bottom of the North Sea will help scientists more accurately project how much sea level will rise in the coming decades and centuries. The research...
View Article"Why We Should Worry When Whales Stop Singing"
"A hungry whale is a quiet whale. A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of...
View ArticleOil And Gas Money Shapes Research, ‘Echo Chamber’ In Higher Education
"Jackson Voss loves his alma mater, Louisiana State University. He appreciates that his undergraduate education was paid for by a program dreamed up by an oil magnate and that he received additional...
View ArticleExperts Say US Weather Forecasts Will Worsen As DOGE Cuts Balloon Launches
"With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will...
View Article"New Fire Maps Put Nearly 4 Million Californians In Hazardous Zones"
"With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps this morning, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire — and how much that...
View Article"Trump Will Nominate Acting CDC Director Susan Monarez For The Position"
"President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a longtime federal staffer, to the permanent position, a White House...
View ArticleDEADLINE: Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy — A Fellowship for Journalists
Event Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025This new three-month fellowship program for US-based, mid-career journalists was created by Ocean Nexus and Metcalf Institute, in collaboration with the Uproot...
View Article"Earth’s Land Masses Are Drying Out Fast, Scientists Warn"
"Earth has lost enough soil moisture in the last 40 years to change the planet’s spin and shift the location of the North Pole, according to a new study published today in Science that tracks how human...
View Article"Trump’s Executive Order Targeted This Museum. Many Visitors Question Why."
"At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, visitors pushed back against the claim that the museum perpetuated anti-American ideology."DiversityEnvironmental JusticeEnvironmental...
View Article"Trump Admin Cancels Over $12B In Health Care Grants"
"The Trump administration is canceling billions of dollars in grant funding to state and local health departments without warning, throwing their programs into disarray."DisastersEconomy &...
View ArticlePlastics Seeping Into Fields, Food And Human Bodies. Can They Be Stopped?
"In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as buveera is creeping beyond the...
View ArticleWest Africa's Hazardous Winds: Harmattan Carries Dust, Spreads Disease
"Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from haramata, a word in the Ghanaian language Fanti. ... The Harmattan's...
View Article"Why Our Nation's Most Vulnerable Species Are At Risk"
"President Trump’s zest for rapidly shrinking the government is triggering anxiety about conservation priorities that have been embedded for more than five decades in the country’s national parks and...
View Article"EPA Chief Closing Environmental Museum"
"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Monday that he is shutting down a museum in the EPA’s headquarters in an effort to cut costs."Climate ChangeEnvironmental...
View Article"Trump Administration Cancels NIH Scientific Integrity Policy"
"The National Institutes of Health has rescinded a scientific integrity policy intended to protect research and communications from political interference, citing the policy's commitment to diversity...
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