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"In some states, more than 90 percent of wetlands could be excluded from safeguards provided by the Clean Water Act."

"After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing hens and spiking egg prices, the USDA didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne. ProPublica did. Experts say ProPublica’s analysis offers a plausible explanation for how the wind could have helped spread the virus, exposing a flaw in the USDA’s playbook to fight it."

"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over a plan to sell oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The groups say the sale violates a core environmental law and threatens coastal communities and endangered whales."

"The administration has yet to convince major utilities to commit to building large reactors again."

"Poisonous dust falls from the sky over the town of Ogijo, near Lagos, Nigeria. It coats kitchen floors, vegetable gardens, churchyards and schoolyards. The toxic soot billows from crude factories that recycle lead for American companies."

"Three years after Hurricane Ian slammed into Fort Myers Beach, jackhammers still echo along the barrier island's main road, where new houses and businesses are going up next to vacant lots and the shells of buildings gutted by the storm."

"The Trump administration’s expected rollback of an oil and gas drilling ban around New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon is pitting tribes and environmental groups against each other as they prepare for possible legal challenges."

"The park service has long tried to present a wide range of perspectives on historical events. The Trump administration could reverse that."

"Nearly a fifth of EPA’s workforce has opted into President Donald Trump’s mass resignation plan as he pushes to reduce the federal government’s payroll."

"The embattled acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency will step down after hurricane season following months of public controversy and internal frustration."