"Proposed NASA Cuts Could Affect Public Health Research"
"From space, NASA collects data that’s crucial for public health. Potential cuts could threaten that work."
Source: Undark, 08/28/2025
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"How Trump’s Anti-Environment Crusade Enriches Drug Traffickers"
"The president has pledged to combat transnational drug organizations. Yet these groups make vast sums from environmental crimes, and his administration has gutted personnel and programs that targeted them, a new report shows."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/28/2025
"Trump Administration Investigates California EPA Over Diversity Practices"
"The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it is opening an investigation into the California Environmental Protection Agency, including the powerful California Air Resources Board, over potentially discriminatory employment practices."
Source: LA Times, 08/28/2025
"The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill"
"A coalition of environmental groups is embroiled in a year-long fight with an Alliant Energy subsidiary over its discharge of groundwater possibly contaminated with coal combustion residuals."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/28/2025
"Trump Administration Presses Rollback Of ‘Roadless Rule’ On Wild Lands"
"The Trump administration on Wednesday took formal steps to rescind a decades-old rule that protects 58.5 million acres of wild areas in national forests, including 4.4 million acres in California."
Source: LA Times, 08/28/2025
FEMA Employees Put On Leave After Letter Criticizing Trump Administration
"The Trump administration placed more than 30 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees on leave Tuesday after they signed an open letter of dissent about the agency’s leadership, according to people familiar with the situation and documents reviewed by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 08/28/2025
Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Pushes Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
"President Trump is not only working to stop a transition away from fossil fuels in the United States, he is pressuring other countries to relax their pledges to fight climate change and instead burn more oil, gas and coal."
Source: NYTimes, 08/28/2025
White House Fires CDC Director Who Says RFK Jr. Is ‘Weaponizing Public Health’
"The White House on Wednesday fired Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy, which sparked the resignation of other senior CDC officials and a showdown over whether she could be removed."
Source: Washington Post, 08/28/2025
DEADLINE: NWF Garden for Wildlife Photo Contest
This National Wildlife Federation contest celebrates the power of photography to communicate the importance of supporting wildlife where people live. Open to photographers worldwide; must be at least 13 years old. Cash prizes. Deadline is Sep 19, 2025.
Wild Dust Storm Wreaks Havoc At Burning Man Festival As Campsites Blown Away
"A powerful dust storm wreaked havoc on Nevada’s annual Burning Man festival over the weekend, tossing around early attendees’ campsites and trapping incoming Burners in up to eight hours of stop-and-go traffic."
Source: New York Post, 08/27/2025
