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Environment & Health
Scientists Call Appointment of JD Vance’s Friend to Top NIH Position “Cronyism”
Critics say Kyle Walsh is unqualified to head an institute that is focused on environmental chemicals and disease.
Big Banks Poured $2B Into Oil and Gas Financing in the Amazon Since Last Year
“These investments are complicit in genocide,” said Jonas Mura, chief of the Gavião Real Indigenous Territory in Brazil.
Trump Plot Amid Shutdown Will “Throw Gasoline” on Extinction Crisis, Critics Say
Court filings show the administration is pushing to eliminate jobs at several wildlife and conservation departments.
Trump Is Using the Government Shutdown to Wreck Public Health
The Trump administration is keeping the money flowing to ICE and the military while canning workers at health agencies.
I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.
RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.
Anti-Vax Advocates Are Trying to Take Idaho’s Mandate Ban to National Level
Under the guise of human rights, proponents are pushing it as a model for attacking a tenet of modern public health.
Trump Cuts and Climate Change Compound Worry in Alaska After Typhoon Disaster
“Storms are going to get worse, and it’s not going to be livable,” said a tribal leader from the village of Akiak.
Court Dismisses Youth-Led Lawsuit Challenging Trump Orders Boosting Fossil Fuels
The court recognized climate change as a “children’s health emergency” but said the young plaintiffs lacked standing.
As Federal Action Stalls, States Aim to Curb Private Equity Greed in Health Care
Research shows that private equity acquisitions raise costs and can lead to deterioration in patient care.
Carbon Dioxide Levels Rose Record Amount in 2024, Experts Warn of Feedback Loop
Carbon dioxide emissions are “turbo-charging” the climate crisis, one official noted.