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“Make America Healthy Again” Aims to Make Public Health Your Responsibility
The message coming from the Trump administration is: “Take care of yourselves — because we won’t.”
Illinois Bars Trump Admin From Using Residents’ Medical Data in Autism Registry
The governor issued an executive order after the NIH announced plans to use the proposed database to discover a “cure.”
Chemical Plants Near Black Neighborhoods Pollute While Hiring Few Black Workers
“People don’t have the jobs here, but people do have cancer,” one Louisiana-based organizer told Truthout.
As Hurricane Season Looms, FEMA Is Being Torn to Shreds
Trump is underfunding FEMA, leaving states that rely on it dangerously unprepared for severe storms.
Trump Is Rolling Back Methane Reporting Rules. Can Nonprofits Fill the Gap?
In recent years, a growing number of nonprofits have turned to advancing technologies to document methane emissions.
I’m Facing Prison for My Climate Activism. Here’s Why.
I'd planned to block the taxiway at Manchester Airport by glueing my hands to the tarmac.
Kentucky-Missouri Storms Came as Trump Made Cuts to National Weather Service
Some people in the storms' path wonder if budget cuts contributed to the death and destruction.
As EPA Rolls Back Regulations on 4 PFAS, Thousands More Remain Unregulated
Experts say it’s past time to regulate “forever chemicals” as a class.
An Important Arm of This Agency Could Vanish Next Week If Trump Has His Way
The plan to eliminate the US Geological Survey’s biological research division is straight from Project 2025’s playbook.
After Trump’s FEMA Cuts, Black St. Louis Recovers From Deadly Tornadoes Alone
Weeks before, the administration slashed nearly $1 billion in disaster aid meant for Black and low-income neighborhoods.