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<p>Nearly 300 people from Newtok, Alaska, have moved nine miles across the Ninglick River to a new village called Mertarvik as part of a federally funded effort to resettle communities threatened by climate change.</p><p>But much of the infrastructure there is already failing, according to our investigation with The Washington Post and KYUK.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/newtok-alaska-climate-relocation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/newtok-alaska-climate-relocation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/new</span><span class="invisible">tok-alaska-climate-relocation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a></p>

<p>Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm<br>—</p><p>David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/david-fotouhi-donald-trump-epa-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/david-fotouhi-donald-trump-epa-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dav</span><span class="invisible">id-fotouhi-donald-trump-epa-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>ProPublica reporter Rob Davis began with a simple question: Had Nike truly become a beacon of environmental stewardship and fair labor practices, as it claimed?</p><p>To find the answer, he had to travel across the Pacific Ocean.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-labor-practices-cambodia-column?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/nike-labor-practices-cambodia-column?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nik</span><span class="invisible">e-labor-practices-cambodia-column?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a><br><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/nike/" rel="tag">#Nike</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/work/" rel="tag">#Work</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/cambodia/" rel="tag">#Cambodia</a></p>

<p>Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches<br>—</p><p>A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-spacex-rocket-launch-environmental-regulation-rollback?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-spacex-rocket-launch-environmental-regulation-rollback?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-musk-spacex-rocket-launch-environmental-regulation-rollback?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/aviation/" rel="tag">#Aviation</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

If you turn the sink off when you&#x27;re done using it to conserve water, or turn the lights off when you leave the room to conserve electricity, why do you use ChatGPT or other AI tools? Using those sorts of tools a few times a month negates whatever you&#x27;ve conserved by being prudent in other parts of your life.<br><br><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#LLM</a> <a href="/tags/waste/" rel="tag">#waste</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a><br>

<p>Photographer Justin Hamel joined Battalion Search and Rescue in their attempt to rescue lost migrants ... or discover the remains of those who hadn&#x27;t made it through the El Paso desert.</p><p>Find his photo essay in our magazine, or on our website: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/death-in-the-desert/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/death-in-the-desert/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/death-in</span><span class="invisible">-the-desert/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/southtexas/" rel="tag">#SouthTexas</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/mexico/" rel="tag">#Mexico</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>Donald Trump’s choice to lead HUD has a history of voting against protections for poor tenants. And Trump’s choice to lead the IRS once pushed to abolish the agency entirely.</p><p>Revisit ProPublica’s reporting on some of Trump’s key appointees:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-appointments-cabinet-propublica-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-appointments-cabinet-propublica-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/don</span><span class="invisible">ald-trump-appointments-cabinet-propublica-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>

<p>In just two weeks, Trump has made drastic changes to the EPA, from firing top agency officials to freezing funding for community projects.</p><p>Here’s how that could impact efforts to reform toxic hot spots across the country.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-epa-toxic-air-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-epa-toxic-air-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/don</span><span class="invisible">ald-trump-epa-toxic-air-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a></p>

<p>How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire<br>—</p><p>Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from the president’s executive orders has limited wildfire training and postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation. It has also led some firefighters to leave the force, their colleagues said.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-funding-freeze-wildfire-season?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-funding-freeze-wildfire-season?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-funding-freeze-wildfire-season?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#Wildfires</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/biodiversity/" rel="tag">#Biodiversity</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a></p>

<p>The One That Got Away: This Small Town Is Left in Limbo After Betting Big on GMO Salmon<br>—</p><p>AquaBounty GMO salmon was going to be the future of fish — and the future for one Ohio village that offered incentives to make a new facility happen. But years after breaking ground, there are no fancy fish tanks. No designer fish. No new jobs.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/aquabounty-pioneer-ohio-gmo-salmon-fish?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/aquabounty-pioneer-ohio-gmo-salmon-fish?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/aqu</span><span class="invisible">abounty-pioneer-ohio-gmo-salmon-fish?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ohio/" rel="tag">#Ohio</a> <a href="/tags/fish/" rel="tag">#Fish</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/salmon/" rel="tag">#Salmon</a> <a href="/tags/gmo/" rel="tag">#GMO</a></p>

<p>🔥 🇨🇦 🗺️ With Canada warming twice as fast as the global average (Government of Canada 2019), and home to more than a quarter of the world’s boreal forests, the country is experiencing this consequence of global heating firsthand.</p><p><a href="/tags/climateemergency/" rel="tag">#ClimateEmergency</a> <br><a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <br><a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <br><a href="/tags/alberta/" rel="tag">#Alberta</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <br><a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#Cdnpoli</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#Cdnpoli</a> <br> <a href="https://climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sheet-wildfires/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sheet-wildfires/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-</span><span class="invisible">sheet-wildfires/</span></a></p>

<p>Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals<br>—</p><p>The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-change-social-cost-of-carbon-executive-order?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-change-social-cost-of-carbon-executive-order?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-climate-change-social-cost-of-carbon-executive-order?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/carbon/" rel="tag">#Carbon</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a></p>

<p>EPA scales back pollution enforcement under Trump. <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p><p><a href="https://grist.org/accountability/the-trump-administration-has-all-but-stopped-enforcing-environmental-laws/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="grist.org/accountability/the-trump-administration-has-all-but-stopped-enforcing-environmental-laws/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/accountability/the-t</span><span class="invisible">rump-administration-has-all-but-stopped-enforcing-environmental-laws/</span></a></p>

<p>Ticks are showing up in places where they didn’t use to<br>Ticks are showing up in more places, earlier in the season and bringing disease risks with them. CBC&#x27;s Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down how climate change is helping ticks thrive — and why public-health experts say it’s time to pay attention. <br><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/disease/" rel="tag">#disease</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6795771?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6795771?cmp=rss"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.67957</span><span class="invisible">71?cmp=rss</span></a></p>

<p>An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California.</p><p>Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/epa-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/epa</span><span class="invisible">-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>Feeling Anxiety About Climate Change and Other Environmental Threats? These Five New Books Can Help</p><p>Advice to help recharge your momentum and resilience makes these books must-reads for anyone who feels helpless or hopeless about climate chaos</p><p><a href="https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/feeling-anxiety-about-climate-change-and-other-environmental-threats-these-five-new-books-can-help/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="goodmenproject.com/featured-content/feeling-anxiety-about-climate-change-and-other-environmental-threats-these-five-new-books-can-help/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">goodmenproject.com/featured-co</span><span class="invisible">ntent/feeling-anxiety-about-climate-change-and-other-environmental-threats-these-five-new-books-can-help/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="/tags/irreversibleoverheating/" rel="tag">#IrreversibleOverheating</a> <a href="/tags/upheavalclimate/" rel="tag">#UpheavalClimate</a> <a href="/tags/globalburning/" rel="tag">#GlobalBurning</a> <a href="/tags/climatedestruction/" rel="tag">#ClimateDestruction</a> <a href="/tags/climatesuicide/" rel="tag">#ClimateSuicide</a> <a href="/tags/massextinction/" rel="tag">#MassExtinction</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a></p>

<p>Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-salmon-columbia-river-tribes-deal?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-salmon-columbia-river-tribes-deal?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-salmon-columbia-river-tribes-deal?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/pnw/" rel="tag">#PNW</a></p>

<p>ClimateJustice.social is a Mastodon server for climate justice activists and those concerned about global warming and the current environmental crisis.</p><p>This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters and has been operating since 2020.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://climatejustice.social" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>climatejustice.social</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://climatejustice.social/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>climatejustice.social/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@PaulaToThePeople" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PaulaToThePeople</span></a></span> </p><p>cc @climate </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>

<p>&quot;There is no playbook for reducing exposure when people&#x27;s homes are being sprinkled with lead dust from the sky.&quot;</p><p>The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People - The New York Times</p><p><a href="/tags/lead/" rel="tag">#lead</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/recycling/" rel="tag">#recycling</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/18/world/africa/lead-poisoning-car-battery.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/18/world/africa/lead-poisoning-car-battery.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/interactive/20</span><span class="invisible">25/11/18/world/africa/lead-poisoning-car-battery.html</span></a></p>

<p>Special shoutout to the repair site iFixit who are now on the Fediverse, you can follow them at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iFixit</span></a></span></p><p>They provide repair forums and free repair guides for phones, computers, consoles, kitchen equipment, tools, medical devices, cars etc. They also review and tear down new gadgets to see how repairable they are.</p><p>Repairing your existing stuff is much, much better for the environment than buying replacements.</p><p><a href="/tags/repairs/" rel="tag">#Repairs</a> <a href="/tags/electronics/" rel="tag">#Electronics</a> <a href="/tags/diy/" rel="tag">#DIY</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/gadgets/" rel="tag">#Gadgets</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/righttorepair/" rel="tag">#RightToRepair</a></p>

<p>Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.<br>—</p><p>Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/vietnam/" rel="tag">#Vietnam</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Introducing the July/August 2025 issue of our magazine, with reporting from Sandy West on predatory adoption agencies, Chilton Tippin on international <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> and natural resources, and much more.</p><p>Become a member of the Texas Observer and get the best of our journalism, starting at just $3/month: texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a></p>

<p>A Loophole Allows Ranchers to Renew Grazing Permits With Little Scrutiny of the Environmental Impact<br>---</p><p>With dwindling oversight, cattle are grazing where they’re not supposed to and in greater numbers or for longer periods than permitted. This can spread invasive plants, pushing out native species and worsening wildfire risk.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-environment-public-lands-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/grazing-environment-public-lands-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gra</span><span class="invisible">zing-environment-public-lands-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/publiclands/" rel="tag">#PublicLands</a> <a href="/tags/cattle/" rel="tag">#Cattle</a> <a href="/tags/grazing/" rel="tag">#Grazing</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts</span></a> <a href="/tags/researchanddevelopment/" rel="tag">#Researchanddevelopment</a> <a href="/tags/trumpadministration/" rel="tag">#Trumpadministration</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#Climatecrisis</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USnews</a> <a href="/tags/race/" rel="tag">#Race</a></p>