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Will science journalism funders step up or retreat?
With the Wenner-Gren Foundation pulling support for Sapiens and other outlets shuttering, science journalism faces renewed financial uncertainty amid shifting philanthropic priorities and federal research cuts under the second Trump administration.
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Opinion: California farmworkers face dual threats from extreme heat, pesticide exposure
As California’s summers grow hotter, farmworkers are enduring the twin dangers of extreme heat and pesticide exposure—conditions that current regulations fail to address in combination.
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EPA moves to prioritize review of new chemicals for data centers
The agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, says he wants to “get out of the way” and stop “gumming up the works” so that fast-track construction of the massive computing facilities will “make America the artificial intelligence capital of the world.”
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Trump administration moves to relax rules on hydrofluorocarbons
The E.P.A. plan would allow grocery stores, air-conditioning manufacturers and others to phase out hydrofluorocarbons in cooling equipment more slowly.
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Kansas law professor calls for cultural shifts to address environmental crises
University of Kansas law professor John Head argues that tackling climate, soil and biodiversity crises requires a fundamental rethinking of humanity’s relationship with nature, moving away from dominance toward stewardship.
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Trump administration stopping efforts to collect scientific data
A pattern of getting rid of statistics has emerged that echoes the president’s first term, when he suggested if the nation stopped testing for Covid, it would have few cases.
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Trump administration asks judge to rule against Vermont’s climate superfund law
In a new motion for summary judgment, the U.S. Department of Justice insists Vermont cannot make polluters pay for harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
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