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N.I.H. Cuts Likely to Curtail Study of Climate Change’s Health Effects
With frequent and severe disasters repeatedly underscoring the dangers of climate change, scientists across the country have been working to understand the consequences...
Trump Administration Aims to Redefine ‘Harm’ for Endangered Species
The Trump administration is moving to weaken the half-century-old Endangered Species Act by redefining the word “harm.”A proposed rule, issued on Wednesday from...
Weather Service Prepares for ‘Degraded Operations’ Amid Trump Cuts
The National Weather Service is preparing for the probability that fewer forecast updates will be fine-tuned by specialists, among other cutbacks, because of...
Two Judges Order Federal Agencies to Unfreeze Climate Money
Two court rulings on Tuesday unfroze hundreds of millions of dollars in federal climate funds, a win for nonprofit groups that have been...
Not Just ‘Rare Earths’: U.S. Gets Many Critical Minerals From China
Three years ago, after the pandemic had laid bare the world’s vulnerability to supply-chain disruptions, the U.S. government designated a large swath of...
