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Axed teen pregnancy prevention programs win back federal funds
Federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to restore all funding for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.
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An anti-science mindset has infiltrated many aspects of our government.
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National parks report on climate change finally released, uncensored
Human causes of climate change had all been deleted, delaying the report for months.
Flood thy Neighbor
Inside a secretive lobbying effort to deregulate federal levees
Nearly a year after record Midwestern floods caused $1.7 billion in damage, a secretive lobbying effort is underway to roll back flood regulations.
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Top Interior officials ordered parks to end science policy, emails show
Under President Donald Trump, the Park Service has rescinded a policy aimed at preventing activities that threaten park resources and human health.
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Under Trump, federal agencies halt reviews of toxic pesticides that endanger wildlife
Pacific Northwest salmon are among the species nearing extinction. Three agencies are reshaping their analyses at the behest of pesticide companies.
Oil and Mining
Behind Trump’s energy dominance
President Donald Trump has pledged allegiance to what he calls America’s “energy dominance.” This is good news for the oil and gas industry.
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Trump dreams about a new energy boom. Oil leases could cover this mountain valley
A Colorado town that reinvented itself and left behind its fossil fuel economy is surrounded by public lands about to be auctioned to oil companies.
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Oops! Federal officials divulge secret info about Native American artifacts
The Bureau of Land Management posted a 77-page report online that included unique identifiers for priceless artifacts in Utah.
Health Care
Trump team weakened global efforts to control marketing of baby formula
Changes made to an international breastfeeding resolution under pressure from the Trump administration are more extensive than previously reported.
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These pits are deadly to birds. But feds won’t penalize oil companies
A look at the danger birds face from a Trump administration decision that reversed a policy that had saved millions of birds for five decades.
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100-year-old environmental law at center of lawsuit against Trump administration
The U.S. government had used the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to compel companies to halt or fix industrial practices that killed large numbers of birds.
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8 ways resigning EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt suppressed science
The EPA administrator repeatedly cast doubt on the scientific consensus that human activities are the primary cause of climate change.
Immigration
Migrant children at risk of disease outbreaks, doctors say
Questions are growing about the medical care migrant children are receiving – or, as health experts fear, not receiving.
