EPA Wants to Roll Back Super Pollutant Rules October 2, 2025 By Zahra Hirji and Sharon Chen The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed loosening a rule phasing down the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, highly potent greenhouse...
US Government Shutdown Curtails Key Weather and Climate Programs October 1, 2025 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal The closure of the federal government will curtail or halt some US climate disaster preparedness and environmental programs — and...
‘Abolishing FEMA’ Memo Outlines Ways for Trump to Scrap Agency June 17, 2025 By Zahra Hirji, Jason Leopold and Lauren Rosenthal Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare a memo on how to abolish itself...
The Trump Administration Keeps Denying Disaster Preparedness Aid to States June 12, 2025 By Zahra Hirji The Trump administration is increasingly skipping a form of federal disaster aid that helps states better prepare for future storms,...
Trump Administration Is Rolling Out a New Way to Shrink FEMA’s Role May 30, 2025 By Zahra Hirji When a series of deadly storms and tornadoes pummeled Arkansas in mid-March, downing power lines and tearing up homes, Governor...
What the $660 Million Greenpeace Verdict Means for Activism March 21, 2025 By Olivia Raimonde and Zahra Hirji A North Dakota jury this week found Greenpeace liable for defamation, conspiracy and other claims over its participation in the...
Trump’s Science Cuts Have Thrown the Research World Into Chaos March 17, 2025 By Zahra Hirji, Jessica Nix, Lauren Rosenthal and Janet Lorin Harvard University is imposing a temporary freeze on hiring faculty. Columbia University is grappling with cuts to $400 million in...
Trump’s Cost-Cutters Look to Curb Deloitte, Other FEMA Contracts February 11, 2025 By Brody Ford and Zahra Hirji Federal cost-cutting initiatives pushed by President Donald Trump have turned their focus to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where spending...
‘It’s Surreal’: Trump’s Freeze on Climate Money Sows Fear and Confusion February 4, 2025 By Zahra Hirji and Danielle Bochove When President Donald Trump’s administration last week shut off the spigot of federal grant money, which a federal judge said...
Asheville’s Dirty Water Warns of Climate Risk to Aging US Infrastructure October 18, 2024 By Kendra Pierre-Louis, Zahra Hirji and Michael Smith Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated swaths of the southeastern US by bringing too much water. Now, communities are struggling with...