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The Trump administration has directed federal agency staff to remove climate references and scientific data from many web pages. Researchers are rushing to archive it.

It’s been a dizzying few weeks since President Donald Trump entered office. He’s signed more than 40 executive orders, many of which have direct implications for the climate. His team issued a sprawling memo that paused already approved federal grants and loans, then rescinded it amid protests and lawsuits, but left many funding freezes in place. The administration withdrew the U.S. from several international agreements and organizations, including the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization.

As Trump Administration Purges Climate Data and Web Pages, Research Groups Scramble to Save Information

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Virginia Republicans Want Tax Relief to Ease Gas Costs. There’s Also Electric Vehicles.

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Years of debate on electric vehicles in Virginia have slowed the transition, now under full Democratic control.

Republican state lawmakers want a temporary pause on Virginia’s 32 cent per gallon gas tax to help offset rising prices at the pump resulting from President Donald Trump’s ill-defined and unpopular war in Iran.

Virginia Republicans Want Tax Relief to Ease Gas Costs. There’s Also Electric Vehicles.

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EPA Flags Microplastics as ‘Priority’ Water Contaminants, but the Move Doesn’t Guarantee Regulation

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Inclusion on the agency’s draft Contaminant Candidate List doesn’t require the EPA to monitor or set limits on microplastics in drinking water.

Citing the Trump administration’s promise to “Make America Healthy Again,” the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a draft list of contaminants maintained by the agency.

EPA Flags Microplastics as ‘Priority’ Water Contaminants, but the Move Doesn’t Guarantee Regulation

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Critics Call the Poultry Farming System Rigged. Craig Watts Is Fighting to Overturn It.

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As Watts’ legal battle drags on, the Trump administration moves to delay a Biden-era rule designed to reform how farmers get paid.

FAIRMONT, N.C.—Craig Watts unlocked a small room made of plywood, flipped on the lights and tapped the photos he had taped to the fuse box.

Critics Call the Poultry Farming System Rigged. Craig Watts Is Fighting to Overturn It.

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