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RFK Jr. Accuses FDA of Drug Industry Influence That Barred Alternative Remedies

✇NYT > Science
By:Christina Jewett and Rebecca Robbins
The nation’s health secretary addressed agency employees, asking them to shed any corporate influence. But he did not address the mass layoffs that have gutted oversight of tobacco and vapes, food safety and drug reviews.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the staff of the Food and Drug Administration on Friday.
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White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled

✇NYT > Science
By:Austyn Gaffney
A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.

© Michael A. McCoy/Bloomberg

Weather analysis at NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate Prediction headquarters in College Park, Md., in December.
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Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So

✇NYT > Science
By:Brad Plumer and Lisa Friedman
The president is trying new shortcuts to eliminate energy and environmental rules, but legal experts say the efforts could face high hurdles.

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President Trump signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
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Experts Doubt Kennedy’s Timetable for Finding the Cause of Autism

✇NYT > Science
By:Christina Jewett
The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic.

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his pledge to discover the reason for the increasing rates of autism during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.
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Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut

✇NYT > Science
By:Brad Plumer
The move raises concerns among scientists that the assessment, which is required by Congress, is now in jeopardy.

© Michael Swensen/Getty Images

Flooding in Frankfort, Ky., this month. The next National Climate Assessment is due in 2027 or 2028.
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Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plan to Rescue Coal

✇NYT > Science
By:Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer
To help the struggling coal industry, President Trump used his executive authority to try to keep aging plants alive and burn more coal for electricity.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Miners made up the backdrop of the president’s “Unleashing American Energy” executive order signing event at the White House on Tuesday.
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Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry

✇NYT > Science
By:Brad Plumer and Mira Rojanasakul
The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.

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President Trump signed several executive orders on Tuesday aimed at reviving the coal industry. But a major coal revival seems unlikely, some analysts say.
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Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Brad Plumer and Lisa Friedman
The president is trying new shortcuts to eliminate energy and environmental rules, but legal experts say the efforts could face high hurdles.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

President Trump signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
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White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Austyn Gaffney
A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.

© Michael A. McCoy/Bloomberg

Weather analysis at NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate Prediction headquarters in College Park, Md., in December.
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Climate Change Could Become a Global Economic Disaster

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:David Gelles
New warnings from financial firms and insurers point to a future defined by profound risks to the global economy from heat, storms and other disasters.

© Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/EPA, via Shutterstock

Flooding in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2023. By 2049, costs from the effects climate change could total more than $38 trillion annually.
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Kathleen Sgamma Ends Bid to Lead the B.L.M.

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Lisa Friedman
Kathleen Sgamma abruptly withdrew from consideration days after a memo surfaced in which she sharply criticized President Trump.

© Mariam Zuhaib/Associated Press

Kathleen Sgamma at a hearing of the House Committee on Natural Resources in 2023.
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Trump Threatens Climate Policies in the States

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Lisa Friedman
After halting federal attempts to combat global warming, President Trump is now targeting efforts by states to reduce greenhouse gases, setting up a legal clash.

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President Trump’s executive order appeared to be directed at state measures that limit use of fossil fuels or hold fossil fuel companies liable for environmental damage.
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Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Brad Plumer
The move raises concerns among scientists that the assessment, which is required by Congress, is now in jeopardy.

© Michael Swensen/Getty Images

Flooding in Frankfort, Ky., this month. The next National Climate Assessment is due in 2027 or 2028.
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Oil Prices Tumble as China-U.S. Tariffs Weaken Economic Confidence

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Rebecca F. Elliott
Crude prices climbed back above $60 a barrel as investors breathed a sigh of relief.

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A BP refinery in Whiting, Ind., in February. A slide in crude oil prices signals deteriorating confidence in the strength of the economy.
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Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plan to Rescue Coal

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer
To help the struggling coal industry, President Trump used his executive authority to try to keep aging plants alive and burn more coal for electricity.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Miners made up the backdrop of the president’s “Unleashing American Energy” executive order signing event at the White House on Tuesday.
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Trump Tariffs May Make It Too Expensive to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Claire Brown
President Trump’s tariff polices have sent oil prices falling, which may push energy companies to reconsider their plans to drill.

© Todd Korol/Reuters

A pump jack on the prairies near Claresholm, Alberta.
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Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Brad Plumer and Mira Rojanasakul
The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

President Trump signed several executive orders on Tuesday aimed at reviving the coal industry. But a major coal revival seems unlikely, some analysts say.
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Oil Executives Refrain From Publicly Criticizing Trump or His Tariffs

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Rebecca F. Elliott
Eager to stay in Mr. Trump’s good graces, oil executives refrain from publicly criticizing the president. But privately, ‘Everybody’s afraid.’

© Georgina McCartney/Reuters

Oil and gas executives have privately decried the uncertainty that President Trump’s tariffs have sown, including in a recent anonymized survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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