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The National Science Foundation has canceled hundreds of grants, and the National Endowment for the Humanities even more. The cancellation of grants bearing the scarlet letters of DEI has left students and universities reeling — but even the threat of cancellation has had consequences.
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The National Weather Service will resume translations on Monday for non-English speakers. -
The Trump administration is targeting top climate and weather labs for cuts. Insiders worry about the impact on research and NOAA's ability to forecast severe weather like hurricanes and tornadoes. -
Despite improvements in air quality in past decades, 156 million Americans still breathe in too much soot or ozone, says the annual State of the Air report from the American Lung Association. -
Transportation is the No. 1 source of emissions in North Carolina. To reduce planet-warming fossil fuel consumption, more people will need to electrify their rides, but carbon-free vehicles remain too costly for many households to own. -
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. In the case of Lake Norman, the road to hell might be paved with invasive fish that spell the demise of native black bass species. -
30 artists release songs with nature sounds to generate royalties for nature conservation in second annual United Nations Earth Day mixtape. -
FEMA was created in 1979 with the job of coordinating national responses to disasters, but the federal government has played important roles in disaster relief since the 1800s.
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Utilities in and around Wilmington have spent more than $240 million installing filters since learning of PFAS contamination in the Cape Fear River. -
A 2008 tax bill omits solar farms from paying for 80% of the property tax on the value of their equipment. County governments and House Republicans want to strike that tax exemption. -
The National Center for Environmental Health was hollowed out in the cuts of 10,000 federal health workers on April 1. That's the same day an assessment of people hurt in floods was set to begin.
