Department of Government Efficiency

How Trump Derailed a NOAA Pioneer’s Move From Climate Impacts to Solutions

Libby Jewett founded the U.S. ocean acidification program and had begun work on offshore wind energy. But she joined the past year’s historic exodus from the agency, the impacts of which are still not clear.

By Marianne Lavelle

With Latest Round of Terminations, Trump Administration Continues Dismantling EPA’s Environmental Justice Portfolio

By Aman Azhar

Private Companies Step up to Gather Weather Data for NOAA as Staffing Cuts Hobble Agency Forecasting

By Meg Wilcox

USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Water Management

By Wyatt Myskow

Sen. Bernie Sanders Brings His Fighting Oligarchy Tour to Conservative Rural California Districts

By Liza Gross

NOAA Cuts Weather Balloon Launches Due to Staff Shortages After DOGE Layoffs

By Dennis Pillion

Trump Administration Intends to Terminate Lease for Army Corps’ Florida Headquarters

By Amy Green

People Brace for Impacts on Land, Water and Wildlife After Feds Fire Thousands Over Holiday Weekend

By Christine Peterson, High Country News

‘America at War With Itself’: Humanitarian, Climate Aid Becomes Flashpoint in a Battle for Control of U.S. Government

By Dennis Pillion

Trump Administration Scrubs EPA Staff’s Pronouns from Their Emails and Websites Without Their Knowledge

By Liza Gross