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The Conversation
What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values
“To understand the federal government’s true priorities, follow the money. After months of saying his administration is committed to clean air and water for Americans, President Donald Trump has proposed a detailed budget for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 2026. In protecting the environment, you get what you pay for. In past years, Congress has refused to accept proposed drastic cuts to EPA’s budget. It remains to be seen whether this Congress will go along with these proposed rollbacks,” writes Stan Meiburg, executive director of Wake Forest’s Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability.
June 27, 2025
Greater Good: The Science of The Meaningful Life
How do we find the good in a bad situation?
In a recent paper published in the journal Emotion, Wake Forest psychologist Christian Waugh and his colleagues suggest a more authentic way to alleviate difficult emotions in such situations. Waugh recommends that we identify distinct elements of a stressor in our lives, to avoid ruminating on a single element, and then list the elements in two columns, marked “good” and “bad.” “Just keep going until there’s at least one thing in the ‘good’ column and then focus on that,” he said. “My studies suggest that would work.”
June 25, 2025
A Catalyst for Good
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