{
  "id": 9572708,
  "title": "New report reveals the environmental cost of USAID’s destruction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/new-report-reveals-the-environmental-cost-of-usaids-destruction",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-24T14:36:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/new-report-reveals-the-environmental-cost-of-usaids-destruction/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nearly two years after U.S. President Trump’s decision to dismantle international development agency USAID removed nearly $1 billion from global conservation and environment funding, the agency’s absence is being felt across the world, new analysis says. The abrupt termination of around 5,200 contracts in early 2025 ended support for activities as varied as plastic waste […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}