EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Study Measures Unequal Toll Of Climate Change In Rio De Janeiro Favelas [9]

"Michele Campos feels like crying every summer when temperatures in Rio de Janeiro climb above 40°C (100°F), heating up the cement that covers every corner of the favela of Chapeu Mangueira where she lives and making life unbearable in her windowless bedroom."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Infrastructure [16]
People & Population [17]
Public [18]
South America [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 01/20/2026
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"Pipeline Safety Enforcement Cut In Half In Trump’s First Year" [21]

"The Trump administration slashed pipeline safety enforcement in 2025, bringing about half the average number of cases as in previous years."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [26], 01/16/2026
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Trump DOJ Sues California Over Law Keeping Oil Wells From Homes, Schools [27]

"The Trump administration is suing California over a law that creates a 3,200-foot buffer zone between new oil and gas wells and homes, schools, hospitals and parks."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
California [28]
Source: LA Times [29], 01/16/2026
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"Pentagon To Overhaul Independent Military Newspaper, Calling It ‘Woke’" [30]

"The Defense Department said it plans to overhaul Stars and Stripes, the storied military newspaper that has long enjoyed editorial independence, to rid it of “woke distractions” and refocus coverage on “warfighting.”"

Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Military [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [33], 01/16/2026
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"Why Your Power Bill Is Spiking Faster Than A Nearby Data Center’s" [34]

"As electricity prices climb, an unusual disconnect is emerging between what regular people pay — and what data centers pay."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [35]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [17]
Technology [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [38], 01/16/2026
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"New York Offshore Wind Project Allowed to Restart Construction — for Now" [39]

"A federal judge issued a temporary injunction, allowing the developer of Empire Wind, an offshore wind project off the coast of Long Island, to resume construction after the Trump administration suspended work there in late December."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 01/16/2026
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"Built To Last: The Enduring Legacy Of The Endangered Species Act" [43]

"As the son of a popular Michigan Congressman, John Dingell, Jr., grew up accustomed to being around power brokers and deal-makers. In 1938, at the tender age of 12, he began working as a page in the U.S. House of Representatives, long before he would succeed his father and launch his own distinguished Congressional career. But it was the time he spent with his father in the woods, not the U.S. Capitol, that had the most lasting impact."

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Wildlife [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: National Parks Traveler [46], 01/16/2026
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Kitchen Countertop Workers Are Dying. Lawmakers Want To Ban Their Suits [47]

"An epidemic of a deadly lung disease among hundreds of workers who cut kitchen and bathroom countertops has regulators on opposite sides of the country considering two drastically different responses this week."

Air [48]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [24]
Technology [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NPR [49], 01/15/2026
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"What A Fracking-Waste Dispute Says About Ohio’s Energy Double Standard" [50]

"Ohio is letting the oil and gas industry put more toxic waste underground despite community concerns — even as the state defers to local opponents of clean energy."

Chemicals [51]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Source: Canary Media [53], 01/15/2026
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Kennedy and Fluoridated Water Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Sources [54]

"Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking water point to supplements as an alternative, but many are creating barriers to these very products."

Chemicals [51]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: ProPublica [55], 01/15/2026
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"Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World" [56]

"What happens in Greenland doesn’t stay in Greenland. Turns out, the fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet. That’s because of the one thing that Greenland is quickly losing: ice."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Military [32]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Antarctica & Arctic [57]
Europe [58]
Source: NYTimes [59], 01/15/2026
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House Passes Bill Codifying Trump Order To Rinse Away Showerhead Rule [60]

"The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday advanced legislation aimed at fulfilling President Donald Trump’s long-running desire to “make showers great again” by voting to loosen federal efficiency standards for showerheads."

Consumer [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: AP [61], 01/15/2026
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"EPA Plans To Curb States’ Clean Water Act Permitting Power" [62]

"The Trump administration issued a proposal Tuesday that would clamp down on state water quality reviews and veto authority under the Clean Water Act."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [63]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [64], 01/14/2026
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"Alito’s Recusal in Oil Case Renews Questions About Justice’s Investments" [65]

"Nearly one-quarter of the associate justice’s $1 million in individual stock holdings are in fossil fuel companies."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 01/14/2026
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"Gaza’s Living Conditions Worsen As Strong Winds And Hypothermia Kill 5" [67]

"Strong winter winds collapsed walls onto flimsy tents for Palestinians displaced by war in Gaza, killing at least four people, hospital authorities said Tuesday."

Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Military [32]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
Middle East [68]
Source: AP [69], 01/14/2026
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