EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

White House Bars AP Reporter From Oval Over AP Style On ‘Gulf of America’ [9]

"The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America."

Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [15], 02/12/2025
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Trump Trying To Halt EV Charger Buildout. Experts Say It’s Not That Easy [16]

"Experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s latest effort to slow the electric vehicle charging buildout in the U.S. ... The administration may need an act of Congress for this, and it’s unclear there will be one. Industry leaders say customer demand will continue to drive growth in the charging network, regardless of federal funding."

Climate Change [17]
Consumer [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [22], 02/11/2025
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"Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway." [23]

"The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”"

Biodiversity [24]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [25]
Forests [26]
Journalism & Media [11]
Natural Resources [27]
Science [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [31], 02/11/2025
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US-Funded Group Attacking Pesticide Critics Shuts Down After Guardian Probe [32]

"A US company that was secretly profiling hundreds of food and environmental health advocates in a private web portal has said it has halted the operations in the face of widespread backlash, after its actions were revealed by the Guardian and other reporting partners."

Activism [33]
Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [37], 02/11/2025
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"Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Red States Have the Most to Lose." [38]

"About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [40], 02/11/2025
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"The Weak Link In Trump’s Anti-EJ Push: State Permits" [41]

"President Donald Trump wants to get environmental justice out of the federal government. In state capitals, those ideas are more firmly entrenched than ever."

Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [43]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [44], 02/11/2025
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"Federal Judge Grants Restraining Order On NIH Funding Cuts" [45]

"A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted a restraining order against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its recent research funding cut after 22 states filed a lawsuit to block the order."

Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [25]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Science [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [46], 02/11/2025
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PBS To Shutter DEI Office Following Donald Trump’s Executive Orders [47]

"PBS is closing an office dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, following Donald Trump‘s series of executive orders targeting such programs. The announcement comes amid the prospect that public television funding will be targeted by the current administration and Republicans in Congress."

Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Deadline [48], 02/11/2025
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“We Feel Terrorized”: EPA Employees Decide to Stay or Go Under Trump [49]

"More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections."

Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [50]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [43]
Pollution [51]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [52], 02/10/2025
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"Battle Rages Over Proposed Legal Protections For Pesticide Makers" [53]

"Pesticide company efforts to push through laws that could block litigation against them is igniting battles in several US farm states and pitting some farm groups against each other. Laws have been introduced in at least 8 states so far and drafts are circulating in more than 20 states, backed by a deluge of advertising supporting the measures."

Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [24]
Chemicals [35]
Economy & Business [39]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [51]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [54], 02/10/2025
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"U.S. Aid Agency’s Climate Programs Aimed to Curb Migration. Now They’re Gone." [55]

"Aid projects were designed to help Central Americans withstand extreme weather at home. Their end could undercut Trump’s goal of reducing migration."

Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [17]
Disasters [56]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [10]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [43]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [57]
Source: NYTimes [58], 02/10/2025
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"Huffman Demands Probe Of DOGE’s ‘Illegal’ NOAA Actions" [59]

"The House Natural Resources ranking member is worried Elon Musk could stand to benefit if parts of NOAA were privatized."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [56]
Economy & Business [39]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [51]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [61], 02/10/2025
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Trump’s LNG Strategy Makes No Sense. It Will Raise Gas Prices. [62]

"President Trump says increasing liquefied natural gas exports will lower gas prices. He’s got it all backward."

Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [51]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [63]
Source: Sierra [64], 02/10/2025
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"EPA To Prioritize AI, Lobbyists And Staff Cuts In ‘Mission To Traumatize’" [65]

"A new and starkly different vision for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been outlined by the Trump administration – one that involves mass staff cuts, an influx of industry lobbyists and, unusually, the promotion of artificial intelligence as a key agency priority."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [51]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [66], 02/07/2025
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"Trump Dismantles Environmental Justice Team, Staff Put on Leave" [67]

"The EPA on Thursday put 168 employees within its environmental justice office on administrative leave as the Trump administration executes presidential actions to roll back diversity initiatives."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [51]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [68], 02/07/2025
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