EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"EPA’s Zeldin Tangles With Democrats Over Trump’s Budget Request" [9]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wrestled with House Democrats on Monday in a hostile hearing that culminated in the top Democratic appropriator facetiously suggesting the agency chief drink weed killer."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [20], 04/28/2026
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"French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate" [21]

"The new investigation by DeSmog and Politico found boutique Paris-based PR firm Digital Tellers is linked to a web of connected Facebook groups and accounts, which regularly share false claims about the cost, noise and reliability of heat pumps."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Europe [25]
Source: DeSmog [26], 04/28/2026
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As UN Climate Talks Falter, a Smaller Coalition Eyes Fossil Fuel Exit [27]

"More than 50 countries will gather in Colombia to try to develop real-world timetables to phase out oil and gas amid global energy shocks and petrostate stalling."

Activism [28]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [29]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
International [30]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 04/27/2026
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Trump Fires All 24 Members of National Science Foundation’s Governing Body [32]

"U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday fired all 24 members of the National Science Board (NSB), the body that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF). Many science advocates see it as the latest step by his administration to erode—some would say destroy—the independence of the 76-year-old research agency."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [33]
Government [29]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [34]
Science [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Science [36], 04/27/2026
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Texas Gulf Coast Health Problem: Benzene Emissions Are Among Highest in US [37]

"Daylight hadn’t yet slipped from the sky above Port Arthur when the residents felt the ground shake. They quickly moved inside, shut windows and closed doors, sheltering in place until they got word that the explosion at the Valero Port Arthur Refinery was under control."

Chemicals [38]
Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Capital & Main [41], 04/27/2026
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Will Changes to US Forest Service Erase a Century of Historical Documents? [42]

"Sweeping changes underway at the federal agency tasked with protecting the nation’s forests could result in the loss of more than a century of critical historical documents, conservationists warn."

Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [33]
Forests [43]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [35]
Wildlife [44]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 04/27/2026
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Major Livestock and Dairy Firms Make Climate Promises They Aren’t Keeping [46]

"A new study finds that the vast majority of climate-related claims made by the meat and dairy industry don’t hold up to scholarly scrutiny."

Agriculture [47]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [48]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [30]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 04/24/2026
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Gas-Fired Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations [50]

"A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [24]
Water & Oceans [52]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: WIRED [53], 04/24/2026
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Cuts to Renewable Energy Research in Energy Dept. Budget Irk Senate Dems [54]

"Although the department’s overall budget will increase in 2027, the amounts dedicated to environmental management, research and renewable energy infrastructure face significant hits."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 04/24/2026
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Waste-To-Energy Plant Proposed For Vuda Point In Fiji Sparks Fierce Backlash [56]

"A proposed waste-to-energy facility in Fiji has been labelled as "waste colonialism" by opponents of the plant. The $900 million venture, backed by Australian billionaire Ian Malouf, would burn hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste each year at a site built near a popular tourist destination."

Air [57]
Chemicals [38]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [17]
Technology [24]
Waste [58]
Public [18]
Australia & Oceania [59]
Source: Australian ABC [60], 04/24/2026
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"Republicans Had an Earth Day Plan to Limit Species Protections. It Flopped." [61]

"House Republicans had big plans for Earth Day this year: They would pass a bill to narrow protections for endangered species that they had long seen as federal overreach. It didn’t work out that way."

Biodiversity [62]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [63]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Wildlife [44]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [64], 04/24/2026
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"Alarm As Acting CDC Director Delays Report Showing Covid Vaccine Benefits" [65]

"A Trump administration appointee has delayed publication of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that shows benefits related to the Covid vaccine, leading to concerns that the administration is engaging in behind-the-scenes tactics to undermine vaccines."

Biodiversity [62]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [22]
Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [33]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [34]
Science [35]
Wildlife [44]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [66], 04/23/2026
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Nearly Half Of US Kids Breathe Unhealthy Air: Report. Here's Best, Worst [67]

"For 152 million Americans, including nearly half of the nation's children and teens, just breathing air in the places they live can be harmful. According to the American Lung Association's latest State of the Air report, 44% of the U.S. population reside in areas with unhealthy levels of pollution, including 33 million who are younger than 18."

Air [57]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [33]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: CBS News [68], 04/23/2026
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"Trump Vets Exit EPA’s Press Office" [69]

"Two veteran officials from the first Trump administration — Michael Abboud and Molly Vaseliou — have left EPA’s Office of External Affairs."

Environmental Politics [15]
Government [29]
Journalism & Media [23]
People & Population [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [70], 04/23/2026
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"Trump Invokes War Powers To Juice Fossil Energy, Grid" [71]

"President Donald Trump invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act on Monday to shore up federal funding for a host of energy projects — involving oil, gas, coal and the grid — as the White House moved to buffer climbing electricity and fuel costs."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [29]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Military [72]
Pollution [17]
Technology [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [73], 04/23/2026
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