EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Pro-Trump 2020 “Stop the Count” Activist Lands High-Level Job at Interior [9]

"Interior Department appointee Daniel Gustafson is a long-time Trump loyalist who participated in a protest to “stop the count” of Michigan ballots in 2020."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Public Domain [16], 05/28/2025
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"Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Bill May Derail U.S. Battery Industry" [17]

"Domestic factories that make batteries to store power to meet America’s rising energy demand depend on Chinese components and federal subsidies."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Technology [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [22], 05/28/2025
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"Trump Orders Major Revamp Of Agencies’ Handling Of Scientific Research" [23]

"President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a sweeping overhaul of federal agencies’ handling of scientific research, coupled with a requirement to revisit all Biden-era regulations to ensure that they mesh with the new policy."

Chemicals [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [10]
Food [26]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [27]
Science [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [29], 05/28/2025
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RFK Jr. Threatens To Bar Govt Scientists From Publishing In Medical Journals [30]

"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to stop government scientists from publishing their work in major medical journals on a podcast Tuesday as part of his escalating war on institutions he says are influenced by pharmaceutical companies."

Agriculture [31]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [33]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [27]
Science [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Politico [35], 05/28/2025
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"EPA Grants Pollution Permit To Gulf Coast Fish Farm" [36]

"A planned fish farm off Florida’s Gulf Coast has received an environmental permit allowing operators to discharge nutrient-laden water from what could be the first commercial-scale saltwater aquaculture operation in the Gulf of Mexico."

Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
Mexico [42]
Source: E&E News [43], 05/28/2025
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"Trump Forces Showdown Over Nuclear Regulation" [44]

"In his call Friday for a nationwide expansion of new nuclear power plants, President Donald Trump has set up a potentially historic showdown between his authority and the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. standard-setter for nuclear safety for the past half-century."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [45]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [46]
Transportation [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [48], 05/28/2025
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"Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants" [49]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [50], 05/27/2025
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"DOGE Appointee Sparks Turf Battle At Interior: ‘Ignore The Email From HR’" [51]

"The Interior bureau that holds the key to Trump’s fossil fuel agenda is riven by feuding between career staff and an emissary from Elon Musk’s budget-cutting operation."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [52]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Politico [53], 05/27/2025
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"Trump Signs Executive Orders To Boost Nuclear Power, Speed Up Approvals" [54]

"President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, a goal experts say the United States is highly unlikely to reach."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [55]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [46]
Waste [56]
Public [14]
California [57]
Source: AP [58], 05/27/2025
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"How Electric Vehicles are Targeted by the Republican Policy Bill" [59]

"The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S."

Climate Change [18]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [45]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [27]
Transportation [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [60], 05/27/2025
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Md. Gov. Moore Vetoes Key Climate Studies, Reversing Course on Environment [61]

"Maryland legislators and environmental advocates expressed dismay after Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a series of widely supported climate and environmental study bills last week, actions they believe not only mark a sharp departure from his climate promises, but also reflect a breakdown in communication between the governor and members of his own party in the legislature."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Justice [62]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [63]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 05/27/2025
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States, Enviros Sue Trump Over Billions in Funding Freezes for EV Charging [65]

"Sixteen states, the District of Columbia and more than a half dozen environmental groups have alleged in a lawsuit that the Trump administration has indefinitely and unlawfully frozen funds for a nationwide electric vehicle program." "Congress appropriated funds in the 2021 infrastructure bill for a national network of electric vehicle charging stations. The administration, which opposes EVs in favor of gasoline-power vehicles, has frozen the money."

Climate Change [18]
Consumer [32]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Technology [21]
Transportation [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 05/27/2025
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Suit Challenges Trump Order To Allow Commercial Fishing In Pacific Monument [67]

"Environmentalists are challenging in court President Trump’s executive order that they say strips core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and opens the area to harmful commercial fishing."

Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [68]
Source: LA Times [69], 05/27/2025
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"How Trump’s Return Is Pushing the Media to Self-Censor" [70]

"Trump—as he has made clear again and again—disdains the press. And that hatred has consequences. He has launched legal challenges against outlets whose coverage he deems unfavorable, mocked journalists, and picked an obsequious Federal Communications Commission nominee ready to help him do as he pleases."

Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Mother Jones [71], 05/27/2025
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"Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air" [72]

"In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s electric-vehicle mandates, revoking the state’s right to implement the nation’s toughest emissions standards."

Air [73]
Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [74], 05/23/2025
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