EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Senate Confirms Zeldin To Lead Environmental Protection Agency" [9]

"The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [18], 01/30/2025
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Shipments Of Uranium Ore Can Resume Under Pact With The Navajo Nation [19]

"Shipments of uranium ore from a revived mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon are expected to resume in February after the Navajo Nation reached a settlement with the mining company, clearing the way for trucks to transport the ore across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S."

Chemicals [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [23]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
Transportation [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: AP [28], 01/30/2025
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Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s First Confirmation Hearing As HHS Secretary [29]

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two Senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [32], 01/30/2025
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Amid Freeze Fracas, Uncertainty Lives On For Environmental Programs [33]

"A chaotic back-and-forth over President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans has farmers, activists, organizations and businesses wondering whether they will receive the funding they rely on. It’s funding that among many other things is being used to address environmental problems or tackle climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [36], 01/30/2025
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Maryland Renewables Program: More Smoke and Mirrors Than Wind and Solar [37]

"Maryland’s clean energy ambitions are crumbling under the weight of its policy missteps, environmental advocates suggest in a new report."

Activism [38]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 01/30/2025
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"Inside Trump’s Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule" [41]

"For years, the fossil fuel industry and its allies have tried to overturn one of the most important federal rulings in the history of climate policy: the one that requires the government to limit greenhouse gases. They lobbied. They sued. And so far they’ve failed."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [42], 01/29/2025
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"Trump’s Offshore Wind Assault Threatens Factory Jobs In GOP Districts" [43]

"Over 64% of manufacturing and supply-chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican districts, per new data."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Canary Media [45], 01/29/2025
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Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergencies [46]

"A sudden pause in federal assistance is sowing disarray and outrage across the country, throwing into doubt a wide range of programs that help protect Americans from disasters, provide access to clean drinking water and affordable energy and help protect ecosystems, among many other issues."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [44]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 01/29/2025
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Miami-Dade Mayor Backs Off Incinerator, Proposes New $556M Landfill [48]

"The Florida mayor said the threat of legal challenges and other expenses made building a new waste-to-energy facility too difficult. She now recommends landfilling to meet long-term capacity needs."

Air [49]
Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [50]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Waste Dive [52], 01/29/2025
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"Haaland To Run For New Mexico Governor" [53]

"Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will run to be the next governor of New Mexico, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill."

Environmental Politics [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: The Hill [54], 01/29/2025
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Ousted Interior IG: Trump Firings Threaten Government Oversight [55]

"One of 17 government watchdogs ousted by President Trump said that the move was “a potentially existential threat” to a crucial government oversight tool."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [56], 01/29/2025
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Calif. Regulators Deny Trump’s Claim That US Military ‘Turned On The Water’ [57]

"California water officials said this week there’s no truth to President Donald Trump’s assertion that the U.S. military has entered California and “turned on the water.”

Agriculture [58]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [59]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [34]
Journalism & Media [60]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [61]
Source: AP [62], 01/29/2025
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"Trump Looks To Seize Control Of California Water" [63]

"The Trump administration is weighing how to take control of water in California — including setting aside endangered species protections — framing its mission in a new executive order as necessary to prevent future wildfires like those that recently swept across Los Angeles."

Agriculture [58]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [59]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [64]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [61]
Source: E&E News [65], 01/28/2025
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Burgum Hosted ‘VIP Dinner’ for Oil, Gas, and Coal Execs Last Year: Emails [66]

"Doug Burgum, one of President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, held a dinner for fossil fuel CEOs at a private event during the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, held in Bismarck, ND, from May 14 to 16, 2024, emails obtained by the research group Fieldnotes and shared with DeSmog show."

Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: DeSmog [67], 01/28/2025
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"Trump Fires EPA Watchdog Who Closely Scrutinized Biden's Agency" [68]

"The surprise dismissal of the EPA’s inspector general has left agency veterans puzzled, given Sean O’Donnell’s track record in recovering money and scrutinizing waste within the agency."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [69], 01/28/2025
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