EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Trump Loosens Gas Mileage Rule for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy [9]

"President Trump on Wednesday threw the weight of the federal government behind vehicles that burn gasoline rather than electric cars, gutting one of the country’s most significant efforts to address climate change and thrusting the automobile industry into greater uncertainty."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [22], 12/04/2025
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"Trump Logging Plan Threatens Centuries-Old Trees, Fuels Lawsuits" [23]

"Visiting a freshly logged forest in western Oregon earlier this fall, retired federal wildlife surveyor Erich Reeder stepped over mangled tree roots and dead limbs scattered across a denuded slope that was once an evergreen forest. He squatted over a foot-tall Douglas fir stump to count its rings: 120 years old."

Biodiversity [24]
Environmental Politics [16]
Forests [25]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Wildlife [26]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [27], 12/04/2025
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"Trump Dismantles Programs Designed To Cut Electricity Demand" [28]

"The Trump administration is scrambling to ensure there’s enough electricity to power new data centers and stem rising utility bills — even as it dismantles some critical programs designed to help solve the problem."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [29], 12/04/2025
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Whitmer 7th Governor Urging EPA To Monitor Microplastics In Drinking Water [30]

"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week joined governors from six other states signing onto a petition demanding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency add microplastics to its program collecting data on contaminants not currently covered by the Safe Drinking Water Act."

Chemicals [31]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: Michigan Advance [34], 12/04/2025
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Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump DOE Funds Geothermal Network Expansion [35]

"The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an $8.6 million grant that will allow the nation’s first utility-led geothermal heating and cooling network to double in size."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Technology [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 12/04/2025
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"After Ohio’s Landmark Decisions On HB 6 Utility Scandal, What’s Next?" [38]

"In landmark rulings last month, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ordered FirstEnergy’s three regulated companies to pay roughly $250 million for violations linked to the state’s largest-ever utility corruption scandal. More than $186 million of that will be refunded or credited to consumers."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [40]
People & Population [41]
Public [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Source: Canary Media [43], 12/04/2025
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"Trump Expected to Significantly Weaken Fuel Economy Rules" [44]

"The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to propose weakening automobile fuel efficiency standards that were set under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to spur the sale of electric vehicles, according to three people familiar with the plan."

Air [10]
Chemicals [31]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [36]
Transportation [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [45], 12/03/2025
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"New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives" [46]

"As the Trump administration is expected to finalize a standard to prevent heat-related injury and illness for workers by early next year, a new study shows that clear, comprehensive rules save lives."

Agriculture [47]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [41]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 12/03/2025
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Phthalates Are In Our Food, Decades After Scientists Recognized Dangers [51]

"A large body of science has linked phthalates to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility."

Chemicals [31]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [52]
Food [53]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [18]
Science [54]
Technology [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [55], 12/03/2025
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"Canada Lifts Climate Laws for Alberta Oil Sands, Planning Pipeline" [56]

"Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada signed a sweeping agreement on Thursday that laid the groundwork for a new oil pipeline to expand Alberta’s oil sands, exempting the province’s energy industry from several environmental laws."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Canada [57]
Source: NYTimes [58], 12/03/2025
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"Top FDA Drug Regulator Plans To Depart Weeks Into Job" [59]

"Richard Pazdur had clashed with Trump officials on the legality and pace of their initiatives. His sudden retirement adds to the recent upheaval at FDA."

Chemicals [31]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Health [60]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [41]
Science [54]
Technology [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [61], 12/03/2025
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"Trump Admin Backs Monsanto Effort To Limit Roundup Lawsuits Over Glyphosate" [62]

"The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to get the Supreme Court to shield it from liability over cancer claims related to its Roundup weedkiller, a move that could anger the Trump administration’s allies in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement."

Agriculture [47]
Chemicals [31]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [54]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [63], 12/03/2025
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Trump Admin Strips ‘Renewable’ And ‘Energy’ From NREL Laboratory Name [64]

"The Trump administration on Monday stripped the words “renewable” and “energy” from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory name, furthering White House directives to abandon clean energy sources."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [65]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Science [54]
Technology [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [66], 12/03/2025
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Trump Admin’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals [67]

"The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals — with limited oversight."

Chemicals [31]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: WIRED [68], 12/03/2025
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"Resurrected Lawsuit Puts FPL’s Past Controversies Back In The Spotlight" [69]

"An investor lawsuit accusing Florida Power & Light’s parent company, NextEra, and several current and former executives of securities fraud can move forward, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled last week in a remarkable resurrection of the case."

Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [39]
Journalism & Media [65]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [41]
Public [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [70]
Source: The Tributary [71], 12/03/2025
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