EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Burgum Visits, Touts Alabama Coal Mine With Thousands of Safety Violations [9]

"Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited two Warrior Met mines to emphasize the administration’s commitment to lifting regulations on the extraction of ‘clean beautiful coal.’ He did not mention the company’s checkered safety and environmental record."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 04/16/2025
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Judge Orders Agencies To Release Billions From Two Biden-Era Initiatives [23]

"A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [25], 04/16/2025
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Trump Exempts Nearly 70 Coal Plants From Biden Rule On Mercury And Air Toxics [26]

"The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene."

Air [10]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [29], 04/16/2025
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Enviros Sue Trump Admin to Restore Web Tools for Climate, Pollution Impacts [30]

"The removal of websites designed to help disadvantaged communities will hurt those communities the most, lawyers argue."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [18]
Science [33]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 04/16/2025
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Bill To Protect Pesticide Companies Fizzles Out in Iowa Legislature Again [35]

"In the state with the second-highest cancer rate in the nation, the legislation would have made it harder for residents to sue pesticide companies for illnesses linked to their products."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 04/16/2025
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"The Rural N.C. Mayor Betting Big On Clean Energy To Uplift His Hometown" [39]

"In one of the nation’s poorest towns, the mayor and others are planning to build a solar installation, a weatherization resource center, and a gleaming new resilience hub."

Activism [40]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [41]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [42]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Canary Media [43], 04/16/2025
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Energy Experts and States Argue Trump Job Cuts Harm US "Energy Dominance" [44]

"President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda will be undermined by steep cuts to federal agencies that are said to be planned by the Trump administration, scientists, lawmakers and energy executives warned on Monday."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [45], 04/15/2025
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"Trump Administration Cancels $3 Billion Climate-Friendly Farming Program" [46]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said it had canceled a $3 billion program for climate-smart farming projects after a review found it did not align with the priorities of the Trump administration."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [47]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [48]
Water & Oceans [49]
Wildlife [50]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Reuters [51], 04/15/2025
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"AP Journalists Held Out Of White House Events Despite Judge’s Ruling" [52]

"The Associated Press was not included in the in-town pool Monday, and its journalists were rebuffed when trying to cover an Oval Office meeting."

Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [53], 04/15/2025
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Big Oil Seeks to Shield Itself From Climate Liability While Trump Is in Power [54]

"As several climate liability lawsuits against large oil and gas companies inch closer to trial and states start to adopt climate “Superfund” legislation, the White House and Republican-controlled Congress are rolling out new measures to shield the industry from accountability."

Activism [40]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Sierra [55], 04/15/2025
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"PR Campaign May Have Fuelled Food Study Backlash, Leaked Document Shows" [56]

"A leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit a landmark environment study, according to an investigation."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [57]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [31]
Food [58]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [59], 04/15/2025
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"Documents Reveal Trump’s Plan To Gut Funding For Nasa And Climate Science" [60]

"Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed"

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Science [33]
Technology [61]
Transportation [62]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [63], 04/15/2025
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Trump Axed Rule Designed To Spare Taxpayers The Burden Of Future Flooding [64]

"The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [65]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Grist/BPR [66], 04/15/2025
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"White House Outlines Plan To Gut NOAA, Smother Climate Research" [67]

"The Trump administration wants to effectively break up NOAA and end its climate work by abolishing its primary research office and forcing the agency to help boost U.S. fossil fuel production, budget documents show."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [41]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [31]
Fish & Fisheries [68]
Government [42]
Natural Resources [48]
Science [33]
Technology [61]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [69], 04/14/2025
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"Trump Hits Delete For Energy, Environment Regs" [70]

"The president’s suite of executive orders to decimate environmental regulations will propel his administration into court."

Biodiversity [47]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [57]
Disasters [41]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [31]
Government [42]
Health [71]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [18]
Waste [72]
Water & Oceans [49]
Wildlife [50]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [73], 04/14/2025
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