EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Trump Administration Holds Up NOAA Grant Funding" [9]

"The Trump administration is holding up some National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant funding."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Transportation [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [24]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [27]
Source: The Hill [28], 04/15/2026
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"Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll" [29]

"The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”"

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [32]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [33], 04/15/2026
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Trump Admin Agrees To Keep Pride Flag At Stonewall National Monument [34]

"The Trump administration has announced it will keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument in New York City, according to Associated Press. The announcement was made as the administration agrees to settle a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ and historic preservation groups seeking to block the flag’s removal, which occurred in February."

Activism [35]
Diversity [36]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [37]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: National Parks Traveler [39], 04/14/2026
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"Trump Worker Heat Program Removes Inspection Goals" [40]

"The Trump administration has removed specific goals for increasing workplace inspections from a Department of Labor program aimed to keep workers safe from extreme heat."

Agriculture [41]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Health [42]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [43], 04/14/2026
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Hungary Election Promises Renewable Energy Investment, Pollution Crackdowns [44]

"Hungary’s landslide election today saw Viktor Orbán ousted after 16 years as Prime Minister. Having once described EU climate ambitions as a “utopian fantasy” – blaming them for pushing up energy costs and destroying the middle class – Orbán frequently backed policies that were at odds with the net-zero goals set by his government."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [45]
Public [25]
International [27]
Europe [46]
Source: Euronews [47], 04/14/2026
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Mamdani Faces Scrutiny on Climate, Parks Budget and Environmental Promises [48]

"During his New York City mayoral campaign, Zohran Mamdani courted votes from environmentalists. He promised to expand green spaces in public schools and equip them with renewable energy, to meet the demands of the city’s building electrification laws and to increase investments in city parks."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [45]
Public [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 04/14/2026
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"How Lee Zeldin Shifted the Mission — And the Message — of the E.P.A." [50]

The job of the E.P.A. chief is to protect human health by safeguarding “the air we breathe, the water we drink and land that grows our food,” as the agency’s founding charter puts it, and most administrators have talked about their work in those terms. Mr. Zeldin, though, speaks more about supporting industry and exporting fossil fuels than about protecting the environment."

Chemicals [51]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [45]
Science [20]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [52], 04/13/2026
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New Threatened Landscapes Report Will Focus On Erasure Of American History [53]

"The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), a national Washington, D.C.-based education and advocacy organization, announced “Erasing American History” as the subject of its annual thematic Landslide report about threatened landscapes and landscape features and issued a call for nominations. As the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approaches, the United States is simultaneously also witnessing the erasure of irreplaceable cultural resources that reflect and interpret our shared history."

Consumer [54]
Diversity [36]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [55]
People & Population [19]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [37]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: National Parks Traveler [56], 04/13/2026
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"EPA Sets ‘No Surprises’ Science Policy, Reassigns Researchers" [57]

"The Trump administration is tightening its grip over EPA’s scientific enterprise as it prepares to relocate employees from its once esteemed research arm."

Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [45]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [58], 04/13/2026
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AI Boom Derailed Clean-Air Push In One Of America's Most Polluted Cities [59]

"Trump administration rolled back clean-air rules to support AI-driven electricity demand. St. Louis faces poor air quality and high health costs as coal plants remain online."

Air [60]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [54]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [45]
Technology [21]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Reuters [61], 04/13/2026
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"Why These Chimps Have Been At War For 8 Years" [62]

"The long-running conflict in a formerly unified community, the second ever observed, adds to Jane Goodall’s studies about a different chimp war in the 1970s."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Military [63]
Wildlife [24]
Public [25]
International [27]
Africa [64]
Source: National Geographic [65], 04/13/2026
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Trump EPA Wants To Gut Rules On Coal Plant Ash That Threatens Groundwater [66]

"The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater. Those regulations were strengthened under the Biden administration as part of a wider crackdown on pollution from coal-fired power plants."

Chemicals [51]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [54]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [45]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AP [67], 04/10/2026
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Photo Essay: Soaring W.Va. Utility Costs Are Surpassing Rents And Mortgages [68]

"WEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. — Eric Pinson is obsessed with stacks of electric bills laid out in neat piles on his desk. He runs a camping trailer park in West Virginia not far from a planned data center — all in the shadow of an enormous coal-powered plant that recently received millions in funding from the Trump administration for upgrades.
Consumer [54]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Military [63]
People & Population [19]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [69]
Source: AP [70], 04/10/2026
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"Indiana Governor Suspends State Gas Tax For 30 Days" [71]

"Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) on Wednesday suspended the Hoosier State’s sales tax on gas for 30 days, as prices at the pump have increased since the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran began."

Consumer [54]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Military [63]
Transportation [22]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [72]
Source: The Hill [73], 04/10/2026
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Mega Manure Digester Project In Wash. State Meets Community Resistance [74]

"A proposal to build a mega-manure digester in a small Washington state community is sparking uproar among citizens who say the project to convert waste from dairy cows into fuel will add to the region’s already significant pollution problems."

Activism [35]
Agriculture [41]
Air [60]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [54]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [45]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Northwest (OR WA) [75]
Source: The New Lede [76], 04/10/2026
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