EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Trump Orders Removal of EV-Favoring Policies and Subsidies" [9]

"President Donald Trump ordered his administration to consider eliminating subsidies and other policies that favor electric vehicles, laying the groundwork for moves that risk slowing adoption of cleaner cars in the US."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg [21], 01/22/2025
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"Trump Freezes New Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Wind Leases" [22]

"President Trump directed the Treasury Department to freeze new offshore wind leases on the outer continental shelf Monday evening as one of a flurry of executive orders he signed within hours of taking office."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [25], 01/22/2025
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"Brazil Taps COP30 Head, Warns Of Trump's Impact On Climate Talks" [26]

"Brazil's newly nominated head of the planned 2025 COP30 climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem warned on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement would cast a shadow over the talks."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [27]
Source: Reuters [28], 01/22/2025
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Trump Wants Showers And Toilets To Flow Greatly Again; So May Utility Bills [29]

"President Donald Trump once expressed concern with how low showerhead flow affected his “perfect” hair. Now back in the White House, he’s again taking aim at some high-efficiency household items — and that may mean higher water and electric bills in your home."

Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [30], 01/22/2025
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"Trump Plans To Declare A 'National Energy Emergency.' What Does That Mean?" [31]

"President Trump says he will declare a "national energy emergency" as one of his first acts as president, pledging to support the domestic production of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NPR [33], 01/21/2025
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"Trump Says He’s Withdrawing The US From The Paris Climate Agreement Again" [34]

"President Donald Trump says he will again withdraw the United States, a top carbon polluting nation, from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [27]
Source: AP [35], 01/21/2025
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"Trump Signs Order To End ‘Government Censorship’ Of Social Media" [36]

"President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order intended to “immediately stop all government censorship,” a sweeping action that could chill years of efforts to combat the proliferation of false information online."

Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [38], 01/21/2025
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"Trump Targeted Scientists in His First Term. This Time, They’re Prepared." [39]

"Agencies and unions have put in place new guardrails designed to limit political interference in government research."

Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Science [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [42], 01/21/2025
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"EPA Staff Directory Reveals Trump Appointees" [43]

"Former Trump administration officials and allies of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead EPA have popped up in that agency’s online staff directory as political appointees."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [44]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [45]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [46], 01/21/2025
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Storm-Hit Town Voted For Trump, Who Vowed To Overturn Law To Fix Its Homes [47]

"Donald Trump has said he will overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change. If he follows through, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited areas that make up his base."

Disasters [48]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: ProPublica [50], 01/21/2025
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"MLK Jr.’s Fight for Civil Rights Was an Environmental Battle as Well" [51]

"Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis on April 4, 1968."

Activism [52]
Environmental Justice [53]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Mother Jones [54], 01/21/2025
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"Biden Admin Offers Utilities $22.4B To Cut Energy Costs — And Emissions" [55]

"The Biden administration announced $22.4 billion in loans for eight U.S. utilities across 12 states on Thursday, in what may be the swan song for an Inflation Reduction Act program aimed at cutting carbon emissions and energy bills by helping build and retrofit power plants and bolster the grid."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [23]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Canary Media [56], 01/17/2025
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"Zeldin Appears Poised To Carry Out Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda At EPA" [57]

"President-elect Trump’s pick for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Lee Zeldin, appears poised to be able to carry out the significant level of climate and environmental deregulation Trump has indicated he plans to pursue after a Thursday hearing moved him toward his likely confirmation."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [53]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [44]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [58], 01/17/2025
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Doug Burgum, Trump Interior Pick, Questions Reliability Of Renewable Power [59]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for interior secretary told a Senate panel Thursday the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and voiced concerns about the reliability of renewable power sources promoted under the Biden administration."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [44]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [60], 01/17/2025
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House Bill Would Strip Presidents Of Authority Under Antiquities Act [61]

"Legislation was introduced Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives to strip presidents of their authority under The Antiquities Act to designate national monuments. The measure, introduced by Reps. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, and Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, would rewrite the act to say only Congress has the authority to designate national monuments."

Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: National Parks Traveler [62], 01/17/2025
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