EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Youth-Led US Climate Activists Widen Focus To Fight Authoritarianism" [9]

"As the Trump administration cracks down on both environmental policies and progressive activism, the Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate justice organization that popularized calls for a Green New Deal, is widening its mission to fight authoritarianism."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 10/06/2025
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"The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights" [20]

"A growing number of scientists are backing laws recognizing that nature has inherent rights and intrinsic value. A group of wetlands scientists wants the critical ecosystems they study to be next."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [24]
Wildlife [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 10/06/2025
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FEMA Holds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations [28]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency is withholding more than $300 million in emergency preparedness grants from states until they can prove that their population estimates, used to calculate award amounts, do not include people who have been deported from the United States."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [29]
Diversity [30]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [31], 10/06/2025
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"In the Arctic, the U.S. Shifts Focus From Climate Research to Security" [32]

"The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet and is one of the most rapidly changing places on Earth. And the United States’ approach to Arctic research has also begun shifting." "The Trump administration is emphasizing defense concerns instead of climate research in the rapidly warming Arctic region."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Science [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [36]
International [26]
Antarctica & Arctic [37]
Source: NYTimes [38], 10/06/2025
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"Chart: Global Investment In Renewables Hits Record Even As US Falters" [39]

"Globally, investors are pouring more money into renewable energy than ever — even as they pull back on spending in the U.S."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [43]
Technology [44]
Transportation [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [26]
Source: Canary Media [46], 10/06/2025
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Study Shows The World Has Far More Damaging Fires Than In The 1980s [47]

"Earth’s nastiest and costliest wildfires are blazing four times more often now than they did in the 1980s because of human-caused climate change and people moving closer to wildlands, a new study found."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [22]
Forests [48]
Pollution [43]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [26]
Canada [49]
Source: AP [50], 10/06/2025
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"Advocates Raise Alarm Over PFAS Pollution From Datacenters Amid AI Boom" [51]

"Tech companies’ use of PFAS gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought"

"Datacenters’ electricity demands have been accused of delaying the US’s transition to clean energy and requiring fossil fuel plants to stay online, while their high level of water consumption has also raised alarm. Now public health advocates fear another environmental problem could be linked to them – PFAS “forever chemical” pollution.
Air [52]
Chemicals [53]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [43]
Technology [44]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [26]
Source: Guardian [54], 10/06/2025
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Trump’s Hatred For Renewables Putting US Behind The Rest Of The World [55]

"As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects"

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [43]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [26]
Source: Guardian [56], 10/06/2025
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"‘Dominant’: 32 Chunk Crowned Champion In ‘Biggest Fat Bear Week Yet’" [57]

"After a record-breaking week of public voting, Katmai national park and preserve in Alaska has announced the winner of its “biggest Fat Bear Week yet”."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Journalism & Media [59]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [36]
Source: Guardian [60], 10/06/2025
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"White House To Slash $8B In Funding For Blue States" [61]

"White House budget director Russ Vought on Wednesday said the Trump administration will cancel almost $8 billion in federal funding for green projects, directly targeting 16 states that did not vote for President Donald Trump in the presidential election."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [43]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [62], 10/03/2025
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"Duke Energy Backs Off Renewables After North Carolina Cuts Climate Goal" [63]

"The state repealed the utility’s 2030 emissions target in July. Duke’s response? A plan to slash solar and wind, double down on gas — and burn more coal."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [64]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [43]
Technology [44]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: Canary Media [66], 10/03/2025
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"EPA Moves to Prioritize Review of New Chemicals for Data Centers" [67]

"The Trump administration has begun prioritizing the review of new, potentially hazardous chemicals used in data centers that public health advocates and environmental attorneys warn could endanger workers, communities and the environment."

Chemicals [53]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Planning & Growth [68]
Pollution [43]
Technology [44]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 10/03/2025
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EPA, EES Coke Battery $135 Million Apart Penalties As Pollution Trial Ends [70]

"When faced with testimony that Zug Island’s EES Coke Battery is one of Michigan’s worst sulfur dioxide polluters, an attorney for the facility said Monday: “So what?” The DTE Energy-owned facility was “permitted to do so,” said Michael Hindelang, attorney for the utility and its subsidiaries that are defendants in the EPA’s Clean Air Act lawsuit over the emissions."

Air [52]
Chemicals [53]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [43]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [71]
Source: Planet Detroit [72], 10/03/2025
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EPA Ends Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap? [73]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this month that it would stop making polluting companies report their greenhouse gas emissions to it, eliminating a crucial tool the US uses to track emissions and form climate policy. Climate NGOs say their work could help plug some of the data gap, but they and other experts fear the EPA’s work can’t be fully matched."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [22]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [43]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: WIRED [74], 10/03/2025
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"Trump Coal Plan Includes Private Land Unlikely to be Mined" [75]

"Nearly 85% of the 13.1 million acres the Trump administration is opening to coal leasing is private or state-owned and unlikely to be mined anytime soon, except for land adjacent to existing coal mines, analysts say."

Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [76], 10/03/2025
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