EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Trump Officials Shut Off Funding For USGS Climate Adaptation Centers [9]

"A third of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers are expected to drastically wind down and possibly close after Sept. 30." "Tracking bird populations after hurricanes. Mapping the risk of megafires across the Midwest. Identifying less expensive ways to battle invasive plants. Preparing communities’ stormwater drains against intense flooding."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [20], 09/29/2025
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Bureau of Land Management to Sell Off Federal Coal Reserve Leases in Wyoming [21]

"The Trump administration has offered coal reserves in Wyoming in its latest move to reinvigorate the country’s coal industry. One environmental lawyer says it’s “ludicrous” to be selling leases for the most expensive and dirtiest form of energy."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [24]
Technology [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 09/29/2025
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Trump’s DOT Pulls Trail And Bike Grants It Deems ‘Hostile’ To Cars [27]

"President Donald Trump’s transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local officials their projects fail to promote road capacity or are “hostile to motor vehicles.”"

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [15]
Technology [16]
Transportation [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [31], 09/29/2025
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UNESCO Names 26 New Biosphere Reserves Amid Biodiversity, Climate Challenges [32]

"An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country’s plant life and an area along Angola’s Atlantic coast featuring savannahs, forests and estuaries are among 26 new UNESCO-designated biosphere reserves. The United Nations cultural agency says the reserves — 785 sites in 142 countries, designated since 1971 — are home to some of the planet’s richest and most fragile ecosystems."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [35]
Forests [36]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [37]
Public [18]
International [38]
Source: AP [39], 09/29/2025
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"EPA Wants Staff Members to Skip Law Association’s Events" [40]

"Environmental Protection Agency employees are being told not to participate in events hosted by one of the nation’s premier environmental legal associations, according to a letter reviewed by Bloomberg Law."

Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [35]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [42], 09/29/2025
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World Ocean Acidity Crosses Critical Threshold For Marine Life [43]

"The world’s oceans have failed a key planetary health check for the first time, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, a report has shown. In its latest annual assessment, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said ocean acidity had crossed a critical threshold for marine life."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [35]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
International [38]
Source: Guardian [45], 09/26/2025
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"Trump’s Logging Efforts Struggle to Sell Industry on Public Land" [46]

"The Interior Department says it’s on track to meet a federal goal to increase logging on federal lands, even as timber industry analysts warn low prices, scarce sawmills, and litigation will likely threaten progress."

Biodiversity [34]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [36]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [47], 09/26/2025
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"Trump-Backed ‘Stargate’ Project Unveils Plans For 5 AI Sites" [48]

"OpenAI and Oracle announced Tuesday that they are planning to build five new data center sites as part of the “Stargate” project, a development that would significantly expand U.S. AI infrastructure and could affect the makeup of the grid in multiple states."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [29]
Technology [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [49], 09/26/2025
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"Public Domain Sues Trump's Interior Department" [50]

"Our first FOIA lawsuit seeks the calendar entries of top DOGE operatives and other political appointees."

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [51]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Public Domain [52], 09/26/2025
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Brazil's JBS Accused Of Buying Cattle Illegally Raised In Indigenous Lands [53]

"JBS, the world's largest meat company, has indirectly bought cattle raised illegally on indigenous land in Brazil, according to a Greenpeace investigation released on Thursday."

Agriculture [33]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [55]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [18]
International [38]
South America [56]
Source: Reuters [57], 09/26/2025
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The Link Between Lead Exposure And High Blood Pressure In Indianapolis [58]

"Residents of Indianapolis’ Martindale Brightwood neighborhood are confronting stubbornly high rates of hypertension, and public health experts point to lead exposure as a likely contributor."

Chemicals [59]
Consumer [60]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [61]
Source: Indianapolis Recorder [62], 09/26/2025
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Citing Climate Crisis, NAACP Opposes Massive Alabama Data Center [63]

"NAACP leaders cite energy, water usage and a lack of transparency around the project as causes for concern."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [64]
Pollution [24]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 09/26/2025
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Leaders Vowed To Cut Climate Pollution, Then Doubled Down On Fossil Fuels [67]

"The world is producing too much coal, oil and natural gas to meet the targets set 10 years ago under the Paris Agreement, in which countries agreed to limit climate pollution and avoid the worst effects of global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [51]
Infrastructure [29]
Pollution [24]
Technology [16]
Public [18]
International [38]
Source: NPR [68], 09/25/2025
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"DOE To Pull Back $13B From Clean Energy Projects" [69]

"The Department of Energy is aiming to “return more than $13 billion in unobligated funds” that were authorized by Congress in the Biden administration to fund clean energy projects, DOE said Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Technology [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [70], 09/25/2025
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"In Washington, A Battle Builds Over A Right To Sue Pesticide Makers" [71]

"It’s been seven years since Germany’s Bayer bought US agrochemical giant Monsanto, inheriting not only the company’s vast portfolio of seeds and pesticide products, but also more than 100,000 lawsuits alleging Monsanto’s popular Roundup herbicide causes cancer. Bayer, which has so far paid out billions of dollars in settlements and jury verdicts to cancer victims, has been working – so far in vain – to put an end to the litigation and to block any future such cases."

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [59]
Consumer [60]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [72], 09/25/2025
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