EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Companies Join Deep-Sea Mining Rush After Trump Order Fast-Tracks Permits [9]

"In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock prices have soared and federal regulators have raced to fast-track a permitting process."

Biodiversity [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Source: AP [24], 05/26/2026
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Parking Lots Get Hot And Pollute Storm Runoff. Groups Test Other Options. [25]

"At the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission headquarters in Virginia, staff knew their crumbling asphalt parking lot was in desperate need of repair. But instead of replacing the lot with more dark blacktop, the group chose an alternative."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [27]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Transportation [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [31], 05/26/2026
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"Another First For Renewables: Wind And Solar Outgenerate Gas In April" [32]

"It’s a milestone moment that shows just how much clean energy has matured in a short amount of time — and a lot more growth is on the way."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [27]
Technology [19]
Public [21]
International [23]
Source: Canary Media [34], 05/26/2026
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Firms Rush Toward Deep-Sea Mining As Trump Regulators Fast-Track Permits [35]

"In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock prices have soared and federal regulators have raced to fast-track a permitting process."

Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Source: AP [24], 05/22/2026
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Pork Lobbyist Leads “Nonpartisan” Group Opposing State Animal Welfare Laws [37]

"In March, a letter to the editor appeared in the Los Angeles Times imploring Congress to take action against a California law that requires farmers provide hogs, calves and chickens with enough room to turn around, lie down and stretch. A chief problem with the law, according to the letter, is that it applies to animals raised in other states if products from those animals are sold into California."

Agriculture [38]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [40]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [42]
Source: The New Lede [43], 05/22/2026
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Pesticide Spraying Near Calif. School Concerns Parents. Why It’s Legal. [44]

"Although California laws prevent schools and nearby farmers from applying pesticides when students are present, cities are largely an exception. On May 1, Patterson city staff sprayed pesticides at Floragold Park next to Apricot Valley Elementary school while kids were outside."

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [36]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [45]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [42]
Source: Modesto Bee [47], 05/22/2026
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"The Subtle Yet Insidious Ways Climate Change Affects Mental Health" [48]

"The stress of climate change is taking a toll on mental health across the world – and not just among those who have survived disasters."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [45]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Health [49]
People & Population [28]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [50], 05/22/2026
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‘Practical Stewardship’: House GOPers Release Interior-EPA Spending Bill [51]

"The fiscal 2027 legislation’s cuts are smaller than the White House proposed. The bill also blesses the Wildland Fire Service."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [45]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [18]
Wildlife [52]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [53], 05/21/2026
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"‘Perfect Storm’: How Trump’s Aid Cuts Are Fueling the Ebola Outbreak" [54]

"As an Ebola outbreak rages in central and East Africa, public health workers say that the response has been stymied by the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid and global health organizations." "One health provider who works on the ground says that basic medical equipment like masks and hand sanitizers are in short supply due to funding cuts."

Disasters [55]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [45]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [15]
Health [49]
Infrastructure [27]
People & Population [28]
Technology [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Africa [56]
Source: WIRED [57], 05/21/2026
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Scientists Accuse Livestock Industry of Downplaying its Climate Emissions [58]

"A group of the world’s leading climate scientists are warning governments and the livestock industry against adopting an “accounting trick” that will imperil the all-out global effort required to control heat-trapping emissions."

Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Science [59]
Public [21]
International [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 05/21/2026
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"In Coal Country, Black Lung Surges as Federal Protections Stall" [61]

"While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease. But industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust."

Environmental Health [45]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [49]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: YaleE360 [62], 05/21/2026
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Trump Officials, Billionaires And The Quiet Reshaping Of America's Public Lands [63]

"A controversial land swap orchestrated by the megarich could be “a harbinger of what’s to come” for public lands under Trump."

Agriculture [38]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Wildlife [52]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Floodlight [64], 05/21/2026
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FWS Clears Weedkiller Atrazine, Saying It Won’t Cause Extinction [65]

"The Trump administration has determined that atrazine, a weedkiller used widely on corn and other crops, does not pose an extinction risk to threatened or endangered wildlife, effectively justifying its continued use, according to a federal review made public this week." "The finding effectively paves the way for continued use of atrazine, a widely used herbicide that has been linked to birth defects and cancer in humans."

Agriculture [38]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [45]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [52]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: New York Times [66], 05/20/2026
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"Sign Of The Times: NextEra-Dominion Merger Would Create Utility Giant" [67]

"NextEra Energy agreed to buy Dominion Energy in a roughly $67 billion deal that would create the largest power company in the U.S., underscoring the energy industry’s pursuit of scale and capital to meet growing electricity demand from U.S. tech companies."

Climate Change [26]
Consumer [39]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [68], 05/20/2026
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"Wildlife Crossings Included In Bipartisan Transportation Bill" [69]

"Funding for wildlife crossings has been included in a bipartisan transportation bill that the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee plans to introduce to the House in the coming weeks. The BUILD America 250 Act would invest in roads, bridges and transit infrastructure across the country, as well as fund wildlife crossings through the reauthorization of the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [26]
Consumer [39]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [70]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Transportation [29]
Wildlife [52]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: National Parks Traveler [71], 05/20/2026
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