EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Shutdown Threatens To Delay Zeldin’s Climate Rule Rollback" [9]

"EPA is trying to complete an agencywide restructuring effort while also weakening marquee regulations in October and November. Now it might have to do that in the midst of a government shutdown."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 10/01/2025
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Virginia Legislation to Manage Data Center Growth Is Stalling [21]

"The state with the most data centers is struggling to enact laws to protect electric customers and limit the energy and environmental impacts of their explosive growth."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [26]
Technology [27]
Public [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 10/01/2025
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"The Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches a Crossroads" [30]

"Facing weakened pollution targets and threats of federal inaction, Maryland and Virginia may have to become the agreement’s enforcers."

Activism [31]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 10/01/2025
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Alaskan Graphite Mine Races Toward Approval Without Required Tribal Consent [36]

"A project in western Alaska is being fast-tracked in a process that has not yet included legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [37]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: Grist [39], 10/01/2025
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"How Big Sugar Pushed Fluoride — New Study Alleges A Century Of Spin" [40]

"The sugar industry and companies that make sweet drinks and foods have spent nearly a century downplaying sugar’s role in health problems and distorting the science around fluoride — and the practice continues today, according to a new study."

Agriculture [41]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [42]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [43]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [25]
Science [44]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [45], 10/01/2025
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As Trump Cuts NSF By 56 Percent, Arctic Research Center Closes Its Doors [46]

"After nearly 40 years, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, or ARCUS, will close September 30, a casualty of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts and his administration’s focus on using the Arctic as an outpost for national security and energy dominance — and its push away from science."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [37]
Natural Resources [33]
Science [44]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [47]
Antarctica & Arctic [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 10/01/2025
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Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Admin Aims to Rekindle US Coal Industry [50]

"The administration is opening millions of additional acres of public land to mining while slashing royalty rates and environmental regulations for coal. Environmentalists warn of skyrocketing costs and threats to land, water and air."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [17]
Technology [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 09/30/2025
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Indigenous Land Defender Killed As Ecuador Cracks Down on Activists [52]

"An Indigenous land defender was shot and killed on Sunday in Cotacachi, Ecuador, where he was marching in protest of high costs of living and government crackdowns on Indigenous and environmental activists."

Activism [31]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Military [53]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [25]
Public [18]
South America [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 09/30/2025
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Trump Can't Condition Disaster Grants On Immigration Policy, Judge Rules [56]

"A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from conditioning disaster and security funds for states on their immigration policies."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [57]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [58], 09/30/2025
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"EPA’s Effort to Pull Back PFAS Limits Spurs Statutory Tug of War" [59]

"The EPA is attempting an end run around the Safe Drinking Water Act by trying to rollback drinking water limits it previously set for four PFAS, attorneys representing affected communities said in legal briefs."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [42]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [60], 09/30/2025
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"Energy Dept. Adds ‘Climate Change’ And ‘Emissions’ To Banned Words List" [61]

"The Energy Department has added “climate change,” “green” and “decarbonization” to its growing “list of words to avoid” at its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, according to an email issued Friday and obtained by POLITICO."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [62]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [25]
Science [44]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Politico [63], 09/30/2025
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"Trump Agencies Lean Into Shortcuts for Public Comment Process" [64]

"The Trump administration is repeatedly disregarding the notice-and-comment process normally required for creating or repealing regulations, raising alarms from those who say it’s sidestepping safeguards against arbitrary and ineffective government action."

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [62]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [65], 09/30/2025
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"Federal Workforce Girds For Mass Firings Amid Shutdown Threat" [66]

"Federal workers across the government are bracing for possible cuts after the White House instructed agencies Wednesday night to consider widespread layoffs in the event of a shutdown." "The White House has directed federal agencies to consider handing out pink slips if the government shuts down."

Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [67], 09/29/2025
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"National Weather Service At ‘Breaking Point’ As Storm Approaches" [68]

"Staffing cuts under the Trump administration mean forecasters are struggling to maintain normal operations." "Some National Weather Service staffers are working double shifts to keep forecasting offices open. Others are operating under a “buddy system,” in which adjacent offices help monitor severe weather in understaffed regions."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [57]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [62]
People & Population [25]
Science [44]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [69]
Source: Washington Post [70], 09/29/2025
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Trump Officials Shut Off Funding For USGS Climate Adaptation Centers [71]

"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 [11]
Disasters [57]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [25]
Technology [27]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [72], 09/29/2025
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