EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Trump EPA Seeks To Speed Up Permitting For AI Infrastructure" [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed new measures aimed at speeding construction of infrastructure needed for the rapid buildup of data centers for artificial intelligence that would enable companies to start building before obtaining air permits."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 09/10/2025
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House Bill Amending Clean Water Act Could Mean Dirtier Water in Iowa and US [23]

"A bill drastically reducing the scope of the Clean Water Act passed through committee in the U.S. House and will likely reach the floor for debate later this month. The legislation would narrow the definition of bodies of water that qualify for protection under the Clean Water Act and would remove laws requiring permits before discharging pesticides or manure-contaminated stormwater from factory farms into waterways."

Agriculture [24]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 09/10/2025
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Georgia Judge To Toss Racketeering Charges Against ‘Cop City’ Protesters [28]

"A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that critics pejoratively call “Cop City.”"

Activism [29]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [30]
Wildlife [31]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: AP [33], 09/10/2025
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"Trump Plan To Move USDA Spurs Brain Drain Fears" [34]

"A Trump administration plan to remove thousands of agriculture employees from Washington, D.C., is raising concerns among economists, who fear that such a move could erode expertise in a workforce reluctant to relocate."

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [35]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [37]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [38], 09/09/2025
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"EPA Approves Four New Pesticides That Qualify as PFAS" [39]

"Despite MAHA promises to reduce chemical exposures, experts warn the Trump administration is approving a wave of ‘frightening’ pesticides."

Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Civil Eats [41], 09/09/2025
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"Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change" [42]

"Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”"

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [43]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [44], 09/09/2025
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"Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide" [45]

"The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage."

Activism [29]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [46], 09/09/2025
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"California Quietly Guts Ambitious Virtual Power Plant Bill" [47]

"Bills boosting solar, batteries, EVs, and smart thermostats to rein in California’s utility costs moved ahead — but the most innovative approaches were cut."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Technology [19]
Public [20]
California [48]
Source: Canary Media [49], 09/09/2025
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Energy Sector Has Spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Lobbying This Year [50]

"The energy and natural resource sector has spent hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying the federal government so far this year, according to data compiled by the nonprofit OpenSecrets."

Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 09/08/2025
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"Democratic Lawmakers Demand Interior DOGE Leader’s Financial, Ethics Docs" [52]

"Documents obtained by Public Domain raise ethics questions about former oil executive Tyler Hassen's investments." "A day after two Democratic lawmakers sent a letter seeking Tyler Hassen's financial and ethics documents, Hassen was replaced as Interior's Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [30]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Public Domain [53], 09/08/2025
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"Florida’s Fix For Its Struggling Insurance Market Hurt Homeowners, Data Shows" [54]

"In March 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law meant to curb “frivolous lawsuits” that he said were raising insurance rates for consumers while enriching predatory lawyers and scaring off insurance carriers. But a new analysis suggests the law — which has served as a model for other states — may have benefited insurance companies more than it has protected consumers."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [55]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Washington Post [56], 09/08/2025
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"Rising Electric Bills Become Political Problem For Trump, GOP" [57]

"Rising power prices are becoming a political liability for Republicans as electricity costs outpace inflation."

Activism [29]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [58], 09/08/2025
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"Trump Wants Mining. Federal Mine Safety Workers Are On The Chopping Block." [59]

"Federal scientists and engineers working to prevent deadly disasters and the spread of disease in miners could soon lose their jobs, even as President Donald Trump moves to supercharge U.S. production of coal and critical minerals."

Disasters [55]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [30]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [60], 09/08/2025
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"Tracing The Brutal Paths Enslaved Took For Freedom In America" [61]

"Leaving their farmhouse hideout at night, a band of wannabe saviors brimming with revolt made their way to a West Virginia hamlet one early October morning. But their plans soon went awry. Instead of seizing a federal weapons cache and inciting a massive resistance, the band wound up captured or killed by the U.S. government."

Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [62]
Journalism & Media [63]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [37]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: National Parks Traveler [64], 09/08/2025
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"Fat Bear Week Is Coming. Prepare To Binge On Bear Cams." [65]

"Fat Bear Week, an online vote conducted via a single-elimination bracket, will take place from Sept. 23 to 30, the National Park Service announced Thursday."

Activism [29]
Biodiversity [35]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [66]
Food [40]
Forests [67]
Journalism & Media [63]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [37]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [31]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Alaska and Hawaii [68]
Source: Washington Post [69], 09/08/2025
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