EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"US Congress Set To Reject Trump’s Sweeping Science Budget Cuts" [9]

"The US Congress is poised to approve legislation rejecting the huge and unprecedented cuts to science budgets sought by the administration of US President Donald Trump." "Lawmakers have announced legislation that would increase funding for basic research by more than 2%."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Science [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Nature [15], 01/27/2026
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Amsterdam Defies Lobbying to Become 1st Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads [16]

"Amsterdam city council has passed a legally binding ban on advertising for fossil fuels and meat products across public spaces in the city, becoming the first capital in the world to prohibit such ads through local law."

Activism [17]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Food [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
Europe [23]
Source: DeSmog [24], 01/27/2026
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"Philadelphia Sues Interior Department Over Slavery Exhibit Removal" [25]

"The city of Philadelphia on Thursday sued the Department of the Interior after National Park Service staff removed an exhibit on slavery from the President’s House site in Independence National Historical Park."

Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [29], 01/26/2026
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"Trump’s Grant Terminations Upheld by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals" [30]

"Six cities and 13 nonprofit groups still cannot recoup millions of dollars after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals this week overturned a lower court’s ruling that forbade the Trump administration from terminating or freezing grant funding for environmental justice, agricultural and climate programs."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 01/26/2026
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Virginia AG Takes Steps to Rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [36]

"Virginia’s newly elected Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones took action Thursday that creates a pathway for Virginia to rejoin the carbon market called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [34]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 01/26/2026
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"Stretched Thin, Iowa Agency Issues Few Fines for Manure Pollution" [39]

"The state’s environmental agency has the authority to investigate and issue fines for illegal spills, but lacks sufficient staff and resources."

Agriculture [40]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 01/26/2026
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Calif. Sues Trump Admin Over Plans To Restart Oil Pipelines Along The Coast [44]

"California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company’s plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state’s coast, escalating a fight over the Trump administration’s removal of regulatory barriers to offshore oil drilling for the first time in decades."

Biodiversity [45]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [41]
Wildlife [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [48]
Source: AP [49], 01/26/2026
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"Michigan Sues Oil Giants, Alleging Collusion To Stifle Renewables, EVs" [50]

"The state of Michigan is suing major oil companies and an industry association, alleging that they colluded to hamper the adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs)."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [34]
Technology [51]
Transportation [52]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [53]
Source: The Hill [54], 01/26/2026
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"Trump Has Ramped Up Lawsuits Against The Media. Here’s Where They Stand." [55]

"While the president has settled some suits, and judges have dismissed others, his court fights continue with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets."

Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [56], 01/26/2026
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"Energy Dept. Says It Is Canceling $30 Billion in Clean Energy Loans" [57]

"The Energy Department said on Thursday that it was in the process of revising or canceling more than $83 billion in loans for clean energy technologies that had been approved under the Biden administration."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [58], 01/23/2026
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"New U.S. Rule Aims to Speed Up Mining of the Seafloor" [59]

"On Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalized a new rule making it easier for companies to apply for the right to mine the deep ocean floor."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [60]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [61]
Source: NYTimes [62], 01/23/2026
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Hearing Shows Partisan Rift Over GOP Bill To Loosen Chemical Safety Rules [63]

"The deep rift between Democrats and Republicans over the future of the nation’s premier chemical safety law was on full display on Thursday in a hearing designed to kickstart legislation that would allow faster federal approvals for new chemicals. "

Chemicals [64]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [65], 01/23/2026
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"Trump Rollbacks Put Children’s Health at Risk as Pollution Increases" [66]

"New federal decisions remove health protections as Black communities face rising pollution and asthma rates."

Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Capital B [67], 01/23/2026
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"Water Rule Rollback Stokes Affordability Concerns" [68]

"The Trump administration says the regulation will ease permitting expenses. Utilities say costs could shift to them and their customers."

Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [69], 01/23/2026
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Congress Has Doubts About Trump Admin’s New Wildfire Management Plans [70]

"Neither the House nor the Senate included funding for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service in new spending bills. The Interior Department is still forging ahead."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [71]
Government [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 01/23/2026
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