EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

House Passes Bill Codifying Trump Order To Rinse Away Showerhead Rule [9]

"The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday advanced legislation aimed at fulfilling President Donald Trump’s long-running desire to “make showers great again” by voting to loosen federal efficiency standards for showerheads."

Consumer [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [16], 01/15/2026
- Read more about House Passes Bill Codifying Trump Order To Rinse Away Showerhead Rule [9]
"EPA Plans To Curb States’ Clean Water Act Permitting Power" [17]

"The Trump administration issued a proposal Tuesday that would clamp down on state water quality reviews and veto authority under the Clean Water Act."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [23]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [24], 01/14/2026
- Read more about "EPA Plans To Curb States’ Clean Water Act Permitting Power" [17]
"Alito’s Recusal in Oil Case Renews Questions About Justice’s Investments" [25]

"Nearly one-quarter of the associate justice’s $1 million in individual stock holdings are in fossil fuel companies."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 01/14/2026
- Read more about "Alito’s Recusal in Oil Case Renews Questions About Justice’s Investments" [25]
"Gaza’s Living Conditions Worsen As Strong Winds And Hypothermia Kill 5" [30]

"Strong winter winds collapsed walls onto flimsy tents for Palestinians displaced by war in Gaza, killing at least four people, hospital authorities said Tuesday."

Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Military [32]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Middle East [33]
Source: AP [34], 01/14/2026
- Read more about "Gaza’s Living Conditions Worsen As Strong Winds And Hypothermia Kill 5" [30]
Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [35]

"The House passed a bill last week that would “repurpose” $500 million meant for cleaning up environmental and safety hazards caused by decades of coal mining."

Biodiversity [36]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [37]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [38]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [22]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 01/14/2026
- Read more about Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [35]
"North Carolina Pushes Back as EPA Moves To Scale Back PFAS Reporting" [41]

"After decades of PFAS contamination, North Carolina’s attorney general is challenging an EPA proposal to narrow reporting requirements for toxic 'forever chemicals.'"

Chemicals [42]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [22]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Source: WRAL [45], 01/14/2026
- Read more about "North Carolina Pushes Back as EPA Moves To Scale Back PFAS Reporting" [41]
"Republicans Resurrect Failed Public Land Sell-Off Scheme" [46]

"The Republican Study Committee on Tuesday published a framework for a second reconciliation package that calls for selling off federal public lands to build housing, adopting a contentious proposal previously championed by Utah Sen. Mike Lee."

Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [37]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [38]
Planning & Growth [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Public Domain [48], 01/14/2026
- Read more about "Republicans Resurrect Failed Public Land Sell-Off Scheme" [46]
Megacity Lagos Reshapes Its Coast By Dredging And Puts Environment At Risk [49]

"Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load brings up sand, reshaping the coastline of Africa’s largest city and driving away fish and livelihoods for some of its poorest people."

Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [38]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Africa [50]
Source: AP [51], 01/14/2026
- Read more about Megacity Lagos Reshapes Its Coast By Dredging And Puts Environment At Risk [49]
"EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution" [52]

"In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show."

Chemicals [42]
Climate Change [26]
Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [53]
Health [54]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [22]
Science [55]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [56], 01/13/2026
- Read more about "EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution" [52]
"Trump Administration Moves To Reverse Mining Ban Near Boundary Waters" [57]

"The Trump administration and northeast Minnesota Republican Congressman Pete Stauber are taking action to end a 20-year mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area that was imposed three years ago under former President Joe Biden."

Biodiversity [36]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [59]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [60]
Source: MPR [61], 01/13/2026
- Read more about "Trump Administration Moves To Reverse Mining Ban Near Boundary Waters" [57]
States Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut Funds Instead. [62]

"The Senate is taking up a spending package passed by the House of Representatives that would cut $125 million in funding promised this year to replace toxic lead pipes. "

Chemicals [42]
Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 01/13/2026
- Read more about States Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut Funds Instead. [62]
"Congress Is Rejecting Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science" [64]

"Congress is racing to undo thousands of cuts to federal science programs that President Trump called for last year when planning the government’s current budget." "After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives said they wanted to safeguard and even boost funds for basic research."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Science [55]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [65], 01/13/2026
- Read more about "Congress Is Rejecting Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science" [64]
Court Says Trump Illegally Blocked Clean Energy Grants To Dem States [66]

"A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [67], 01/13/2026
- Read more about Court Says Trump Illegally Blocked Clean Energy Grants To Dem States [66]
Trump’s Biggest Inaugural Donor Benefits from Worker Safety Weakening [68]

"Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million; industry soon celebrated a decision to make those on the assembly line work faster."

Agriculture [69]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [70]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [71]
Source: Capital & Main [72], 01/13/2026
- Read more about Trump’s Biggest Inaugural Donor Benefits from Worker Safety Weakening [68]
Miccosukee Blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump Blocked Land Return Bill. [73]

"After the tribe sued to stop an immigration detention center, the White House vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded Miccosukee land and environmental stewardship."

Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [38]
People & Population [28]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [74]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Source: Grist [75], 01/13/2026
- Read more about Miccosukee Blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump Blocked Land Return Bill. [73]

Pages