EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Trump Admin Memo Urges Nations To Reject Plastic Production Caps In Treaty [9]

"The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives at the start of U.N. plastic treaty talks in Geneva, according to a memo and communications seen by Reuters."

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National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 08/07/2025
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Document Shows Plastics Industry Knew Recycling Was False Solution in 1974 [23]

"Exclusive finding by DeSmog shows high-level industry awareness that recycling plastic ‘not feasible’ as companies face lawsuits over alleged public deception campaign."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
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Pollution [17]
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National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Source: DeSmog [25], 08/07/2025
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Denial Of Gray Wolf Protections Violated Endangered Species Act, Judge Rules [26]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service will have to reconsider whether gray wolves in the western United States merit Endangered Species Act protections in light of Republican-backed efforts to aggressively cull the animals in the Northern Rockies, a federal judge ruled Tuesday."

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Source: Public Domain [31], 08/07/2025
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"At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Biggest Risk Isn’t Alligators" [32]

"The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by a number of environmental hazards like hurricanes, intense heat and even wildfires."

Climate Change [11]
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Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [37]
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Source: NYTimes [40], 08/07/2025
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"Burgum Nixes ‘Thoughtless’ Biden Approval Of Idaho Wind Farm" [41]

"The Interior Department reversed the Biden-era approval of a contentious wind project in southern Idaho on Wednesday, part of a broader Trump administration effort to shift development on public lands away from renewable energy."

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Source: E&E News [44], 08/07/2025
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Class-Action Suit Would Force EPA To Reinstate $3bn Climate Justice Program [45]

"Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants"

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Source: Guardian [46], 08/07/2025
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Nations Gather In Geneva To Again Confront The World’s Plastic Crisis [47]

"Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet."

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Water & Oceans [18]
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International [21]
Source: AP [49], 08/06/2025
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"E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy" [50]

"The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter."

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Source: NYTimes [51], 08/06/2025
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"As EPA Weakens Rules On ‘Forever Chemicals,’ States Are Moving Forward" [52]

"At least 250 bills to regulate the hazardous chemicals have been introduced this year in more than two dozen states."

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Source: Washington Post [53], 08/06/2025
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"Another Burgum Order Coldcocks Solar And Wind" [54]

"An order issued late Friday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that targets wind and solar development has left renewable energy developers and industry observers scrambling to determine whether green energy has any future in the Trump administration."

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Source: E&E News [55], 08/06/2025
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Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site and Protected Forest [56]

"To offset Resolution Copper’s impacts on the hallowed ground of Oak Flat, the federal government will take possession of a rare old-growth mesquite forest. But it already approved exploratory drilling for another mine nearby."

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 08/06/2025
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Trump Reshaped Climate Program To Extract More Oil. Occidental Could Profit [59]

"Occidental Petroleum could benefit from bigger subsidies for using carbon dioxide to squeeze more crude from sputtering wells."

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Source: E&E News [60], 08/06/2025
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Court Temporarily Blocks Trump From Reallocating FEMA Preparedness Funds [61]

"A federal court on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from reallocating funds used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help communities prevent future storm damage."

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Source: The Hill [62], 08/06/2025
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Report Calls Plastics “Grave” Danger To Health As Nations Negotiate Treaty [63]

"Plastics are a “grave” danger to humans and the planet, responsible for an estimated $1.5 trillion annually in health-related costs, and nations need to center human health as they finalize the global plastics treaty, scientists said in a new report released Monday."

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Source: The New Lede [66], 08/05/2025
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"NOAA Officials Who Led ‘Sharpiegate’ Investigation Placed On Leave" [67]

"Two top officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who led the investigation into the so-called “Sharpiegate” scandal, were placed on leave amid clashes with the Trump administration, according to a report." "The move comes days before a Senate committee votes on the nomination of Neil Jacobs, who was found to have violated the agency’s scientific integrity policy"

Climate Change [11]
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Source: Independent [69], 08/05/2025
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