EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Activists Opposing Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show [9]

"Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have for years worked alongside private mine security to surveil the largely peaceful protesters who oppose the mine, called Thacker Pass, according to more than 2,000 pages of internal law enforcement communications reviewed by ProPublica."

Activism [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: ProPublica [20], 07/24/2025
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"Trump Admin Cancels $4.9B Loan For Biggest Transmission Line In US" [21]

"The Trump administration just dealt a blow to the biggest transmission line project currently underway in the United States." "The Grain Belt Express is over a decade in the making and would bring huge amounts of cheap wind and solar from the plains to the East. Its future is now murky."

Climate Change [12]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [15]
Technology [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [28], 07/24/2025
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"Trump’s EPA Delays Rules Requiring Toxic Coal Ash Cleanup" [29]

"The Trump administration just dealt another blow to U.S. environmental regulations — one that could allow more contamination of drinking water from toxic coal ash contamination. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed on July 17 to extend deadlines for required reporting and groundwater monitoring at coal ash landfills and dumps."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [17]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [33], 07/24/2025
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"On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow" [34]

"Old oil wells on the reservation spew chemical-laden water. The feds have done little to honor treaty obligations to clean them up."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: Capital & Main [36], 07/24/2025
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"FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’" [37]

"The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue unit has resigned, telling colleagues he was frustrated by bureaucratic hurdles the Trump administration imposed that delayed the agency’s response to deadly flooding in Texas, according to three people familiar with his reasoning."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [39]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [40], 07/23/2025
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"Coke Confirms Cane Sugar Change. RFK Jr. Calls It a MAHA Win. Is It?" [41]

"As Coca-Cola confirms plans to release the cane sugar alternative in the U.S., some nutritionists said there is little health benefit as a replacement for high-fructose corn syrup."

Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [42]
Health [43]
People & Population [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Public Health Watch/WVPB [44], 07/23/2025
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Trump Admin Looks to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches [45]

"A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought."

Chemicals [11]
Disasters [38]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [17]
Technology [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: ProPublica [46], 07/23/2025
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"In Ohio, Oil And Gas Industry Is Steering New Carbon Capture Bill" [47]

"Newly obtained public records show that the industry has worked hard to ensure the legislation prioritizes their interests over climate change concerns."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Source: Canary Media [49], 07/23/2025
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NPS Staff Cautious In Reporting Materials At Odds With Trump Administration [50]

"Should the National Park Service discuss climate-change impacts or the fact that George Washington enslaved more than 100 fellow humans? "

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [51]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: National Parks Traveler [52], 07/23/2025
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Texas Flood Protest Goes To DC: ‘No More Kids Lost To Climate Disasters’" [53]

"Twenty-seven blue, pink and purple trunks, adorned with yellow roses and other flowers, were placed within view of the White House on Monday – each representing a child who perished when Camp Mystic in Texas was overwhelmed by a devastating flood."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [54], 07/22/2025
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As Wildfires Rage, Trump Cuts Force Firefighters To Clean Toilets: Critics [55]

"The U.S. Forest Service faced criticism from current and former employees who say federal workforce reductions under the Trump administration have left fire teams understaffed, as the country grapples with decade-high U.S. wildfire numbers this year."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [56]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [57], 07/22/2025
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"Seabed-Mining Firm Faces Legal Questions Over Controversial Trump Policy" [58]

"After Trump pledged to open international waters to mining, The Metals Company sought U.S. permits. But other countries are raising legal concerns."

Chemicals [11]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [59]
Source: NYTimes [60], 07/22/2025
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"Trump Radically Overhauls EPA Mission, Scope in First Six Months" [61]

"Just six months into his second term, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to reshape the Environmental Protection Agency in ways not seen over its 55-year history, drastically restructuring offices, realigning priorities, and reducing staff."

Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [62], 07/22/2025
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Dismantling of EPA’s Scientific Arm Fulfills Key Chemical Industry Goal [63]

"Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on the Office of Research and Development’s assessments of the dangers of formaldehyde, ethylene oxide and other substances."

Chemicals [11]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [64]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 07/22/2025
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"Former BP Spokesperson Is Now EPA Region 6 Chief of Staff" [66]

"Wynn Radford IV, chief of staff for the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, previously worked as a spokesperson for the multinational oil company BP following the Deepwater Horizon disaster."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [67]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 07/22/2025
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