EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"How Rollins’ USDA Is Endangering American Agriculture" [9]

"Brooke Rollins believes she is waging a new American Revolution, leading a crusade against Biblical darkness and guiding U.S. agriculture into a “golden age.” In her first six months as the nation’s top agriculture official, Rollins has reshaped the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s focus — “more farmer, less climate,” she summarized."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Investgate Midwest [18], 07/30/2025
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"EPA To Suspend Methane Limits Without Public Input" [19]

"EPA plans to suspend requirements for oil and gas operations to limit their methane emissions using a regulatory maneuver that environmental attorneys say is a backdoor bid to avoid public notice and comment."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [23], 07/30/2025
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"These Companies Avoided Clean-Air Rules. It Took a Single Email." [24]

"In March, the Trump administration created a novel way for companies to potentially avoid complying with environmental rules: Simply send an email to the Environmental Protection Agency and request an exemption. In response, representatives of at least 15 coal-burning power plants, four steel mills, four chemical facilities and two mines wrote emails to the E.P.A. this spring, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [25], 07/30/2025
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Wetlands Are Disappearing and Global Efforts to Save Them Are Unraveling [26]

"More than 170 countries have gathered to save critical ecosystems. But the U.S. is a no-show and Russia said it will withdraw from the wetlands treaty."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [16]
International [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 07/30/2025
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Suit Claims Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater [33]

"Coosa Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Alabama Power, alleging significant groundwater pollution violations from the utility’s Gadsden coal ash pond that has been capped in place since 2018."

Chemicals [34]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [22]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 07/30/2025
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Lawmakers Could End Plan To Shoot 450,000 Owls — To Save A Different Owl [37]

"Federal wildlife officials approved a plan last year to protect northern spotted owls by shooting other owls, but it has faced pushback from animal rights advocates and lawmakers — including conservatives. Now lawmakers could kill the plan."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [28]
Wildlife [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: LA Times [39], 07/30/2025
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"EPA To Launch Plan Tuesday For Undoing Climate Rule Cornerstone" [40]

"The Trump administration is planning to release a proposal Tuesday that would overturn a 16-year-old scientific finding that has allowed three administrations to regulate climate pollution."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [41]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [22]
Science [42]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [43], 07/29/2025
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"Senate Spending Bills Take Trump To Task" [44]

"Senate appropriators on Thursday approved a $41.5 billion spending bill to fund the Interior Department and EPA, setting up a showdown with the House and President Donald Trump. The bill represents a bipartisan compromise on the agency budgets, a necessity given the need to attract 60 votes on appropriations measures in the Senate."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [45]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [46]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [47], 07/29/2025
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Black Women Fight for Life in Houston’s Most Toxic Neighborhood [48]

"In Settegast, where the average person dies before retirement age, Black women battle environmental racism and a record increase in cost of living."

Air [49]
Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [51]
Pollution [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: Capital B [53], 07/29/2025
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"How Brazil's 'Devastation Bill' Puts Amazon At Risk Of Deforestation" [54]

"As Brazil prepares to host the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon city of Belém in November, President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva is under pressure to veto a measure that could have a huge impact on the world's largest tropical rainforest."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [16]
International [31]
South America [55]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [56], 07/29/2025
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GOP May Kill Ban On Fertilizing Fields With PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge [57]

"Republicans are quietly moving to kill proposed regulations for PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge that is spread on farmland as fertilizer, a practice that has sickened farmers across the country, destroyed their livelihoods and contaminated food and water supplies."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [22]
Waste [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 07/29/2025
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As Trump Shrinks FEMA, Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By [59]

"In a government survey, state and local officials said they were overworked, underpaid and underappreciated."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [60]
Economy & Business [61]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [45]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [51]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 07/29/2025
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Fishing Groups Push To Delay Protections For Endangered Right Whale To 2035 [63]

"A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years. The North Atlantic right whale numbers only about 370 and has declined over the last 15 years."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [64]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [65]
Source: AP [66], 07/29/2025
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"Interior Officials Commit To "Rebuilding" Grand Canyon's North Rim" [67]

"Interior Department officials are committed to "rebuilding" the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park that's been partially overrun by a lightning-ignited fire that claimed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, dozens of guest cabins, and concessionaire facilities."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [60]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [68]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: National Parks Traveler [69], 07/29/2025
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"Opinion: A Half-Century After ‘Jaws,’ The Truth Is Clear" [70]

"There are few summer traditions more predictable than turning sharks into profit. Fifty years ago, on June 20, 1975, “Jaws” established the template for the modern-day blockbuster, combining mass marketing and high-concept thrills that all but guarantee mega box-office returns. But the film’s lasting power lies in how it transformed a relatively obscure marine predator into a cultural icon and villain that could be used for financial gain."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [71]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [72], 07/29/2025
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