EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Louisiana Republicans Help Kill Anti-Fluoride Bill" [9]

"Republicans in the Louisiana House stifled a proposal Wednesday that would have banned the addition of fluoride in public water systems — rejecting a burgeoning movement backed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: The Hill [19], 05/30/2025
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"HHS Cancels Funding For Moderna To Develop Vaccines To Combat Bird Flu" [20]

"The Department of Health and Human Services is pulling millions of dollars it had committed to give Moderna to aid the effort to develop a vaccine to combat the bird flu in humans, the company announced Wednesday.

Environmental Politics [13]
Health [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [22]
Science [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [24], 05/30/2025
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"Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Stop Arizona Copper Mine" [25]

"The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from some members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe to block a massive proposed copper mine that they say will destroy a holy site in Arizona known as Oak Flat."

Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [22]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: E&E News [31], 05/29/2025
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"Trump Plan Could Offload Hundreds Of National Park Sites To States" [32]

"The National Park Service manages 433 units around the country, including many smaller parks aimed at preserving places of historical significance."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [33], 05/29/2025
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"Judge Halts Trump Administration Effort To Axe New York Congestion Pricing" [34]

"A judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program, which imposes a significant toll on cars entering part of Manhattan."

Climate Change [35]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [38]
Transportation [39]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [40]
Source: The Hill [41], 05/29/2025
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"A Michigan Coal Plant Was About To Close. Trump Ordered It To Stay Open." [42]

"The Trump administration has followed through on a threat to use emergency wartime powers to force expensive and polluting coal-fired power plants to stay open — even if the utilities that own them, the states in which they operate, and the grid operators responsible for maintaining reliability all agree it’s safe to shut them down."

Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [38]
Technology [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Source: Canary Media [45], 05/29/2025
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Md. Advocates Urge Penalties on Gas Firm After False Environmental Claims [46]

"Advocates are ramping up pressure on the Maryland Public Service Commission to penalize Washington Gas Light Company following a March ruling which found that the company misled millions of customers by claiming methane gas was better for the environment than electricity."

Climate Change [35]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [47]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [38]
Science [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 05/29/2025
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Friends Complete Murdered Journalist Dom Phillips's Book on The Amazon [50]

"After British journalist Dom Phillips was shot and killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the project. Three years later, their task is complete."

Activism [51]
Biodiversity [52]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [53]
Journalism & Media [47]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
International [54]
South America [55]
Source: AP [56], 05/29/2025
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"In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Battle Over Who Gets to Measure Air Pollution" [57]

"Community groups are fighting an unusual Louisiana law that restricts how they use data from air-quality monitors, saying it violates free speech."

Activism [51]
Air [58]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [59]
Journalism & Media [47]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [38]
Science [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: NYTimes [60], 05/28/2025
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Pro-Trump 2020 “Stop the Count” Activist Lands High-Level Job at Interior [61]

"Interior Department appointee Daniel Gustafson is a long-time Trump loyalist who participated in a protest to “stop the count” of Michigan ballots in 2020."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Public Domain [62], 05/28/2025
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"Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Bill May Derail U.S. Battery Industry" [63]

"Domestic factories that make batteries to store power to meet America’s rising energy demand depend on Chinese components and federal subsidies."

Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [64], 05/28/2025
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"Trump Orders Major Revamp Of Agencies’ Handling Of Scientific Research" [65]

"President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a sweeping overhaul of federal agencies’ handling of scientific research, coupled with a requirement to revisit all Biden-era regulations to ensure that they mesh with the new policy."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [66]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [38]
Science [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [67], 05/28/2025
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RFK Jr. Threatens To Bar Govt Scientists From Publishing In Medical Journals [68]

"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to stop government scientists from publishing their work in major medical journals on a podcast Tuesday as part of his escalating war on institutions he says are influenced by pharmaceutical companies."

Agriculture [69]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [59]
Journalism & Media [47]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [38]
Science [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Politico [70], 05/28/2025
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"EPA Grants Pollution Permit To Gulf Coast Fish Farm" [71]

"A planned fish farm off Florida’s Gulf Coast has received an environmental permit allowing operators to discharge nutrient-laden water from what could be the first commercial-scale saltwater aquaculture operation in the Gulf of Mexico."

Biodiversity [52]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [72]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Mexico [73]
Source: E&E News [74], 05/28/2025
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"Trump Forces Showdown Over Nuclear Regulation" [75]

"In his call Friday for a nationwide expansion of new nuclear power plants, President Donald Trump has set up a potentially historic showdown between his authority and the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. standard-setter for nuclear safety for the past half-century."

Climate Change [35]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [76]
Transportation [39]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [77], 05/28/2025
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