EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Citing Climate Crisis, NAACP Opposes Massive Alabama Data Center [9]

"NAACP leaders cite energy, water usage and a lack of transparency around the project as causes for concern."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [19]
Pollution [20]
Technology [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 09/26/2025
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Leaders Vowed To Cut Climate Pollution, Then Doubled Down On Fossil Fuels [27]

"The world is producing too much coal, oil and natural gas to meet the targets set 10 years ago under the Paris Agreement, in which countries agreed to limit climate pollution and avoid the worst effects of global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [28]
Infrastructure [16]
Pollution [20]
Technology [21]
Public [23]
International [29]
Source: NPR [30], 09/25/2025
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"DOE To Pull Back $13B From Clean Energy Projects" [31]

"The Department of Energy is aiming to “return more than $13 billion in unobligated funds” that were authorized by Congress in the Biden administration to fund clean energy projects, DOE said Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [20]
Technology [21]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [32], 09/25/2025
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"In Washington, A Battle Builds Over A Right To Sue Pesticide Makers" [33]

"It’s been seven years since Germany’s Bayer bought US agrochemical giant Monsanto, inheriting not only the company’s vast portfolio of seeds and pesticide products, but also more than 100,000 lawsuits alleging Monsanto’s popular Roundup herbicide causes cancer. Bayer, which has so far paid out billions of dollars in settlements and jury verdicts to cancer victims, has been working – so far in vain – to put an end to the litigation and to block any future such cases."

Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [35]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The New Lede [37], 09/25/2025
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"Analysis: The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked" [38]

"Politicians who push small reactors raise false hopes that splitting atoms can make a real dent in the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
Technology [21]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [29]
Canada [40]
Source: The Tyee [41], 09/25/2025
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"As Texas Flooded, Key Staff Say FEMA’s Leader Could Not Be Reached" [42]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator, David Richardson, is often inaccessible, several current and former officials say, raising concerns within the agency."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [28]
Health [44]
People & Population [18]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [45], 09/25/2025
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Historic Sale Of Dams Clears Way For Salmon To Return To Kennebec River [46]

"The Nature Conservancy on Tuesday announced a landmark investment worth $168 million to purchase and oversee Brookfield Renewable’s four hydroelectric dams on the lower Kennebec River in Maine, paving the way for their eventual removal."

Biodiversity [47]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [48]
Infrastructure [16]
Natural Resources [49]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Source: Maine Monitor [51], 09/25/2025
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"‘Con,’ ‘Scam,’ ‘Hoax’: Trump’s UN Speech On Climate" [52]

"President Donald Trump rebuked world leaders for being overly concerned about climate change during a speech to the United Nations in which he called global warming a “con job.”"

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [53]
Science [54]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [29]
Source: E&E News [55], 09/24/2025
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"Congress Leaving For Recess With No Deal To Avoid Shutdown" [56]

"The Senate rejected two funding stopgaps, and the House will not return before the deadline."

Environmental Politics [15]
Government [28]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [57], 09/24/2025
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Chicago Has Thousands of Lead Pipes — and Millions of Unspent Dollars [58]

"No U.S. city has more toxic lead pipes pumping water into people’s homes. And millions of federal and city dollars earmarked to replace them remain unused, a city official said Monday, at the same time that the city is struggling to keep up with deadlines to warn people of the risks."

Chemicals [35]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [59]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 09/24/2025
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"Every Democratic Senator Opposes EPA Plan To Axe Endangerment Finding" [61]

"In a unanimous decision, the Democratic caucus in the Senate wrote a letter on Monday in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to axe a 2009 endangerment finding, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determination that concluded that the accumulation of six greenhouse gases posed a serious threat to public health."

Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Science [54]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [62], 09/24/2025
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Amid Data Center Boom, California Lawmakers Pass Bill To Track Water Use [63]

"The AI-driven boom in data centers is putting growing demands on water in California and the Southwest.
New legislation in California would require data centers to report how much water they use."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [64]
Source: LA Times [65], 09/24/2025
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"Trump Narrows Scope Of Safety Reviews For Some Chemicals" [66]

"The Trump administration is proposing to narrow the scope of safety reviews of chemicals that are already out on the market, it said Monday."

Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [67], 09/24/2025
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As UN Climate Talks Loom In Brazil, Many Fear They Can’t Afford To Attend [68]

"Pooja Tilvawala knows it’s a gamble to use more than $46,000 of her own savings to help young people get to the United Nations climate summit in Brazil. But she thinks it’s a necessary one."

Activism [69]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Public [23]
International [29]
Source: AP [70], 09/24/2025
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"UN Chief Warns 1.5C Warming Goal At Risk Of 'Collapsing'" [71]

"UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday that efforts to cap climate warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial level are failing, as the UN prepared to host a climate week event alongside its annual diplomatic gathering."

Activism [69]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Pollution [20]
Science [54]
Public [23]
International [29]
Source: AFP [72], 09/23/2025
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