EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Texas Cattle Industry Braces For An Imminent Screwworm Infestation [9]

"Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar cattle industry."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Mexico [18]
Source: Texas Tribune [19], 05/23/2025
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"Memorial Day Weekend Gas Prices Expected To Be Cheapest In Years" [20]

"The gas prices for Memorial Day weekend are expected to be the cheapest, when adjusted for inflation, in recent years."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [22]
People & Population [23]
Science [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [25], 05/22/2025
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"3,500% Tariffs Cloud Outlook For US Solar Industry" [26]

"The International Trade Commission backed solar tariffs as high as 3,521 percent in a vote Tuesday, shaking up a renewable industry facing multiple headwinds from potential congressional rollbacks of tax credits and cuts in federal spending."

Climate Change [21]
Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Technology [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [33]
Source: E&E News [34], 05/22/2025
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"EPA Defunds Research Into PFAS Contamination on Farms" [35]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has canceled grant funding to university research teams studying how “forever chemicals” contaminate soil and groundwater, including at least $3 million for two projects specifically looking at contamination on farms."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [36]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [22]
Food [37]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [38]
Science [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Civil Eats [39], 05/22/2025
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"China To Donate $500 Million To WHO, Stepping Into Gap Left By U.S." [40]

"China has pledged to give $500 million to the World Health Organization as the country is set to replace the United States as the group’s top state donor, expanding Beijing’s global influence in the wake of Washington’s retreat from international cooperation."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [41]
Health [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [33]
Asia [43]
Source: Washington Post [44], 05/22/2025
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"Trump’s Interior Chief Calls Many Employees ‘Redundant Overhead’" [45]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday vigorously defended firing large numbers of Interior Department staff because he said too many work in offices and too few in national parks."

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [41]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [46], 05/22/2025
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Plea Deal Shutters Watts Recycling Plant Accused Of Spewing Toxics At School [47]

"A South L.A. recycling plant that has been accused of spewing toxic waste and metal projectiles onto the grounds of Jordan High School will be permanently shut down, according to a plea deal agreed to by the plant’s owners in court Tuesday."

Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [48]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [31]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [38]
Waste [49]
Public [15]
California [50]
Source: LA Times [51], 05/22/2025
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James Hansen Decries Trump Plan To Shut Nasa Lab Above Seinfeld Diner [52]

"Perched above the New York City diner made famous by the TV show Seinfeld, Tom’s Restaurant, a small research laboratory became, improbably, crucial to humanity’s understanding of our changing climate and of the universe itself."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [22]
Government [41]
Science [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [53], 05/22/2025
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"FEMA Should Take New Name, States Should Bear Costs, DHS Head Noem Says" [54]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency should be renamed as the agency is reformed to increase the burden on states to respond to natural disasters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at a meeting on reforming FEMA on Tuesday."

Climate Change [21]
Disasters [55]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [41]
Laws & Regulations [31]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Reuters [57], 05/21/2025
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"Where Local Forecast Offices No Longer Monitor Weather Around-The-Clock" [58]

"For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. But after the U.S. DOGE Service led efforts to shrink the federal government, that is no longer possible in some parts of the country."

Climate Change [21]
Disasters [55]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [41]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [59], 05/21/2025
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"Kennedy’s Allies Against Pesticides: Environmentalists, Moms and Manly Men" [60]

"An unlikely group is coalescing around the health secretary’s drive for restrictions on atrazine, which is linked to cancer, birth defects and low sperm counts."

Activism [61]
Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [36]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [37]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Pollution [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [62], 05/21/2025
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"First US Utility Seeks Permit For A Small Nuclear Reactor" [63]

"For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [64]
Technology [32]
Waste [49]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: AP [66], 05/21/2025
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Chaos? Trump Plans To Merge Wildland Firefighting Into One Agency. [67]

"President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to merge the government’s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some former federal officials warn could increase the risk of catastrophic blazes and ultimately cost billions of dollars."

Climate Change [21]
Disasters [55]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [68], 05/21/2025
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Padilla Puts Hold On Trump EPA Nominees Over Efforts To Ax Calif. EV Mandate [69]

"Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule that phases out new gas-powered cars in the state."

Air [70]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Pollution [38]
Transportation [71]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [72], 05/21/2025
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"Just How Many Jobs And GDP Dollars Do US Clean Energy Factories Create?" [73]

"A new report aims to quantify how much domestic solar, wind, and battery production uplifts local economies. Its authors hope Republicans in Congress will take note."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [74], 05/21/2025
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