EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"FOIA Records Reveal EPA Leaders Frequent Meetings With Industry Lobbyists" [9]

"Top regulatory officials met with agricultural and chemical industry representatives dozens of times in the first few months after President Donald Trump took office in January, government records show — meetings that were followed by a series of regulatory rollbacks and a downplaying of pesticide concerns by the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [20], 09/19/2025
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"A Coal-Burning Steel Plant May Thwart Cleveland’s Climate Goals" [21]

"The facility is the city’s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Advocates say its dirty blast furnaces need to be replaced with cleaner technology."

Air [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Source: Canary Media [27], 09/19/2025
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Enviros and Local Governments Appeal Dismissal of Case Over Justice Grants [28]

"Environmental justice nonprofits, local governments and Indigenous groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center filed notice on Tuesday that they will appeal a U.S. District Court judge’s dismissal of their case seeking to reverse the Trump administration’s decision to cancel the $3 billion Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program in February."

Activism [29]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 09/19/2025
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Proposed Dominion Peaker Plant Flouts Environmental Justice, Community Says [33]

"The utility’s environmental justice analysis lacks community health data, according to attorneys representing affected residents."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 09/19/2025
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Maryland Joins Multistate Coalition To Buck Trump Vaccine Policies [36]

"Maryland has joined a growing coalition of states that are setting their own public health guidelines to counter the Trump administration’s more restrictive vaccine policies, a health department spokesperson said Thursday."

Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Health [37]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [31]
Technology [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Source: States Newsroom [38], 09/19/2025
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‘Sun Day’: Climate Activists To Rally For Clean Energy Amid Trump Attacks [39]

"Some 450 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiency"

Activism [29]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [17]
Technology [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [40], 09/19/2025
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National Academy Of Sciences Rebuffs Trump EPA Effort To Undo Climate Rules [41]

"Evidence that climate change harms public health is “beyond scientific dispute,” the independent National Academy of Sciences said Wednesday in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to revoke a landmark U.S. government finding to that effect that underpins key environmental regulations."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [42]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [43], 09/18/2025
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"Trump Escalates Attacks on Political Opponents After Charlie Kirk’s Killing" [44]

"President Trump and his top advisers are escalating their attacks on their opponents in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, placing the blame for political violence on Democrats alone and signaling a broad crackdown on critics and left-leaning institutions."

Activism [29]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [42]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [46], 09/18/2025
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120 Environmental Defenders Killed Or Disappeared In Latin America Last Year [47]

"At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or have gone missing around the world in 2024, with more than 80% of those cases in Latin America, according to a report released Wednesday by watchdog group Global Witness."

Activism [29]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Military [49]
Natural Resources [50]
People & Population [31]
Public [18]
International [51]
Central America & the Caribbean [52]
South America [53]
Source: AP [54], 09/18/2025
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"Scientists Take On Trump: These Researchers Are Fighting Back" [55]

"Through lawsuits, grant tracking, whistle-blowing and more, resistance to the US war on science is growing."

Activism [29]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [42]
Technology [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Nature [56], 09/18/2025
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Challenge to Maryland Offshore Wind Project Stokes Legal Concerns [57]

"The Trump Administration wants to vacate approval of US Wind’s Maryland project. Experts believe the move could be illegal and could jeopardize the clean energy transition nationwide."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [25]
Water & Oceans [58]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 09/18/2025
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Musk Companies May Have Sidestepped Criticized Environmental Regulations [60]

"Before and after the 2024 election, Elon Musk made it clear he disliked environmental regulations and considered them a barrier to innovation, especially given the quick timelines his companies prefer to operate on."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [61]
Source: ProPublica [62], 09/18/2025
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Trump EPA Will Defend Biden Rule Making Polluters Pay For PFAS Cleanup [63]

"The Trump administration says it will defend a Biden era-rule that is expected to keep polluters on the hook to clean up toxic “forever chemicals.”

Chemicals [11]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [58]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [64], 09/18/2025
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Gas Stove Makers Quietly Delete Air Pollution Warnings As They Fight Regs [65]

"Manufacturers sued to stop a Colorado law requiring air quality warnings, arguing gas stoves are safe. Some of their websites once said the opposite."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Grist [66], 09/18/2025
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"Trump Files Defamation And Libel Lawsuit Against New York Times" [67]

"President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against the New York Times and four of its reporters, accusing the newspaper of libeling him in several articles in the lead-up to last year’s presidential election."

Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [68], 09/17/2025
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