EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research." [9]

"President Trump has ordered what he called a restoration of a “gold standard science” across federal agencies and national laboratories. But the May 23 executive order puts his political appointees in charge of vetting scientific research and gives them the authority to “correct scientific information,” control the way it is communicated to the public and the power to “discipline” anyone who violates the way the administration views science."

Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 06/06/2025
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Trump EPA Rolling Back Rules Projected To Save Thousands Of Lives [22]

"When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a wide-ranging rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would put a “dagger through the heart of climate-change religion” and introduce a “Golden Age” for the American economy. What Lee Zeldin didn’t mention: how ending the rules could have devastating consequences to human health."

Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [24], 06/06/2025
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"Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas" [25]

"Not so long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar power. But now, with the coming of power-hungry AI platforms, they’re bypassing the grid, building their own gas-fired power plants on site."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [28]
Pollution [17]
Technology [29]
Public [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 06/06/2025
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FEMA Was Starting To Fix Long-Standing Problems. Then Came Trump Admin. [32]

"Recent fixes to long-standing problems at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are in jeopardy as the Trump administration slashes programs and cuts staff, emergency experts warn."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [33]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NPR [36], 06/06/2025
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"Top CDC Covid Vaccine Adviser Quits After RFK Jr. Ended Recommendations" [37]

"A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after federal health officials rescinded long-standing recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [38]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [34]
Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [39], 06/05/2025
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Supt. Of Crater Lake National Park Resigns, Says Trump Dismantling Agency [40]

"Crater Lake National Park Superintendent Kevin Heatley has resigned, citing deep staffing cuts he says are unsustainable and damaging to one of the nation’s natural treasures."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [41]
Natural Resources [42]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: KGW8 [43], 06/05/2025
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"The Trump EPA Tried To Bury Some Good News" [44]

"A climate report acquired by a Freedom of Information Act request shows that U.S. climate pollution declined in 2023."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Journalism & Media [23]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [45], 06/05/2025
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"Senate to Add Public Land Sales to Help Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts" [46]

"Senate Republicans plan to add the sale of public land into their version of President Donald Trump’s massive package of tax cuts, according to a key lawmaker."

Biodiversity [10]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [47]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [42]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg [48], 06/05/2025
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"Lutnick Says Hurricane Center Is Fully Staffed Despite Key Vacancies" [49]

"Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a congressional committee that the US National Hurricane Center was fully staffed even though key positions are going unfilled as hurricane season begins."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [41]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg [50], 06/05/2025
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"USDOT Seeks Comment on Pipeline and Hazmat Regulatory Relief" [51]

"The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced that the agency is seeking public comment on two Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to reduce regulatory burdens imposed on the energy sector."

Chemicals [11]
Disasters [33]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Pipeline Technology Journal [52], 06/05/2025
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Fearing Radioactive Waste, Pa. Community Fights to Stop Landfill Re-Opening [53]

"For years, residents of Grove City, Pennsylvania, have fought to stop a decades-old landfill from resuming operations in their town. They were worried the landfill would make legacy pollution in the area worse. But in 2022, information about the kind of waste the landfill would accept raised new fears."

Activism [54]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [55]
Waste [56]
Public [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 06/04/2025
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"More Lobbyists Turn Up At Trump’s Interior Department" [59]

"Two more former industry lobbyists have taken up influential positions at President Trump’s Interior Department, Public Domain has learned." "They join a stable of industry insiders at DOI, including DOGE operative Tyler Hassen, who made millions in the energy sector before joining the agency"

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [41]
Natural Resources [42]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Public Domain [60], 06/04/2025
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"White House Nominates Energy Attorney Laura Swett To FERC Seat" [61]

"President Donald Trump nominated energy attorney Laura Swett to fill Chair Mark Christie’s term-limited seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [62], 06/04/2025
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Deep Cuts Erode Basics Of US Public Health System, Threaten Worse To Come [63]

"Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in North Carolina to offer vaccinations and a program that provided free tests to sick people in Tennessee."

Consumer [64]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [38]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [34]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [65], 06/04/2025
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"Why Trump’s Push For ‘Gold-Standard Science’ Has Researchers Alarmed" [66]

"Many scientists fear the Trump administration’s new standard means putting political appointees in charge, which could undercut independent research."

Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Government [41]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [67], 06/04/2025
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