EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Congress OKs Bill Ending Biden-Era Rule Targeting Rubber Tire Emissions [9]

"Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes in the U.S."

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Source: AP [17], 05/12/2025
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Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Admin Takes Aim at the Agency [18]

"The ouster of Cameron Hamilton, less than a month before the start of the hurricane season, came a day after he told lawmakers that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated."

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Source: NYTimes [23], 05/09/2025
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"Congress Counters Trump With Massive FEMA Restructuring Plan" [24]

"A bipartisan group of House members is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency — and in some cases expand its services — in an effort to head off President Donald Trump’s threats to shrink or abolish the agency."

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Source: E&E News [26], 05/09/2025
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"Trump Taps MAHA Influencer For Surgeon General, Replacing First Pick" [27]

"The White House pulled the nomination of Janette Nesheiwat to be the surgeon general in favor of Casey Means, a key figure in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement."

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Source: Washington Post [32], 05/09/2025
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Asbestos Clinic Forced To Close In Montana Town Where Thousands Sickened [33]

"BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets to pay off a judgment to the railroad BNSF."

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Source: AP [38], 05/09/2025
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USFS and NPS Worker Cuts Leave Wildland Firefighting Crews Short-Staffed [39]

"Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon."

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Source: AP [41], 05/09/2025
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US Will Stop Tracking Costs Of Extreme Weather Fueled By Climate Change [42]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change."

Biodiversity [43]
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Source: AP [44], 05/09/2025
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"Trump Officials Ask Court to End Protections for a Strutting, Showy Bird" [45]

"The Trump administration has moved to end federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a showy grouse with the misfortune of inhabiting southern and central grasslands long sought-after for agriculture and energy development."

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Source: NYTimes [50], 05/09/2025
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"Anti-Government Group Threatens Crucial Weather Radars, NOAA Warns" [51]

"An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees."

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Source: Washington Post [54], 05/08/2025
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Congress Asks Whether FEMA Is Ready for Hurricane Season Amid Cuts [55]

"The agency’s acting head faced questioning by lawmakers over canceled grants, plans to limit relief and a projected $8 billion disaster fund deficit."

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Source: Inside Climate News [56], 05/08/2025
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"Trump Administration Is Said to Target Park Service Grants" [57]

"Dozens of programs, many linked to climate change and diversity, have been designated for elimination by DOGE, according to people with knowledge of the plan."

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Source: NYTimes [58], 05/08/2025
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"States Sue Over Freeze on Funding for Electric-Vehicle Charging" [59]

"A coalition of states led by Washington, Colorado and California sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, charging that it was unlawfully withholding billions of dollars allocated by Congress for electric-vehicle charging stations across the United States."

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Source: NYTimes [61], 05/08/2025
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"Democratic-Led States Sue To Prevent Trump From Gutting Health Agencies" [62]

"A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday to challenge the Trump administration's decision to gut the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by firing 10,000 of its employees and shuttering entire agencies within the department."

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Source: Reuters [64], 05/08/2025
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Trump Admin Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Warned of Arctic Climate Change [65]

"Key datasets used to monitor the impacts of climate change in the Arctic have emerged as the latest victim of cost-cutting by the Trump administration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

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Source: Inside Climate News [68], 05/08/2025
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17 States Sue Trump Admin For Blocking Funds For Electric Vehicle Charging [69]

"Seventeen states are suing President Donald Trump ‘s administration for withholding billions of dollars for building more electric vehicle chargers, according to a federal lawsuit announced Wednesday."

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Source: AP [70], 05/08/2025
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