EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Sierra Club Staff Says Boss’s Ouster Is ‘A Relief’" [9]

"Ben Jealous is officially out as the Sierra Club’s boss after two turbulent years marked by infighting and drama inside the green group."

Activism [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 08/13/2025
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"'MAHA' Activists Urge Trump To Oppose Limits On Pesticide Regulation" [16]

"President Donald Trump should block the U.S. House from limiting the regulation of pesticides and "forever chemicals" in its environmental appropriations bill or risk losing Republican support, more than 200 activists aligned with the "Make America Healthy Again" movement said in a letter to Trump."

Agriculture [17]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [22], 08/13/2025
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"Interior Slashes Reviews To Speed Cleanups Of Orphaned Wells" [23]

"Trump administration officials have removed endangered species and historic preservation reviews from federal orphaned well programs, potentially speeding the cleanup of tens of thousands of abandoned sites."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [27], 08/13/2025
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"Trump’s Push To Mine Deep-Sea Battery Metals Draws Ire From Allies" [28]

"The Trump administration is on a rogue quest to mine critical minerals from the ocean floor — and recent global negotiations over the fate of deep-sea mining reveal just how alone the U.S. is on the issue."

Biodiversity [29]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [30]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [33]
Source: Canary Media [34], 08/13/2025
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NWS Plan to Hire Staff After Layoffs Will Be Too Late for Wildfire Season [35]

"Key California weather forecast offices will remain “criminally understaffed” while new hires get on board, former NWS meteorologists warn."

Climate Change [36]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [38]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Capital & Main [39], 08/12/2025
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"David Rosner Is Set To Lead FERC. Who Is He?" [40]

"President Donald Trump plans to elevate a Democratic member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to full chair as many continue to raise questions about the agency’s independence." "The centrist Democrat has supported efforts to address power demand by strengthening grid reliability via an “all-of-the-above” philosophy."

Climate Change [36]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Technology [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [43], 08/12/2025
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"California Supreme Court Hands Victory To Rooftop Solar Panel Owners" [44]

"Justices told a lower court to revisit their decision to uphold cuts of 75 percent to payments for solar panel owners."

Climate Change [36]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [12]
Technology [42]
Public [13]
California [45]
Source: CalMatters [46], 08/12/2025
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"Trump Cracks Down on Bird Deaths, but Only From Wind Turbines" [47]

"Bald eagles must be protected to the fullest extent of the law from dangerous wind turbines, President Trump’s interior secretary declared this week. But four months ago, President Trump called for gutting the very law that applies, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, calling it a burden on oil and gas producers."

Biodiversity [29]
Climate Change [36]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [32]
Technology [42]
Wildlife [48]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [49], 08/12/2025
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"Tribes, NARF Join Legal Fight To Protect Chuckwalla National Monument" [50]

"A coalition of tribes and the Native American Rights Fund jumped Monday into the legal battle to protect the Chuckwalla National Monument in southern California that President Joe Biden created during his last month in office. Tribes led a long fight to see the monument established."

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [52]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [45]
Source: ICT [53], 08/12/2025
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Startup Promised 45,000 EV Jobs To Struggling Towns. They’re Still Waiting [54]

"Desperate for jobs, three communities embraced a bold electric vehicle promise. Now, they’re left with questions—and no jobs."

Climate Change [36]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [12]
Technology [42]
Transportation [55]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Floodlight [56], 08/12/2025
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Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill State’s Wildfire Risk Map [57]

"This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact."

Climate Change [36]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [58]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [59]
Source: ProPublica [60], 08/12/2025
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"Civil Cases Against Major Polluters Plummet Under Trump" [61]

"The Trump administration has filed far fewer civil cases accusing companies of violating environmental rules than its predecessors, an analysis of federal data shows."

Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [36]
Consumer [62]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [63], 08/11/2025
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"Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts" [64]

"The Environmental Protection Agency said it would stop updating research that hundreds of companies use to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions after the agency suspended the database’s creator because he had signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration’s approach to scientific research."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [36]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [30]
Journalism & Media [58]
Pollution [21]
Science [65]
Technology [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [66], 08/11/2025
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"Far More Environmental Data Is Being Deleted In Trump's Second Term" [67]

"The current Trump administration has made 70% more changes to government environmental websites during its first 100 days than the first Trump administration did, and those changes are bolder, according to a report published by the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI)."

Climate Change [36]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [30]
Journalism & Media [58]
Pollution [21]
Science [65]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [68], 08/11/2025
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Records Contradict What FEMA Leader Told Congress About Texas Flood Response [69]

"In the week after floods tore through Texas Hill Country, most survivors were unable to get through to a federal aid hotline because the Department of Homeland Security let funding lapse, according to publicly available contract records and internal FEMA call center logs obtained by NPR."

Climate Change [36]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [38]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [70]
Source: NPR [71], 08/11/2025
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