EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Republicans Propose a New Way to Scrap Fuel Economy Rules: No Fines" [9]

"For 50 years, automakers have had to increase the fuel efficiency of their vehicles or pay fines. The Republican megabill would set those penalties to $0."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 07/01/2025
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NC Has Allowed a Likely Carcinogen Into Three Rivers Serving 900,000 People [22]

"Environmentalists are suing to stop the flow of 1,4-dioxane into the drinking water supply, which one local water utility found at concentrations 17 times higher than the EPA’s health advisory goal."

Activism [23]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 07/01/2025
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"Trump Administration Issues New Revised Permitting Rules" [29]

"Federal agencies including the Energy, Interior and Agriculture departments are starting to issue new permitting rules that trim back or eliminate procedures that have been in place for decades."

Agriculture [30]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [33], 07/01/2025
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"Inside A Plan To Use AI To Amplify Doubts About The Dangers Of Pollutants" [34]

"An industry-backed researcher who has forged a career sowing doubt about the dangers of pollutants is attempting to use artificial intelligence (AI) to amplify his perspective."

Chemicals [24]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [36]
Technology [37]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [38], 07/01/2025
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"Surprise Tax in G.O.P. Bill Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power" [39]

"Senate Republicans have quietly inserted provisions in President Trump’s domestic policy bill that would not only end federal support for wind and solar energy but would impose an entirely new tax on future projects, a move that industry groups say could devastate the renewable power industry."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [37]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [40], 06/30/2025
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"A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill" [41]

"Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said late Saturday that he had dropped his contentious plan to sell millions of acres of public lands from the sweeping domestic policy package that the Senate will soon begin debating."

Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [42]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [32]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [43]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [44], 06/30/2025
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Ontario Allowed Toxic Air Near First Nation For Years Despite Health Risks [45]

"Aamjiwnaang First Nation has spent decades battling Sarnia’s industrial emissions. Documents show the Ontario government knew stricter pollution rules were needed long before it acted"

Chemicals [24]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
Canada [48]
Source: The Narwhal [49], 06/30/2025
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"A Logging Protest In The Treetops Ends In Terror, Activists Say" [50]

"Protesters lived in a tree for 40 days on the Olympic Peninsula to protest logging of older forests." "On the 40th night of the protest, a black Jeep drove up a logging road and stopped near the base of a towering grand fir."

Activism [23]
Biodiversity [51]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [42]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [47]
Wildlife [43]
Public [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [52]
Source: Washington Post [53], 06/30/2025
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Enviros Sue To Stop Opening Of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ In Everglades [54]

"Florida officials have said the facility, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Republicans, will open early next week and hold up to 3,000 detainees."

Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [47]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Washington Post [55], 06/30/2025
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"Nancy Mace Privately Asks Trump Aides To Unfreeze Mercedes EV Funds" [56]

"Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) privately asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to release funding for a Mercedes-Benz plant to convert to the production of electric vehicles, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post." "The program, set up through President Joe Biden’s climate law, would benefit a Mercedes-Benz plant in South Carolina."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Transportation [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Washington Post [57], 06/30/2025
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"How Chris Wright Is Remaking The National Labs" [58]

"The Department of Energy’s world-class laboratories are poised for dramatic changes." "The DOE secretary’s proposed budget would slash research programs and boost efforts “to reindustrialize America, to win the race on AI, and to stop the huge upward pressure on electricity prices.”"

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [36]
Technology [37]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [59], 06/30/2025
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"The Oil And Gas Industry Has A Water Problem. EPA Wants To Help." [60]

"Oil and gas companies are running out of options for disposing of polluted water they generate every day, a problem for the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda. EPA is offering the industry a hand by promoting reuse of that wastewater. The effort worries environmentalists, but it could draw crucial political allies in oil-producing states."

Chemicals [24]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [61], 06/30/2025
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"How Park Visitors Responded When Asked To Report Anti-American Signs" [62]

"Most comments reviewed by The Post were positive, though some visitors complained that there were too many mosquitos and “not enough moose.”"

Activism [23]
Biodiversity [51]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [42]
Journalism & Media [35]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [47]
Wildlife [43]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [63], 06/30/2025
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Delivers Win For Enviros In Fight Over PFAS [64]

"The Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered a victory for environmentalists on Tuesday in the fight over “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, issuing a ruling that advocates said will hold polluters accountable."

Agriculture [30]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [65]
Source: AP [66], 06/27/2025
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Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind EPA Deadline [67]

"Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076."

Chemicals [24]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 06/27/2025
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