EJToday: Top Headlines

"US Woman Brings First-Ever Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Big Oil" [9]

"A woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a major heatwave."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
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Environmental Health [13]
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Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 05/30/2025
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"Louisiana Republicans Help Kill Anti-Fluoride Bill" [21]

"Republicans in the Louisiana House stifled a proposal Wednesday that would have banned the addition of fluoride in public water systems — rejecting a burgeoning movement backed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [13]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: The Hill [27], 05/30/2025
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"Insurance Costs Are Soaring Around Tornado Alley. Hail Is The Big Problem." [28]

"The cost of homeowners insurance is soaring in states where large outbreaks of tornadoes are becoming more common. But it's hail — not tornadoes — that are the biggest concern for insurers in the middle of the country, according to industry experts and analysts."

Climate Change [11]
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National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NPR [30], 05/30/2025
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"HHS Cancels Funding For Moderna To Develop Vaccines To Combat Bird Flu" [31]

"The Department of Health and Human Services is pulling millions of dollars it had committed to give Moderna to aid the effort to develop a vaccine to combat the bird flu in humans, the company announced Wednesday.

Environmental Politics [24]
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People & Population [15]
Science [33]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [34], 05/30/2025
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Ancestral Eyes: Storytelling Under The Night Skies Of The Stargazer Highway [35]

"Against the black night, the darker-than-night silhouettes of Monument Valley buttes graced the horizon. Overhead, stars were scattered across the sky—a prank by Coyote, according to Navajo legend—and the stripe of Milky Way stars arced brilliantly across the sky from the southwest to the northeast horizon."

Environmental Studies [36]
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Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Source: National Parks Traveler [39], 05/30/2025
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Manitoba Declares A State Of Emergency Over Wildfires As Thousands Flee [40]

The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help. ... The fires have forced 17,000 people across several communities to flee."

Climate Change [11]
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Forests [41]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Canada [42]
Source: AP [43], 05/29/2025
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"Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Stop Arizona Copper Mine" [44]

"The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from some members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe to block a massive proposed copper mine that they say will destroy a holy site in Arizona known as Oak Flat."

Environmental Justice [45]
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Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [47]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Source: E&E News [48], 05/29/2025
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"Trump Plan Could Offload Hundreds Of National Park Sites To States" [49]

"The National Park Service manages 433 units around the country, including many smaller parks aimed at preserving places of historical significance."

Environmental Politics [24]
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Natural Resources [29]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [50], 05/29/2025
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Fungus Devastated North American Bats. New Species Could Be Killer Blow. [51]

"Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada."

Biodiversity [52]
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Wildlife [53]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [54], 05/29/2025
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"Judge Halts Trump Administration Effort To Axe New York Congestion Pricing" [55]

"A judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program, which imposes a significant toll on cars entering part of Manhattan."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [56]
Energy & Fuel [57]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [58]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [59]
Source: The Hill [60], 05/29/2025
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"A Michigan Coal Plant Was About To Close. Trump Ordered It To Stay Open." [61]

"The Trump administration has followed through on a threat to use emergency wartime powers to force expensive and polluting coal-fired power plants to stay open — even if the utilities that own them, the states in which they operate, and the grid operators responsible for maintaining reliability all agree it’s safe to shut them down."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [57]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [16]
Technology [62]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [63]
Source: Canary Media [64], 05/29/2025
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Md. Advocates Urge Penalties on Gas Firm After False Environmental Claims [65]

"Advocates are ramping up pressure on the Maryland Public Service Commission to penalize Washington Gas Light Company following a March ruling which found that the company misled millions of customers by claiming methane gas was better for the environment than electricity."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [56]
Energy & Fuel [57]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [16]
Science [33]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [66]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 05/29/2025
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Colorado River Is Running Low. Groundwater Looks Even Worse, Study Says. [68]

"The dwindling flow of the Colorado River has alarmed the American West for years, but the water losses happening underground are even worse, according to a new study that uses satellite data to measure groundwater supplies across the Colorado River Basin."

Agriculture [69]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Studies [36]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [70]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [71]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Source: Washington Post [72], 05/29/2025
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US Peregrine Falcons Thrive In Cities But Struggle With Bird Flu On Coasts [73]

"After rebounding in recent decades due to conservation efforts, the number of once-imperiled peregrine falcons in the U.S. has been dropping again in some places due to the bird flu that has decimated other avian populations in recent years."

Biodiversity [52]
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [53]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [74], 05/29/2025
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Friends Complete Murdered Journalist Dom Phillips's Book on The Amazon [75]

"After British journalist Dom Phillips was shot and killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the project. Three years later, their task is complete."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [52]
Environmental Justice [45]
Environmental Politics [24]
Forests [41]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
International [76]
South America [77]
Source: AP [78], 05/29/2025
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