EJToday: Top Headlines

"FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show" [9]

"Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [10]
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National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 07/14/2025
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"Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response" [21]

"In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Trump and congressional Republicans have taken steps that are diluting the country’s ability to anticipate, prepare for and respond to catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather events, disaster experts say."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [23]
Government [14]
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People & Population [15]
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Source: NYTimes [25], 07/14/2025
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"FEMA Approved Camp Mystic Appeals To Exempt Buildings From Flood Zone" [26]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved appeals from Camp Mystic to exempt several structures from a flood zone designation over a decade before extreme flooding in Central Texas swamped the Christian girls camp and killed 27 campers and counselors, according to FEMA records."

Climate Change [10]
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Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: Washington Post [28], 07/14/2025
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Cancer Risk Doubles For Iowa, NC Pesticide Applicators Who Used Carbaryl [29]

"Pesticide applicators in North Carolina and Iowa who sprayed the insecticide carbaryl often during their career have a higher risk of getting stomach, esophageal, tongue and prostate cancers, according to new research led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)."

Agriculture [30]
Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [33], 07/14/2025
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"Union Demands EPA Reinstate Workers, Charging Illegal Retaliation" [34]

"A union for employees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is demanding the agency reinstate workers who were placed on leave for signing a letter critical of the Trump administration’s environmental and personnel policies."

Activism [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [22]
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Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [37], 07/14/2025
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"DuPont Agrees To Settle Lawsuit Over Hoosick Falls Water Pollution" [38]

"DuPont Co. has agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit that was filed nearly a decade ago on behalf of residents in and around the village of Hoosick Falls, where the drinking water had been contaminated for decades by factories that used manufacturing chemicals produced by the company."

Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: Albany Times Union [40], 07/14/2025
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"Sierra Club’s Executive Director Is on Leave After a Rocky Tenure" [41]

"Ben Jealous, the executive director of the Sierra Club, is on leave as of Friday afternoon, the organization confirmed, after less than three years leading the environmental nonprofit group."

Activism [35]
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People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [42], 07/14/2025
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"Unhealthy Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blankets The Upper Midwest" [43]

"Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, covering the northern region of the U.S. at a time when people want to be enjoying lakes, trails and the great outdoors."

Air [44]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [45]
Natural Resources [46]
Pollution [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [47]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [48]
Source: AP [49], 07/14/2025
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Utility Says It Can’t Supply Water for Alabama Data Center Without Upgrades [50]

"BESSEMER, Ala. — Developers of a proposed hyperscale data center may find themselves lacking a resource essential for the operation of what would be one of the largest such facilities in the United States: water."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [24]
Technology [52]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 07/14/2025
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"Parks Gift Shops Directed To Remove Items That ‘Disparage Americans’" [55]

"Trump officials have directed staff at national parks to review all items in gift shops for anti-American content, according to an internal directive reviewed by The Washington Post. The move is part of the administration’s wider campaign to scrub federal institutions of “corrosive ideology” recognizing historical racism and sexism."

Environmental Justice [22]
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Environmental Studies [23]
Journalism & Media [36]
Natural Resources [46]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [56], 07/14/2025
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Trump Admin Wants to Close Down Key Weather Labs Across the Country [57]

"The National Severe Storms Laboratory sits on a campus of radar equipment and office buildings at the University of Oklahoma, off a state highway in Norman. It’s responsible for radar breakthroughs in forecasting that the nation relies on for storm warnings and emergency preparedness. But the Trump administration wants to shut it down, prompting a rare rebuke from a prominent Republican member of Congress."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Science [58]
Technology [52]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NOTUS [59], 07/11/2025
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"Public Health Groups File Lawsuit To Stop RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Changes" [60]

"The lawsuit seeks to overturn Kennedy’s decision in May to end the government’s long-standing blanket recommendation for children and pregnant women to receive coronavirus shots."

Consumer [61]
Environmental Politics [13]
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Health [62]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Science [58]
Technology [52]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [63], 07/11/2025
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"Noem Doubles Down On Call To Axe FEMA, Then Recreate It To Support States" [64]

"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has doubled down on her past calls to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — but also says it should be “remade” as the agency responds to floods in Texas."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [65]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [66], 07/11/2025
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Syngenta Settles Paraquat Lawsuit Brought By Parkinson’s Patient [67]

"Less than a month ahead of what would have been the first US trial over allegations that a popular weedkiller causes Parkinson’s disease, pesticide maker Syngenta has settled the case."

Agriculture [30]
Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [22]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [68], 07/11/2025
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Oil and Gas Pipeline Safety Cases Plunge in 1st Months of Trump’s 2nd Term [69]

"US regulatory actions to ensure oil and gas pipeline safety have plummeted to a record low for the start of a presidential administration as Donald Trump pushes to streamline the government and cut red tape."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg [70], 07/11/2025
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