EJToday: Top Headlines

L.A. County Sues S. Calif. Edison, Alleging Equipment Sparked Wildfire [9]

"Los Angeles County said Wednesday that it’s suing Southern California Edison, alleging the utility’s equipment sparked January’s Eaton Fire, which destroyed more than 9,400 structures and killed 17 people in the Altadena area."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Source: AP [17], 03/06/2025
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"Revealed: How Wall Street Is Making Millions Betting Against Green Laws" [18]

"Financial speculators are investing in a growing number of lawsuits against governments over environmental laws and other regulations that affect profits, often generating lucrative awards, the Guardian has found."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [14]
International [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 03/06/2025
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"A ‘Trojan Horse’ for Toxic Chemicals" [24]

"Regulation of toxic substances has long exempted synthetic chemicals made of large molecules believed too big to escape products to cause harm. A new study shows how dangerous that assumption is."

Chemicals [25]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 03/06/2025
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Florida Sugar Company’s Environmental Claims Are ‘Greenwashing’: Lawsuit [29]

"Plaintiffs say Florida Crystals’ farming method that blights minority neighborhoods belies its climate-friendly claims"

Agriculture [30]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [31]
Pollution [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: Guardian [34], 03/06/2025
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"Women In Wildland Firefighting Bootcamps Canceled After DEI Cuts" [35]

"Women already had an intimidating entry point to the male-dominated field. Trump's orders to dismantle DEI in the federal government could hurt years of progress."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [36]
Forests [37]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The 19th [39], 03/06/2025
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"High Court Rejects EPA Sewage Permits in San Francisco Win" [40]

"The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected EPA “end result” sewage permits issued under the Clean Water Act that focus on water quality instead of outlining specific requirements to prevent pollution.

In a fractured 5-4 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court blocked the EPA from issuing permits that make a permittee responsible for surface water quality, or “end result” permits—a term the court coined in the ruling. National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permits govern pollution from sewer overflows during storms.
Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [42], 03/05/2025
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Opinion: "H5N1 Is Spreading. America Is Not Ready." [43]

"With egg prices spiking due to bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced steps last week to control the H5N1 virus, such as increasing financial relief for farmers with affected flocks and exploring vaccines and therapeutics for chickens. While these steps might help stabilize the egg supply in the short term, they’re insufficient for one simple reason: Chickens are not the only animals affected by this disease."

Agriculture [30]
Biodiversity [44]
Consumer [26]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Health [27]
Food [45]
Government [46]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Wildlife [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [48], 03/05/2025
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"‘Drill Baby Drill’ Belied by Firing Federal Permit Approvers" [49]

"Federal firings expected to undermine oil and gas permitting"

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [36]
Environmental Studies [50]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [51], 03/05/2025
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Does N.C. Need Another Polluting Plant to Turn Plastic Waste Into Diesel? [52]

"Buffeted by PFAS-emitting industries, Fayetteville could soon be home to a financially troubled company that wants to turn tons of plastic waste into diesel fuel using a polluting, energy-intensive process called pyrolysis."

Chemicals [25]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 03/05/2025
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"Trump's 'God Squad' Timber Logging Mandate Is Legally Murky" [54]

"President Donald Trump’s plans to use the “God Squad” and emergency provisions of the Endangered Species Act to promote widespread logging on public lands are likely illegal and little more than rhetoric without the force of law, legal experts say."

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Politics [36]
Forests [37]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [55], 03/05/2025
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"Oil Prices Fall After OPEC Plus Affirms Plan to Raise Production" [56]

"Oil prices fell on Monday afternoon to their lowest level of the year after the OPEC oil cartel and its allies affirmed plans to gradually increase crude production beginning in April."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [36]
Public [14]
International [22]
Source: NYTimes [57], 03/05/2025
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Anti-DEI Push Kills $75 Million Grant To Plant Trees In Places That Need Them [58]

"Arthur Johnson has lived in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward for nearly three decades, long enough to appreciate the trees that filter pollution from the big ships traveling the nearby Mississippi River and that offer shade on sweltering summer days."

Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [36]
Forests [37]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [59], 03/05/2025
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Ontario's Ford Will Cut Off US Electricity Exports 'With A Smile On My Face,' [60]

""They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain," Premier Doug Ford said Monday on cutting Ontario electricity exports to U.S."

Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [36]
Infrastructure [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Canada [61]
Source: Toronto Sun [62], 03/05/2025
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El Paso Turning Wastewater Into Drinking Water. Other Cities Will Soon Follow [63]

"El Paso Water broke ground on the first U.S. facility that will treat wastewater for direct re-use in a city water supply, using a four-step process to transform wastewater into clean, potable drinking water."

Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [13]
People & Population [38]
Technology [64]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 03/05/2025
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More Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves Are Roaming The Southwestern US: Survey [67]

"It is a ritual that takes place every winter — federal and state wildlife managers use remote cameras, scat collection, radio telemetry devices and helicopters to count Mexican gray wolves that are roaming mountain ranges in parts of New Mexico and Arizona." "This year’s count shows the recovery of Mexican wolves is inching forward."

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Studies [50]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [65]
Mexico [68]
Source: AP [69], 03/05/2025
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