EJToday: Top Headlines

"Mass Layoffs Begin at NOAA, With Hundreds Said to Be Fired in One Day" [9]

"The Trump administration has begun firing employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the world’s premier centers for climate science."

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Source: NYTimes [25], 02/28/2025
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Jeffrey Clark: "Trump To Name Embattled Ex-Enviro Lawyer For Top Regs Job" [26]

"Jeffrey Bossert Clark, who led the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division during President Donald Trump’s first term, is the expected pick to lead the White House regulatory review office."

Climate Change [11]
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Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [28], 02/28/2025
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"Dems Vow Fight On EPA Bid To Roll Back Endangerment Finding" [29]

"Democrats on Capitol Hill erupted at the news that Donald Trump’s EPA plans to scrap a landmark scientific finding that underpins U.S. climate policy."

Climate Change [11]
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Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [19]
Science [20]
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National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [30], 02/28/2025
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Trump Admin Restores $2.1 Billion To Pennsylvania After State’s Lawsuit [31]

"Federal funding to Pennsylvania for climate-related and other programs will be restored, Gov. Josh Shapiro said, reversing a Trump administration freeze after lawsuits by Pennsylvania and almost two dozen other states."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Transportation [33]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 02/28/2025
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Questions, Confusion as Trump Pauses Key Funds for Shrinking Colorado River [36]

"An executive order issued in the early days of the Trump administration hit pause on at least $4 billion set aside to protect the flow of the Colorado River. The funds from the Inflation Reduction Act were offered to protect the flow of the water supply for about 40 million people and a massive agricultural economy. With the money on hold, Colorado River users are worried about the future of the dwindling water supply."

Agriculture [37]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [38]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [19]
Technology [39]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: KUNC [40], 02/28/2025
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"Trump Team’s Endgame: Gut EPA" [41]

"President Donald Trump appears to welcome the EPA boss’ plan to cut most of the agency’s workforce."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [42]
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People & Population [19]
Pollution [44]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [45], 02/28/2025
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"Congress Votes To Kill Biden-Era Methane Fee On Oil And Gas Producers" [46]

"The Republican-controlled Congress has voted to repeal a federal fee on oil and gas producers who release high levels of methane, undoing a major piece of former President Joe Biden’s climate policy aimed at controlling the planet-warming “super pollutant.” The fee, which had not gone into effect, was expected to bring in billions of dollars."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [44]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [48], 02/28/2025
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"Former Lumber Industry Executive Named As Forest Service Chief" [49]

"The Trump administration’s pick to lead the Forest Service was previously an executive at a lumber industry company."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [50]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Wildlife [51]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [52], 02/28/2025
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"Pipeline Safety Agency’s Senior Leaders Exit Amid Trump Push" [53]

"More than half of the senior executives at a key US government regulatory body responsible for overseeing safety of the US pipeline system will depart the agency in the next three months, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg."

Chemicals [54]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [44]
Technology [39]
Transportation [33]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg [55], 02/28/2025
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"Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is No Longer A Threat To Earth, Scientists Say" [56]

"Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat from the asteroid 2024 YR4, NASA and the European Space Agency said Tuesday."

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Source: AP [57], 02/28/2025
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"Trump: EPA Boss Expects To Cut 65 Percent Of Staff" [58]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin expects to cut most of that agency’s staff, President Donald Trump said Wednesday as he and his administration plow ahead with dramatic reductions to the federal workforce."

Chemicals [54]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [43]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [59], 02/27/2025
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Unvaccinated Texas Child Dies Of Measles, A First For The US In A Decade [60]

"A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious — but preventable — respiratory disease since 2015."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Health [61]
People & Population [19]
Science [20]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [62]
Source: AP [63], 02/27/2025
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She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals. [64]

"Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde."

Chemicals [54]
Consumer [65]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [15]
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Science [20]
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National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [66], 02/27/2025
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"EPA Urges White House To Strike Down Landmark Climate Finding" [67]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal government’s push to combat climate change, according to three people briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [24]
Source: Washington Post [68], 02/27/2025
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"Trump’s Plan to Repeal Climate Policy Could Upend Shift to Electric Cars" [69]

"The administration is setting the stage for Congress to repeal a longstanding waiver that allows California to set its own pollution standards. State officials say the effort is illegal."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [65]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [44]
Transportation [33]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
California [70]
Source: NYTimes [71], 02/27/2025
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