EJToday: Top Headlines

Congress Seeks Trillions in Cuts. Will Oil Industry’s Tax Breaks Skate By? [9]

"With a $4.5 trillion fight over tax cuts looming, the oil and gas industry wants to protect billions of dollars in tax benefits it enjoys and get new ones, too."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 03/25/2025
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Georgia Jury Orders Bayer To Pay Nearly $2.1 Billion In Roundup Suit [19]

"A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [21]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [26], 03/25/2025
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"New Fire Maps Put Nearly 4 Million Californians In Hazardous Zones" [27]

"With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps this morning, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire — and how much that computationally-modeled danger zone has grown since the state issued its last round of local hazard maps more than a decade ago."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Studies [29]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [25]
Public [16]
California [31]
Source: CalMatters [32], 03/25/2025
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"Trump Will Nominate Acting CDC Director Susan Monarez For The Position" [33]

"President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a longtime federal staffer, to the permanent position, a White House official confirmed Monday."

Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [29]
Government [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [35], 03/25/2025
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"NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change" [36]

"The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ProPublica [38], 03/25/2025
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"The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright" [39]

"In his confirmation hearing, the Liberty Energy founder pledged broad support for renewable energy. But when speaking to conservatives, he declared, “We don’t have replacements” for coal, oil and gas."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ProPublica [41], 03/25/2025
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"The Vicious Cycle of Extreme Heat Leading to More Fossil Fuel Use" [42]

"A new report illustrates a concerning dynamic: Record heat last year pushed countries to use more planet-warming fossil fuels to cool things down."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [23]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [15]
Technology [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 03/25/2025
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"Juliana v. US: Supreme Court Decision Brings 10-Year Climate Case to an End" [46]

"Although young plaintiffs and their supporters were disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ending their constitutional climate lawsuit on Monday, they also emphasized the positive and far-reaching impacts of Juliana v. United States over the past decade."

Activism [47]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Common Dreams [48], 03/25/2025
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"Growing Weed Takes More Energy Than Mining Bitcoin. Can It Go Green?" [49]

"Growing weed inside uses about 1 percent of U.S. energy and pollutes more than cryptocurrency mining. There’s a better way to fuel America’s high."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [10]
Infrastructure [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [51], 03/25/2025
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Oil And Gas Money Shapes Research, ‘Echo Chamber’ In Higher Education [52]

"Jackson Voss loves his alma mater, Louisiana State University. He appreciates that his undergraduate education was paid for by a program dreamed up by an oil magnate and that he received additional scholarships from ExxonMobil and Shell. But the socially conscious Louisiana native was also aware of what the support of those companies seemed to buy — silence."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [29]
Journalism & Media [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Floodlight [54], 03/24/2025
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Fossil-Funded Research Used To Avoid Paying Workers Hurt By 2010 Gulf Spill [55]

"Academic research paid for by BP and Exxon is being used to combat workers’ claims that exposure to oil and chemical dispersants made them ill."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [15]
Science [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Drilled [56], 03/24/2025
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"French Scientist Denied US Entry Over Text Messages Criticising Trump" [57]

"French officials have expressed their dismay after a French scientist was denied entry into the United States because immigration officers found text messages containing a "personal opinion" about the Trump administration and its policies on scientific research."

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [34]
Science [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: France24 [58], 03/24/2025
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Experts Say US Weather Forecasts Will Worsen As DOGE Cuts Balloon Launches [59]

"With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [22]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [29]
Government [34]
Journalism & Media [40]
Science [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [60], 03/24/2025
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"Glacier Meltdown Risks Food And Water Supply Of 2 Billion People, Says UN" [61]

"Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will have unpredictable consequences."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [23]
Water & Oceans [62]
Public [16]
International [44]
Source: Guardian [63], 03/24/2025
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"California Banned Polystyrene. So Why Is It Still On Store Shelves?" [64]

"Styrofoam coffee cups, plates, clamshell takeout containers and other food service items made with expanded polystyrene plastic can still be found in restaurants and on store shelves, despite a ban that went into effect on Jan. 1."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [62]
Public [16]
California [31]
Source: LA Times [65], 03/24/2025
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