EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists" [9]

"President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 01/27/2025
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Mass Firing: Trump Removes Independent Inspectors General At 17+ Agencies [21]

"The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversight laws." EPA, Energy Dept., Interior, Commerce, Agriculture are included in the list.

Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [23], 01/27/2025
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"How Big Insurance’s Investment in Fossil Fuels Came Back to Bite It" [24]

"In a vicious cycle, the sector’s financing of oil and gas is having an impact on its bottom line."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Studies [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [28]
Source: Capital & Main [29], 01/27/2025
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Trump Quietly Withdraws Proposed Limits On PFAS In Industrial Wastewater [30]

"Amid a flurry of actions curtailing Biden’s environmental policies, the administration of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump this week withdrew a plan to set limits on toxic PFAS chemicals in industrial wastewater."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [33], 01/27/2025
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US Is Trying To Unravel A Hacking Plot That Targeted Climate Activists [34]

"A yearslong U.S. Justice Department investigation of a global hacking campaign that targeted prominent American climate activists took a turn in a London court this week amid an allegation that the hacking was ordered by a lobbying firm working for ExxonMobil. Both the lobbying firm and ExxonMobil have denied any awareness of or involvement with alleged hacking."

Activism [35]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [28]
Source: NPR [37], 01/27/2025
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EPA Takes Unprecedented Step To Remove Uranium Waste From Navajo Nation [38]

"The decision opens the door for new ways to manage uranium pollution on tribal land"

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
People & Population [40]
Pollution [17]
Waste [41]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: High Country News [43], 01/27/2025
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134M Poultry And Counting: Charts Show Counties Hardest-Hit By Bird Flu [44]

"The latest data from the CDC and USDA show the continued devastating effects of bird flu outbreaks across the United States – with Iowa, the nation's leading egg producer, suffering substantial losses."

Agriculture [45]
Biodiversity [46]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [47]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Wildlife [48]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Investigate Midwest [49], 01/27/2025
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"Along With Devastation, LA Fires Bring Health Hazards in Smoke and Ash" [50]

"Here's what you need to know about toxic fallout from a major wildfire"

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [27]
People & Population [40]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [52]
Source: Sierra [53], 01/27/2025
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EPA Proposal For Pesticide Tied To Reproductive Harm Lands Back With Trump [54]

"US environmental regulators are planning to change allowable levels of a weedkiller linked with reproductive health problems to a concentration critics say discounts years of documented health and environmental risks — potentially marking a new battlefront within the Trump administration."

Agriculture [45]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [55], 01/27/2025
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"The Songs of Ancient Trees" [56]

"Over the past century, the biodiversity of apple trees has declined sharply in the United States. Monoculture orchards have erased the mature forested orchards that once served as habitat for dozens of bird species such as bluebirds, northern flickers, and scarlet tanagers. There once were some 16,000 named apple varieties in the US alone. We’ve now lost more than half of those varieties, with only 3,000 remaining."

Agriculture [45]
Biodiversity [46]
Consumer [31]
Forests [57]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Sierra [58], 01/27/2025
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"Senate Committees Advance Trump’s Energy, Environment Nominees" [59]

"President Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s energy and environment-focused agencies all sailed through committee votes on Thursday morning."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [60]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [61], 01/24/2025
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"Bloomberg To Fund UN Climate Agency After US Exit From Paris Accord" [62]

"Billionaire former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his foundation would fund the UN climate change agency after President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement. Bloomberg’s pledge will cover the 22 percent of its $96.5 million budget previously provided by the US for 2024-2025."

Activism [35]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [28]
Source: France24 [63], 01/24/2025
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"Elon Musk’s DOGE Sued Minutes After Trump Inauguration" [64]

"A lawsuit claiming billionaire Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” violates federal transparency rules was filed within minutes of President Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday, kicking off a legal battle over a key aspect of the incoming administration’s agenda."

Environmental Politics [14]
Government [60]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [65], 01/24/2025
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"Revealed: US Climate Denial Group Working With European Far-Right Parties" [66]

"Climate science deniers from a US-based thinktank have been working with rightwing politicians in Europe to campaign against environmental policies, the Guardian can reveal."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Science [67]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Europe [68]
Source: Guardian [69], 01/24/2025
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Health Researchers Alarmed As Trump Pauses Travel, Communications [70]

"Health officials and experts said this week they are reeling after the new Trump administration on Tuesday abruptly halted external communication at the Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [71]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [67]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [72], 01/24/2025
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