EJToday: Top Headlines

"Inside Trump’s Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule" [9]

"For years, the fossil fuel industry and its allies have tried to overturn one of the most important federal rulings in the history of climate policy: the one that requires the government to limit greenhouse gases. They lobbied. They sued. And so far they’ve failed."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 01/29/2025
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"Trump’s Offshore Wind Assault Threatens Factory Jobs In GOP Districts" [18]

"Over 64% of manufacturing and supply-chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican districts, per new data."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [21], 01/29/2025
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Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergencies [22]

"A sudden pause in federal assistance is sowing disarray and outrage across the country, throwing into doubt a wide range of programs that help protect Americans from disasters, provide access to clean drinking water and affordable energy and help protect ecosystems, among many other issues."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [23]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 01/29/2025
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"Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires" [25]

"Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an international team of scientists concluded in a rapid attribution analysis released Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [27]
Science [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 01/29/2025
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Miami-Dade Mayor Backs Off Incinerator, Proposes New $556M Landfill [31]

"The Florida mayor said the threat of legal challenges and other expenses made building a new waste-to-energy facility too difficult. She now recommends landfilling to meet long-term capacity needs."

Air [32]
Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [35]
Waste [36]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Waste Dive [38], 01/29/2025
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"Haaland To Run For New Mexico Governor" [39]

"Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will run to be the next governor of New Mexico, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill."

Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: The Hill [40], 01/29/2025
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Ousted Interior IG: Trump Firings Threaten Government Oversight [41]

"One of 17 government watchdogs ousted by President Trump said that the move was “a potentially existential threat” to a crucial government oversight tool."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [43], 01/29/2025
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Calif. Regulators Deny Trump’s Claim That US Military ‘Turned On The Water’ [44]

"California water officials said this week there’s no truth to President Donald Trump’s assertion that the U.S. military has entered California and “turned on the water.”

Agriculture [45]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [46]
Water & Oceans [47]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [29]
Source: AP [48], 01/29/2025
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"As Russian Oil Spill Fouls Beaches, Locals Fume Over Official Response" [49]

"Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches of Russia’s Krasnodar region have been transformed into a scene out of a dystopian sci-fi film, with thousands of workers in white hazmat suits swarming the blackened coast amid dead birds and dolphins."

Biodiversity [50]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [42]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [47]
Wildlife [51]
Public [15]
Europe [52]
Source: Washington Post [53], 01/29/2025
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‘Doomsday Clock’ Moves Closer To Midnight Amid Threats Like Climate Change [54]

"Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ever been."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
Journalism & Media [46]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [55]
Source: AP [56], 01/29/2025
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"Trump Looks To Seize Control Of California Water" [57]

"The Trump administration is weighing how to take control of water in California — including setting aside endangered species protections — framing its mission in a new executive order as necessary to prevent future wildfires like those that recently swept across Los Angeles."

Agriculture [45]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [47]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [29]
Source: E&E News [59], 01/28/2025
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Burgum Hosted ‘VIP Dinner’ for Oil, Gas, and Coal Execs Last Year: Emails [60]

"Doug Burgum, one of President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, held a dinner for fossil fuel CEOs at a private event during the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, held in Bismarck, ND, from May 14 to 16, 2024, emails obtained by the research group Fieldnotes and shared with DeSmog show."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: DeSmog [61], 01/28/2025
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"Trump Fires EPA Watchdog Who Closely Scrutinized Biden's Agency" [62]

"The surprise dismissal of the EPA’s inspector general has left agency veterans puzzled, given Sean O’Donnell’s track record in recovering money and scrutinizing waste within the agency."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [63], 01/28/2025
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As Trump Targets Environmental Justice, Activists Gear Up for Legal Fights [64]

"Activists across the United States say they’re preparing to take the federal government to court after President Donald Trump unveiled a series of executive orders that seek to undo much of his predecessor’s climate and environmental justice legacy."

Activism [65]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 01/28/2025
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"Storm Eowyn Brings Hurricane-Level Destruction To Ireland" [67]

"With hurricane-force winds of 84 mph, gusting to 114 mph, Éowyn was the strongest storm on record for Ireland."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
Water & Oceans [47]
Public [15]
Europe [52]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [68], 01/28/2025
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