EJToday: Top Headlines

Georgia Judge To Toss Racketeering Charges Against ‘Cop City’ Protesters [9]

"A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that critics pejoratively call “Cop City.”"

Activism [10]
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Source: AP [19], 09/10/2025
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"Exxon Wants to Make More of the Materials Needed for E.V. Batteries" [20]

"The oil giant said Tuesday that it was acquiring assets from a Chicago company as it looks to start producing graphite, a key battery ingredient, by the end of the decade."

Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Infrastructure [12]
Natural Resources [14]
Technology [25]
Transportation [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [27]
Source: NYTimes [28], 09/10/2025
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‘There Is Only One Player’: China Is Becoming A World Leader In Green Energy [29]

"As US reneges on climate breakdown pledges, China’s response to crisis will shape geopolitics and our future"

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Infrastructure [12]
Pollution [30]
Technology [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [27]
Asia [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 09/09/2025
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"DC Circuit Reverses EPA Removal of Sudden Emission Protections" [33]

"The EPA couldn’t justify scaling back startup, shutdown, and malfunction liability shields in Title V air permitting rules, according to a Friday judgment from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit."

Air [34]
Chemicals [21]
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Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 09/09/2025
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"Trump Plan To Move USDA Spurs Brain Drain Fears" [37]

"A Trump administration plan to remove thousands of agriculture employees from Washington, D.C., is raising concerns among economists, who fear that such a move could erode expertise in a workforce reluctant to relocate."

Agriculture [38]
Biodiversity [39]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [40]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [42], 09/09/2025
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"EPA Approves Four New Pesticides That Qualify as PFAS" [43]

"Despite MAHA promises to reduce chemical exposures, experts warn the Trump administration is approving a wave of ‘frightening’ pesticides."

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [21]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [45]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Civil Eats [46], 09/09/2025
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"Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change" [47]

"Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”"

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [30]
Science [48]
Technology [25]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [50], 09/09/2025
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"Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide" [51]

"The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [52], 09/09/2025
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"California Quietly Guts Ambitious Virtual Power Plant Bill" [53]

"Bills boosting solar, batteries, EVs, and smart thermostats to rein in California’s utility costs moved ahead — but the most innovative approaches were cut."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [25]
Public [16]
California [54]
Source: Canary Media [55], 09/09/2025
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Trump Cancels Study on Health Impacts of Biogas Industrial Hog Farms [56]

"N.C. research would have provided crucial data on understudied effects of the burgeoning industry on predominantly Black, Indigenous and Latino residents."

Agriculture [38]
Air [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [57]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 09/09/2025
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"Sweden’s Rare-Earths Mine Could Harm Indigenous Sami Reindeer Herders [59]

"High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years."

Agriculture [38]
Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Justice [57]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [41]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
Antarctica & Arctic [60]
Europe [61]
Source: AP [62], 09/09/2025
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"Charting Whale ‘Superhighways’ for Conservation" [63]

"A new digital platform, Blue Corridors, showcases 30 years of tracking data revealing global whale migrations and mounting threats from ships, fisheries and climate change."

Biodiversity [39]
Fish & Fisheries [64]
Infrastructure [12]
Journalism & Media [65]
Technology [25]
Water & Oceans [49]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 09/09/2025
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Energy Sector Has Spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Lobbying This Year [67]

"The energy and natural resource sector has spent hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying the federal government so far this year, according to data compiled by the nonprofit OpenSecrets."

Chemicals [21]
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Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [11]
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Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 09/08/2025
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"Democratic Lawmakers Demand Interior DOGE Leader’s Financial, Ethics Docs" [69]

"Documents obtained by Public Domain raise ethics questions about former oil executive Tyler Hassen's investments." "A day after two Democratic lawmakers sent a letter seeking Tyler Hassen's financial and ethics documents, Hassen was replaced as Interior's Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget."

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [40]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Public Domain [70], 09/08/2025
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"Florida’s Fix For Its Struggling Insurance Market Hurt Homeowners, Data Shows" [71]

"In March 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law meant to curb “frivolous lawsuits” that he said were raising insurance rates for consumers while enriching predatory lawyers and scaring off insurance carriers. But a new analysis suggests the law — which has served as a model for other states — may have benefited insurance companies more than it has protected consumers."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [72]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: Washington Post [73], 09/08/2025
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