EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Looks To Seize Control Of California Water" [9]

"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 [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [21]
Source: E&E News [22], 01/28/2025
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Burgum Hosted ‘VIP Dinner’ for Oil, Gas, and Coal Execs Last Year: Emails [23]

"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 [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: DeSmog [25], 01/28/2025
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"Trump Fires EPA Watchdog Who Closely Scrutinized Biden's Agency" [26]

"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 [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [27]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 01/28/2025
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As Trump Targets Environmental Justice, Activists Gear Up for Legal Fights [29]

"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 [30]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 01/28/2025
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"Storm Eowyn Brings Hurricane-Level Destruction To Ireland" [33]

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

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
Europe [34]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [35], 01/28/2025
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"State Warns Of Looming ‘Systemic Failure’ Of Trenton’s Water Utility" [36]

"In the summer of 1975, Trenton’s public water utility experienced so many failures that its reservoir ran dry and residents had no water, forcing fire trucks to line up for miles to pump water from the suburbs and civil defense to truck in water, too. ... Fifty years later, little has changed at Trenton Water Works, according to two new independent reports the state Department of Environmental Protection issued Monday."

Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [16]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: States Newsroom [39], 01/28/2025
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Notorious WV Chemical Plant Polluting Water With Toxic PFAS, Lawsuit Claims [40]

"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic “forever chemicals”, a new lawsuit alleges."

Chemicals [41]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Source: Guardian [43], 01/28/2025
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"Guardian Investigation Fuels Class-Action Lawsuit Against Petro Giant" [44]

"Oil giant Marathon Petroleum is fighting an expanded class-action lawsuit fueled by an investigation by the Guardian and Forensic Architecture, which examined a huge toxic blaze at the company’s sprawling refinery in south-east Louisiana in 2023."

Activism [30]
Chemicals [41]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [27]
Public [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: Guardian [46], 01/28/2025
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Trump’s Denali Effort Puts A Spotlight On A Little-Known Panel Of Experts [47]

"Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump outlined in one of his many executive orders a mission to celebrate American greatness and to recognize those who have made contributions throughout history. ... The U.S. Board on Geographic Names will play a role."

Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [48]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [49]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [50]
Source: AP [51], 01/28/2025
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"Saguaro Struggles: A Desert Icon Feels the Heat" [52]

"Climate change, drought, and fires — all caused or worsened by human activity — are rewriting the future of ancient Sonoran saguaros."

Biodiversity [53]
Climate Change [11]
Natural Resources [49]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Source: The Revelator [55], 01/28/2025
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"Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists" [56]

"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 [41]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [49]
Pollution [27]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [57], 01/27/2025
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Mass Firing: Trump Removes Independent Inspectors General At 17+ Agencies [58]

"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 [41]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [27]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [59], 01/27/2025
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"How Big Insurance’s Investment in Fossil Fuels Came Back to Bite It" [60]

"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 [61]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Studies [62]
Infrastructure [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [63]
Source: Capital & Main [64], 01/27/2025
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Trump Quietly Withdraws Proposed Limits On PFAS In Industrial Wastewater [65]

"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 [41]
Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [66], 01/27/2025
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US Is Trying To Unravel A Hacking Plot That Targeted Climate Activists [67]

"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 [30]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [48]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [63]
Source: NPR [68], 01/27/2025
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