EJToday: Top Headlines

"Interior To Open Millions Of Acres In Alaska To Drilling And Mining" [9]

"Trump officials said they would open up areas of Alaska that Joe Biden had made off-limits to oil and gas production, and allow for a gas pipeline to be built across the state."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
Source: Washington Post [21], 03/21/2025
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EPA Mulls Giving Drillers More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Toxic Wastewater [22]

"The Trump administration plans to increase “regulatory flexibility” for oil and gas companies trying to find ways to dispose of copious amounts of toxic wastewater."

Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 03/21/2025
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"Lake Tahoe Could Be A Deathtrap During Major Wildfires" [26]

"Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties in South Lake Tahoe are at risk — yet new resorts are being built in high-danger fire areas."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Forests [29]
Infrastructure [14]
People & Population [30]
Planning & Growth [31]
Transportation [32]
Public [18]
California [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Source: CalMatters [35], 03/21/2025
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Black Farmers Face Setbacks Over Trump Budget Cuts: ‘We Are In Survival Mode’ [36]

"A consortium of Black farmers in the north-east take financial hits as harsh USDA cuts threaten their operations"

Agriculture [37]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: Guardian [40], 03/21/2025
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Calif. Falls Short in Enforcing Regulations for Metal Shredding Industry [41]

"After decades of lax oversight, new efforts are underway to protect communities from toxic emissions without putting the industry out of business."

Chemicals [23]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [24]
Waste [42]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [33]
Source: Public Health Watch [43], 03/21/2025
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Trump Orders Shift Disaster Prep From FEMA To States, Local Governments [44]

"U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that seeks to shift responsibility for disaster preparations to state and local governments, deepening his drive to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [45]
People & Population [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [46], 03/21/2025
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"US Baby Formulas Often Contain Contaminants, Study Finds" [47]

"A new investigation that tested 41 types of powdered baby formula sold in the US found that about half of the products contained concerning levels of contaminants, including lead, arsenic, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), bisphenol A (BPA) and acrylamide."

Chemicals [23]
Consumer [48]
Food [49]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [30]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [50], 03/21/2025
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Duffy Gives NYC 30-Day Congestion Pricing Extension, Puts Hochul ‘On Notice’ [51]

"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the administration was giving New York City a 30-day extension for its congestion pricing plan and putting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) “on notice.”

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [48]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [30]
Planning & Growth [31]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: The Hill [52], 03/21/2025
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"Trump Signs Order On Critical Mineral Production" [53]

"President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to boost production of critical minerals in the United States and confirmed a deal to gain access to minerals in Ukraine was still on track.'

Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [54]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [55], 03/21/2025
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Oystercatcher Recovery Campaign Offers a Rare Conservation Success Story [56]

"Fifteen years of coordinated conservation efforts have produced a significant recovery in the U.S. population of the American oystercatcher, a bird with a distinctive bright red bill that breeds and roosts on beaches and coastal marshes, at a time when most shorebirds are declining."

Activism [57]
Biodiversity [58]
Natural Resources [54]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 03/21/2025
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"Greenpeace Must Pay At Least $660M Over Dakota Pipeline Protests, Says Jury" [60]

"A jury in North Dakota has decided that the environmental group Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the pipeline company Energy Transfer and is liable for defamation and other claims over protests in the state nearly a decade ago."

Activism [57]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Journalism & Media [61]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [62]
Source: Guardian [63], 03/20/2025
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"Uranium Waste Threatens A Western New Mexico Region's Last Clean Aquifer" [64]

"Near the western New Mexico town of Grants, the toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, destroyed homes and created a contamination threat to the last clean source of groundwater for an entire region"

Chemicals [23]
Consumer [48]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [65]
Natural Resources [54]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [66]
People & Population [30]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [67]
Source: Searchlight New Mexico [68], 03/20/2025
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Over 150 ‘Unprecedented’ Climate Disasters Struck World In 2024, Says UN [69]

"The devastating impacts of the climate crisis reached new heights in 2024, with scores of unprecedented heatwaves, floods and storms across the globe, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [28]
Infrastructure [14]
Natural Resources [54]
People & Population [30]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [18]
International [70]
Source: Guardian [71], 03/20/2025
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"New Study Reinforces Worries About Pulses of Rapid Sea Level Rise" [72]

"A new analysis of ancient layers of peat at the bottom of the North Sea will help scientists more accurately project how much sea level will rise in the coming decades and centuries. The research shows how fast sea level rose about 11,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, the last time Earth warmed as fast as it is warming now."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [48]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Studies [73]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [70]
Source: Inside Climate News [74], 03/20/2025
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"Trump Administration Approves Exports From Major LNG Project" [75]

"The Trump administration is authorizing a major gas facility to export the fuel abroad — clearing a major hurdle in getting the controversial project approved."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [76]
International [70]
Source: The Hill [77], 03/20/2025
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