EJToday: Top Headlines

"Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Closed Over NEPA Failures" [9]

"U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams late Thursday issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting more detainees from coming to the site, barring new construction and giving the state 60 days to remove many of its major elements."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: E&E News [21], 08/25/2025
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"Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built" [22]

"The Trump administration on Friday ordered that all construction stop on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is already mostly built."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: NYTimes [27], 08/25/2025
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"Covid Vaccine Opponent Tapped to Lead Federal Review Team" [28]

"A task force formed by an influential advisory committee to review the safety of Covid vaccines will be led by a panel member who has described the shots as “the most failing medical product in the history of medical products.”

Activism [29]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [14]
Health [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [33], 08/25/2025
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"Why Power Bills Are Rising — And Why That’s Not Changing Soon" [34]

"Ending support for renewables and keeping fossil fuel power plants are the wrong tactics for addressing skyrocketing electricity rates"

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [35]
Technology [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [37], 08/25/2025
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"Scientists: Loss Of Antarctic Ice May Be Climate Tipping Point" [38]

"Rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice could be a tipping point for the global climate, causing sea level rises, changes to ocean currents and loss of marine life that are impossible to reverse, a scientific study published on Thursday said."

Climate Change [23]
Natural Resources [16]
Science [32]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [18]
International [40]
Antarctica & Arctic [41]
Source: Reuters [42], 08/25/2025
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Trump EPA Urged To Speed Monitoring Fenceline Pollution From Steel Plants [43]

"Public health advocates urged the Trump administration to protect residents and workers by sticking to a Biden-era timeline for reducing benzene and chromium emissions at the perimeter of steel and coke plants in Pennsylvania and other states rather than continuing to delay compliance rules."

Air [44]
Chemicals [45]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [47]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 08/25/2025
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Aging US Railroad Bridges Are Self-Inspected And Findings Are Kept Secret [50]

"The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to Oregon State University."

Chemicals [45]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [47]
Transportation [52]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
Source: Howard Center [54], 08/25/2025
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"China's Carbon Emissions Fell In The First Half Of 2025, Study Shows" [55]

"China's carbon dioxide emissions dropped 1% in the first half of 2025 from the same period last year, helped by growing use of renewable energy to generate power, according to a study by the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [35]
Public [18]
International [40]
Asia [56]
Source: Reuters [57], 08/25/2025
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Climate Change May Spread an Asian Bat and the Deadly Disease it Carries [58]

"A vaccine in development may slow the spread of Nipah virus, which kills up to 75 percent of the people it sickens, but reducing the environmental disruptions that bring people, livestock and bats together could be more effective."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [23]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Health [11]
People & Population [17]
Technology [36]
Wildlife [59]
Public [18]
International [40]
Asia [56]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 08/25/2025
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"Green Spaces Are Key To Combating Record Heat In Marginalized Communities" [61]

"Keith Lambert and his family cope with the extreme heat of summertime Chicago by going in and out of their house as quickly as possible and making sure their insulated shades are always drawn."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [46]
Infrastructure [35]
People & Population [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [62]
Source: AP [63], 08/25/2025
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Feds Failed To Conduct Environmental Review Of 'Alligator Alcatraz': Docs [64]

"Internal documents obtained by Public Domain show that the federal government did not conduct an Endangered Species Act or a National Environmental Policy Act review for the Florida migrant detention facility known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' — further proof that the facility may be operating in violation of federal environmental laws."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [39]
Wildlife [59]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: Public Domain [65], 08/22/2025
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"The Unseen Harvest: Pesticides, Cancer And Rural Missouri’s Health Crisis" [66]

"The counties with the highest use of pesticides per square mile are all located in Missouri’s Bootheel. Many of these counties have some of the state’s highest cancer rates and their health care options are dwindling."

Agriculture [67]
Chemicals [45]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [68]
Source: Investgate Midwest [69], 08/22/2025
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"Records Show Industry Sway On Toxic Emissions Rollback" [70]

"In a glimpse at the Trump administration’s tilt toward polluting industries, EPA embraced the aid of manufacturers in easing a new rule."

Chemicals [45]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [47]
Science [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [71], 08/22/2025
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"Pesticide Politics: Inside The Corporate Push To Limit Liability" [72]

"With billions of dollars at stake, Bayer has gone on the offensive. Billboards along major highways. A social media offensive. Tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations in Missouri alone. And a major push in at least 11 states to change pesticide labeling laws."

Agriculture [67]
Chemicals [45]
Environmental Health [11]
Journalism & Media [73]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [47]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [68]
Source: Investgate Midwest [74], 08/22/2025
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"FDA’s New Expert Panels Are Rife With Financial Conflicts And Fringe Views" [75]

"When the Food and Drug Administration needs outside guidance, it normally turns to a trusted source: a large roster of expert advisers who are carefully vetted for their independence, credentials and judgment. ... Instead, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has launched a series of ad hoc 'expert panels' to discuss antidepressants, menopause drugs and other topics with physicians and researchers who often have contrarian views and financial interests in the subjects."

Chemicals [45]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [17]
Technology [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [76], 08/22/2025
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