EJToday: Top Headlines

"E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program" [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate Energy Star, the popular energy efficiency certification for dishwashers, refrigerators, dryers and other home appliances, according to agency documents and a recording of an internal meeting."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Technology [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 05/07/2025
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"Why 35 House Democrats Joined Republicans Against a Major Climate Policy" [22]

"Some said they worried that California’s planned ban on gas-powered vehicles would raise the price of cars. Another cited “intense and misleading lobbying” by the oil industry."

Air [23]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [27], 05/07/2025
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"Trump’s Plan To Merge ESA Offices Could Be A Hard Sell" [28]

"The idea of moving endangered species work done by NOAA Fisheries to the Fish and Wildlife Service has been considered several times."

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [33], 05/07/2025
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"Trump Wants To Rebuild Alcatraz. Experts Are Skeptical." [34]

"The former island prison is both a National Historic Landmark and a national park site that draws more than a million visitors each year."

Infrastructure [35]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [37]
Source: E&E News [38], 05/07/2025
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"18 States Sue Over Trump’s Halting of Wind Power Projects" [39]

"The halt threatens jobs and holds back energy production at a time the president has claimed an “energy emergency,” state attorneys general said."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [40], 05/06/2025
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"In Mexico’s ‘Avocado Belt,’ Villagers Stand Up to Protect Their Lands" [41]

"A boom in avocado production in Mexico has led to illegal deforestation and an influx of drug cartels dominating the lucrative trade. But Indigenous communities have fought back against the gangs and turned to traditional practices to grow avocados and save their forests."

Activism [42]
Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [29]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Justice [44]
Food [45]
Forests [46]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mexico [47]
Source: YaleE360 [48], 05/06/2025
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"US Seeks To Weaken Global Development Finance Efforts, UN Document Shows" [49]

"The United States is seeking to weaken a global deal aimed at helping developing countries struggling with the impacts of climate change and other issues, an internal United Nations document seen by Reuters showed."

Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [50]
Source: Reuters [51], 05/06/2025
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"Reconciliation: Natural Resources Plows Ahead, Other Bills Stall" [52]

"Lawmakers are preparing for a tense markup in the House Natural Resources Committee on legislation to expand mining and drilling." "One committee is moving ahead swiftly to advance its piece of the Republicans’ sprawling budget package, while other panels with power over energy and environment policy get bogged down."

Biodiversity [29]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [36]
Wildlife [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [53], 05/06/2025
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Rural Communities Were Promised Millions In Disaster Funds. Trump Says No. [54]

"In DePue, Ill., sewage will keep backing up into people's basements when there's heavy rain. In Rising Sun, Md., a mobile home park that has already flooded six times will remain in harm's way. And in Kamiah, Idaho, houses won't get upgrades that would protect them from wildfires"

Agriculture [43]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [55]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [56]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NPR [57], 05/06/2025
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"No Trees, No Birds, No Shade: A Sit-In For Dhaka's Last Parks" [58]

"In the fast-growing Bangladesh capital, sun-scorched activists demand protection for city's last green oases."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [55]
Environmental Health [14]
Forests [46]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [56]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [19]
Asia [59]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [60], 05/06/2025
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Climate Disaster Survivors Organize Across America, Turning Loss Into Action [61]

"U.S. disaster declarations totaled 108 last year, touching 137 million people. “Climate change is here, it’s impacting people, and it’s going to get more severe,” says one activist."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [55]
Environmental Politics [15]
People & Population [56]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 05/06/2025
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"Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers" [63]

"For the first time, scientists have mapped groundwater variables nationally to understand which aquifers are most vulnerable to contamination from orphan wells." "A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast and California is susceptible to contamination from orphaned oil and gas wells."

Agriculture [43]
Chemicals [64]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Studies [16]
Infrastructure [35]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [25]
Science [65]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 05/06/2025
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"Republicans Say EVs Don’t Pay Their Fair Share. Here’s The Math." [67]

"Driving an electric vehicle could get more expensive if congressional Republicans have their way." "House Republicans want to impose an annual $250 fee on electric vehicle drivers, who don’t pay the gas tax. Critics say the fee is too high."

Air [23]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [68], 05/06/2025
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To Save Tiniest Turtle, Scientists Are Rebuilding Bogs From Scratch [69]

"Amid the vast forests carpeting the corrugated slopes of the Appalachians sit some of the country’s only remaining mountain bogs and a rare, threatened species of turtle living in them."

Activism [42]
Biodiversity [29]
Natural Resources [36]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [19]
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Source: Sierra [71], 05/06/2025
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"Trump Budget Would Decimate Climate, Renewables Funding" [72]

"The White House unveiled a preliminary fiscal 2026 budget Friday, outlining a plan for Congress’ Republican majorities to try to slash funding for climate programs, renewable energy, vulnerable communities and other Democratic-aligned priorities." "The preliminary funding proposal outlines cuts the administration wants for myriad clean energy, climate and environment programs."

Chemicals [64]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [73], 05/05/2025
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