EJToday: Top Headlines

"An Albany Neighborhood At The Heart Of New York's Lead Poisoning Epidemic" [9]

"The 12206 ZIP code, which encompasses West Hill, Beverwyck and Upper Washington Avenue, has one of the state's highest concentrations of childhood lead poisoning."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: Albany Times Union [21], 04/17/2025
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Climate Activists Were Hacked. Exxon PR Firm Hired The Alleged Attacker [22]

"For years, the U.S. Justice Department has worked to unravel a global hacking campaign that targeted prominent American climate activists. Now, public tax filings reviewed by NPR reveal an unexpected link between the company that allegedly commissioned the attacks and some of the victims."

Activism [23]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [27]
Source: NPR [28], 04/17/2025
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"Cement Is A Climate Menace. Under Trump, Fixing It Just Got Harder." [29]

"The cement industry has set ambitious goals to cut its carbon footprint. But as federal funding dries up, its path to a greener future is less clear."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [30]
Pollution [17]
Technology [31]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Floodlight [32], 04/17/2025
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RFK Jr. Claims Research Will Find Cause Of ‘Autism Epidemic’ By September [33]

"The US Department of Health and Human Services has launched a “massive testing and research effort” involving hundreds of scientists worldwide that will determine “what has caused the autism epidemic” by September, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday. But experts expressed doubt that the research would be done in good faith, given Kennedy’s history of linking autism and vaccines despite strong evidence that the two are not connected."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [16]
Science [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: CNN [35], 04/17/2025
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Group Names Mississippi River ‘Most Endangered,’ Cites Proposed FEMA Cuts [36]

"A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi River the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in federal flood management."

Activism [23]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Natural Resources [38]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [40], 04/17/2025
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"Inside Trump’s Plan to Halt Hundreds of Regulations" [41]

"The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [24]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [43], 04/16/2025
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"Researchers Identify US Counties With Worst Drinking Water Violations" [44]

"The U.S. counties with the most egregious water quality violations are concentrated in four states: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oklahoma, a new study has found."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [45], 04/16/2025
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Trump Ends Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Black Alabama Communities [46]

"The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Alabamians in majority-Black communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”

Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 04/16/2025
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Burgum Visits, Touts Alabama Coal Mine With Thousands of Safety Violations [49]

"Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited two Warrior Met mines to emphasize the administration’s commitment to lifting regulations on the extraction of ‘clean beautiful coal.’ He did not mention the company’s checkered safety and environmental record."

Air [50]
Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 04/16/2025
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Judge Orders Agencies To Release Billions From Two Biden-Era Initiatives [52]

"A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [53], 04/16/2025
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Commercial Salmon Fishing In Calif. Will Be Closed For 3rd Year In A Row [54]

"The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year running, and sportfishing will be restricted to only a few days due to dwindling numbers of fish, fishing regulators voted Tuesday."

Biodiversity [55]
Climate Change [24]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [18]
California [57]
Source: AP [58], 04/16/2025
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Trump Exempts Nearly 70 Coal Plants From Biden Rule On Mercury And Air Toxics [59]

"The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene."

Air [50]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [60], 04/16/2025
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Enviros Sue Trump Admin to Restore Web Tools for Climate, Pollution Impacts [61]

"The removal of websites designed to help disadvantaged communities will hurt those communities the most, lawyers argue."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [62]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 04/16/2025
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Bill To Protect Pesticide Companies Fizzles Out in Iowa Legislature Again [64]

"In the state with the second-highest cancer rate in the nation, the legislation would have made it harder for residents to sue pesticide companies for illnesses linked to their products."

Agriculture [65]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [66]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 04/16/2025
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"The Rural N.C. Mayor Betting Big On Clean Energy To Uplift His Hometown" [68]

"In one of the nation’s poorest towns, the mayor and others are planning to build a solar installation, a weatherization resource center, and a gleaming new resilience hub."

Activism [23]
Climate Change [24]
Disasters [37]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [69]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: Canary Media [70], 04/16/2025
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