EJToday: Top Headlines

"Youth Launch New Climate Lawsuit Against Trump’s Energy Orders" [9]

"The next generation of youth climate litigation was filed in federal district court on Thursday, challenging President Donald Trump’s executive orders that young plaintiffs say violate their constitutional rights."

Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [15], 06/02/2025
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"Mayors Are Making Climate Action Personal. It’s Working." [16]

"As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels and rolls back regulations, mayors are greening their cities — in more ways than one."

Activism [17]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Transportation [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [23], 06/02/2025
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UK: Toxic Pesticide Found In Tampons 40x Higher Than Legal Limit For Water [24]

"Glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, found at very high levels in menstrual products in the UK, according to report"

Agriculture [25]
Chemicals [26]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [29]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [30]
Public [13]
Europe [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 06/02/2025
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"PBS And Minnesota Public TV Station Sue Trump White House" [33]

"PBS and a public television station in rural Minnesota filed suit on Friday against President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the network. The suit alleges Trump's order is unlawful, exceeding his authority as president and violating Constitutional protections of free speech because he has made clear he doesn't like PBS's news coverage and programming."

Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: NPR [36], 06/02/2025
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"Supreme Court Sets Tighter Limits On NEPA Reviews" [37]

"The Supreme Court on Thursday placed new limits on environmental reviews for major federal projects such as pipelines and railways."

Biodiversity [38]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [39]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [40]
Transportation [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [41], 05/30/2025
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$14 Billion In Clean Energy Projects Canceled In US This Year: Analysis [42]

"More than $14 billion in clean energy investments in the U.S. have been canceled or delayed this year, according to an analysis released Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s pending megabill has raised fears over the future of domestic battery, electric vehicle and solar and wind energy development."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [43], 05/30/2025
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Trump Admin Reverses Planned Closures Of 3 Dozen US Mine Safety Offices [44]

"The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws, the Department of Labor said Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [45], 05/30/2025
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Appeals Court Revives Tribal Challenge To $10B SunZia Transmission Project [46]

"A federal appeals court has sided with Native American tribes in their fight against the federal government over a $10 billion energy transmission line designed to carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away as California."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: AP [48], 05/30/2025
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Almost 40% Of World’s Glaciers Already Doomed Due To Climate – Study [49]

"Almost 40% of glaciers in existence today are already doomed to melt due to climate-heating emissions from fossil fuels, a study has found."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [50]
Environmental Studies [39]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [13]
International [52]
Source: Guardian [53], 05/30/2025
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"US Woman Brings First-Ever Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Big Oil" [54]

"A woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a major heatwave."

Activism [17]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [50]
Environmental Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [55]
Source: Guardian [56], 05/30/2025
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"Louisiana Republicans Help Kill Anti-Fluoride Bill" [57]

"Republicans in the Louisiana House stifled a proposal Wednesday that would have banned the addition of fluoride in public water systems — rejecting a burgeoning movement backed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Source: The Hill [59], 05/30/2025
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"Insurance Costs Are Soaring Around Tornado Alley. Hail Is The Big Problem." [60]

"The cost of homeowners insurance is soaring in states where large outbreaks of tornadoes are becoming more common. But it's hail — not tornadoes — that are the biggest concern for insurers in the middle of the country, according to industry experts and analysts."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [50]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [61], 05/30/2025
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"HHS Cancels Funding For Moderna To Develop Vaccines To Combat Bird Flu" [62]

"The Department of Health and Human Services is pulling millions of dollars it had committed to give Moderna to aid the effort to develop a vaccine to combat the bird flu in humans, the company announced Wednesday.

Environmental Politics [19]
Health [63]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Science [64]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [65], 05/30/2025
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Ancestral Eyes: Storytelling Under The Night Skies Of The Stargazer Highway [66]

"Against the black night, the darker-than-night silhouettes of Monument Valley buttes graced the horizon. Overhead, stars were scattered across the sky—a prank by Coyote, according to Navajo legend—and the stripe of Milky Way stars arced brilliantly across the sky from the southwest to the northeast horizon."

Environmental Studies [39]
Journalism & Media [34]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: National Parks Traveler [67], 05/30/2025
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Manitoba Declares A State Of Emergency Over Wildfires As Thousands Flee [68]

The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help. ... The fires have forced 17,000 people across several communities to flee."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [50]
Forests [69]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [55]
Canada [70]
Source: AP [71], 05/29/2025
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