EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump EPA Preaches ‘Compliance First.’ Does That Mean Enforcement Last?" [9]

"EPA has set out new guidelines for its staff interacting with polluters, championing quick compliance for violators of the law before turning to tough enforcement."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [14], 12/11/2025
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"USDA Reorganization Fight Tests Congressional Backbone" [15]

"Lawmakers’ bid to slow the closure of the department’s largest research facility rests on iffy legal ground but waves a yellow flag at the Trump administration."

Agriculture [16]
Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Science [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [19], 12/11/2025
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Chemicals In Food System Creating Health Burden Of $2.2Tn A Year: Report [20]

"Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture."

Agriculture [16]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Food [23]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [26]
Source: Guardian [27], 12/11/2025
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"Roadmap For Trump’s FEMA Reforms Set For Release Thursday" [28]

"The Trump administration is set to unveil its plan this week to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a proposal that is sure to be contentious but is not expected to go as far as earlier calls to eliminate the agency completely."

Climate Change [29]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [31]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [24]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [34], 12/11/2025
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Greenpeace Scrutinizes Environmental Record of the Company That Sued Them [35]

"The nonprofit said in a new report that pipeline company Energy Transfer reported hundreds of oil spills to federal regulators in recent years, among other incidents."

Activism [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [38]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 12/11/2025
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"A New Report Describes Deep Environmental Cuts, State by State" [41]

"Fewer inspections, weaker enforcement and less oversight: Deep cuts to state budgets and at the Environmental Protection Agency are preventing regulators from fully protecting the public from pollution, according to a report released today by the Environmental Integrity Project."

Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 12/11/2025
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"Lawsuit Challenges Park Service Passes Featuring Trump" [44]

"An environmental group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging the National Park Service’s plan to emblazon President Trump’s face on some annual passes to national parks starting Jan. 1."

Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [45], 12/11/2025
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"E.P.A. Erases Mention of Humans Causing Climate Change From Some Web Pages" [46]

"An E.P.A. site listing the causes of climate change no longer includes the main one: human activity."

Climate Change [29]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [39]
Science [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [47], 12/10/2025
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Chemical Lobbyists At Trump EPA Double Amount of Formaldehyde Deemed Safe [48]

"Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them." "The chemical industry finally got its wish."

Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: ProPublica [49], 12/10/2025
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"Bid To Oust Zeldin Cites ‘EPA-Sanctioned Pollution Spree’" [50]

"Moms Clean Air Force is activating its million-plus members in a bid to oust Administrator Lee Zeldin from EPA."

Activism [36]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [51], 12/10/2025
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"Defense Bill Delays Phaseout Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighting Foam" [52]

"The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) gives the Pentagon more time to use firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals.”

Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [53]
Pollution [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [54], 12/10/2025
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"Democratic Senators Demand U.S. Park Police Suspend Hiring Spree" [55]

"Democratic senators are demanding the U.S. Park Police suspend their D.C. recruitment blitz and accuse the Trump administration of “hijacking this federal police force for its own authoritarian purposes,” according to a letter sent to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Monday morning."

Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [53]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: Washington Post [57], 12/10/2025
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Arizona Probes Proposed Critical Mineral Mine’s Polluted Water Discharge [58]

"A proposed critical minerals mine in southern Arizona that was the first added to a federal permitting process designed to be quicker and more transparent has reported water with levels exceeding the state’s regulatory limits of a mineral that can damage the heart, lungs, stomach and eyes."

Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [59]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 12/10/2025
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As NOAA Funding Lags, Critical Ocean Weather System Nears Breaking Point [62]

"Years of underfunding and new delays in federal grantmaking threaten buoys and ocean monitoring assets run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that protect fishermen, cargo ships and endangered species across the country."

Climate Change [29]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Studies [38]
Infrastructure [32]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 12/10/2025
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Trump Said Weaker Gas Mileage Rules Will Mean Cheaper Cars. Experts Disagree [64]

"President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken rules for how far automakers’ new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline, set under former President Joe Biden. ... Here are the facts."

Climate Change [29]
Consumer [65]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [66]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [67], 12/10/2025
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