EJToday: Top Headlines

"Interior Energy Boss Exits, Unexpectedly" [9]

"The Interior Department confirmed Friday that Leslie Beyer, who has led the agency’s energy programs on public lands and waters since her Senate confirmation in September, has left the agency."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [16], 12/23/2025
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US Denies Okinawa Prefecture Base Access For ‘Forever Chemicals’ Tests [17]

"U.S. Forces Japan has denied Okinawa prefecture’s requests to test for so-called “forever chemicals” at three U.S. military bases, citing insufficient evidence that the facilities are sources of contamination."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Military [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Asia [22]
Source: Stars and Stripes [23], 12/23/2025
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Washington Wants Ship PFAS Firefighting Foam To An Incinerator In Utah [24]

"Firefighters sometimes use a special type of foam to put out fires caused by flammable liquids, like gases or solvents. But that foam contains “forever chemicals,” or PFAs."

Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Northwest (OR WA) [26]
Source: OPB [27], 12/23/2025
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"Senate Democrats Cut Off Permitting Talks After Trump’s Wind Farm Pause" [28]

"Senate Democrats say they will walk away from talks about legislation to speed up energy and infrastructure construction unless the Trump administration reverses its latest attack on wind power."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [29], 12/23/2025
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"‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’" [30]

"In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent, CBS News abruptly removed a segment from Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” that was to feature the stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to what the program called a 'brutal' prison in El Salvador."

Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [32], 12/23/2025
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"Another Trump Financial Conflict, This Time With Nuclear Power" [33]

"Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway."

Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [36], 12/22/2025
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"At FEMA, $900 Million In Grants, Loans Awaits Noem’s Approval" [37]

"More than $900 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants and loans are awaiting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s approval under her controversial policy of personally reviewing major expenditures, an agency source told The Hill."

Climate Change [38]
Disasters [39]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [42], 12/22/2025
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N. Carolina's Lumbee Tribe Wins Full Federal Recognition After 137-Year Push [43]

"After a 137-year struggle, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition from the U.S. government."

Environmental Justice [44]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: NPR [46], 12/22/2025
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"Groups Express Alarm About Mike Lee Lands Amendment" [47]

"The Senate may vote on an amendment to spending legislation that critics say could lead to public lands sales."

Agriculture [48]
Biodiversity [49]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [50]
Wildlife [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [52], 12/22/2025
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"Georgia’s Lame-Duck Utility Commission OKs Massive, Pricey Gas Buildout" [53]

"Critics fear Georgia Power’s $16.3 billion investment in fossil-gas plants and batteries will jack up customers’ bills if data centers don’t show up as forecasted."

Climate Change [38]
Consumer [54]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: Canary Media [55], 12/22/2025
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Feds Pave The Way For Big Tech To Plug Data Centers Right Into Power Plants [56]

Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants, issuing a long-awaited order Thursday, as the Trump administration urges them to help the U.S. lead the world in artificial intelligence and revive domestic manufacturing.

Climate Change [38]
Consumer [54]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [57]
Technology [58]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: AP [59], 12/22/2025
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"Controversial Dakota Pipeline Gets a Big, Belated Government Boost" [60]

"A delayed environmental review cleared the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue operating. Separately, a North Dakota judge expressed unusual exasperation over the tangled legal battles."

Activism [61]
Climate Change [38]
Disasters [39]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [57]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [62]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Canada [63]
Source: NYTimes [64], 12/22/2025
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"Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Is Having a Renaissance" [65]

"As the world looks to incorporate more renewables into energy grids, centuries-old systems that can balance supply and demand are being reappraised and innovated upon."

Climate Change [38]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [40]
Technology [58]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [66]
Source: WIRED [67], 12/22/2025
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"The World’s Last Flock of Wild Whooping Cranes Gets More Living Space" [68]

"On an isolated stretch of Texas coastline, conservation groups have acquired more than 3,000 acres of nearly pristine prairie to preserve as habitat for endangered whooping cranes, one of the rarest birds in North America."

Biodiversity [49]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [50]
Wildlife [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [69]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 12/22/2025
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AP Photogs Capture Destruction, Heartache And Resilience Amid Climate Change [71]

"Climate change, caused mainly by the use of oil, gas and coal as energy sources, hit people hard in 2025, with suffering and heartache captured by Associated Press photographers around the globe."

Climate Change [38]
Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [19]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [14]
International [66]
Source: AP [72], 12/22/2025
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