EJToday: Top Headlines

"Atrazine Probably Causes Cancer In Humans, WHO Cancer Agency Says" [9]

"The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency has classified atrazine – the second most widely used herbicide in the United States – as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” adding to growing concerns about toxic exposures in the nation’s farm belt."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: US Right to Know [21], 12/01/2025
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FDA Pulls Proposal To Require Talc-Containing Cosmetics To Test For Asbestos [22]

"The Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [25], 12/01/2025
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Electric Rates Jump After Trump Rejects Disaster Aid For Michigan Utilities [26]

"A recent decision by President Donald Trump to deny disaster aid to two electric utilities in rural northern Michigan could cost residents tens of millions of dollars."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [31]
People & Population [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: E&E News [33], 12/01/2025
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"Beekeepers, Farmers and the Fight to Save a Century-Old Research Hub" [34]

UPDATE: As of Dec. 1, NPR reports funding for USDA's Beltsville, Md., research center has been resored. No link available.

"Industry groups and scientists have urged the Trump administration to reconsider its plan to close a renowned Agriculture Department center in Maryland and disperse its work around the country."
Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [35]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [27]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [23]
Food [36]
Government [37]
Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: NYTimes [39], 12/01/2025
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"Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings" [40]

"The scores aimed to predict a property’s risk from a fires, floods and storms, but some in the real estate industry as well as homeowners have called them inaccurate."

Climate Change [27]
Consumer [12]
Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Infrastructure [31]
People & Population [16]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [42], 12/01/2025
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What’s Lost With Federal Funding Cuts At USGS Climate Science Centers [43]

"When the Trump administration began freezing federal funding for climate and ecosystem research, one of the programs hit hard was ours: the U.S. Geological Survey’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers." "The centers have been helping to track invasive species, protect water supplies and make agriculture more sustainable in the face of increasing drought conditions. They’re improving wildfire forecasting, protecting shorelines and saving Alaska salmon, among many other projects."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
People & Population [16]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Conversation [45], 12/01/2025
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"Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War" [46]

"Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [47]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [48]
Source: NYTimes [49], 12/01/2025
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"New US National Parks Fees For International Visitors Draw Scrutiny" [50]

"Environmentalists and former agency employees warn of increased workloads for park employees at a time when park staffing is already low." "U.S. citizenship will determine how expensive it is to access America’s national parks beginning next year, the Interior Department announced yesterday."

Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [51]
People & Population [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 12/01/2025
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EPA Urged To Ban Spraying Of Antibiotics On Food Crops Amid Resistance Fears [53]

"A new legal petition filed by a dozen public health and farm worker groups demands the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stop allowing farms to spray antibiotics on food crops in the US because they are probably causing superbugs to flourish and sickening farm workers."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [35]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Technology [54]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [55], 12/01/2025
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"The State of Local News 2025": 20 Years of Data, Deserts and Dynamic Change [56]

"News deserts are widening. Newspaper closures continue unabated. Independent publishers are calling it quits at an alarming rate. Yet local digital-only news sites are multiplying. Many are even thriving."

Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [29]
Journalism & Media [47]
People & Population [16]
Planning & Growth [57]
Technology [54]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Medill [58], 12/01/2025
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"EPA To Scrap Lifesaving Soot Pollution Limit" [59]

"The Trump administration has crossed a key threshold in its campaign to toss a stricter air pollution standard for soot, in a move that threatens to erase one of the Biden administration’s core public health accomplishments."

Air [60]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [61], 11/26/2025
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La. Health Official Who Halted State Vaccine Campaign Tapped As CDC’s No. 2 [62]

"A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new No. 2 leader at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [23]
Health [63]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [64], 11/26/2025
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"Interior Skips NEPA Analysis For Offshore Drilling Expansion" [65]

"The Interior Department will skip the standard environmental analysis for its five-year offshore drilling plan, a break from the agency’s decadeslong practice."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [66], 11/26/2025
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"Trump Exempts Coal Used In Steelmaking From Clean Air Act Rule" [67]

"President Trump is exempting coal used in steelmaking from Biden-era Clean Air Act regulations for two years."

Air [60]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: The Hill [68], 11/26/2025
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Electricity Prices Jump After Trump Rejects Disaster Aid For Mich. Utilities [69]

"A recent decision by President Donald Trump to deny disaster aid to electric utilities in rural northern Michigan could cost residents tens of millions of dollars."

Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: E&E News [33], 11/26/2025
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