EJToday: Top Headlines

"Interior To Reverse Biden Ban On Drilling In Alaska" [9]

"The Trump administration announced Monday it is moving ahead with plans to reopen millions of acres of undisturbed public land to oil and gas drilling, amid a visit by top officials to Alaska this week." "The plan would open up 11 million acres to drilling and remove conditions, including protections for sensitive ecological areas, on oil and gas leases in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 06/03/2025
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"Inside EPA’s Backdoor Bid To Stop Regulating Climate Pollution" [21]

"EPA is expected to soon argue that the U.S. power sector doesn’t contribute “significantly” to climate change — a bid that could give the agency cover to not regulate planet-warming emissions from a wide range of sources."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [22], 06/03/2025
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Worry Swirls Over Cuts To Key Federal Agencies As Hurricane Season Begins [23]

"With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to hurricanes."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [29], 06/03/2025
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Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar [30]

"US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, say researchers from Wood Mackenzie."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 06/03/2025
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"A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security" [33]

"Two teams of high-powered lawyers clashed this week in Charleston, S.C., over a global-warming question with major implications: Do climate lawsuits against oil companies threaten national security, as President Trump has claimed?"

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [35]
Pollution [31]
Science [36]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [37], 06/03/2025
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"Alberta's Wildfires Disrupt Some 7% Of Canada's Oil Production" [38]

"Wildfires burning in Canada's oil-producing province of Alberta have affected more than 344,000 barrels per day of oil sands production, or about 7% of the country's overall crude oil output, according to Reuters calculations."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Forests [39]
Public [17]
Canada [40]
Source: Reuters [41], 06/03/2025
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"Trump Touts US Steel-Nippon Steel Deal That Could Result In More Coal" [42]

"The Japanese steelmaker has pledged to extend the life of U.S. Steel’s dirty blast furnaces if Trump greenlights a deal, potentially locking in decades of pollution."

Air [43]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Canary Media [45], 06/03/2025
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Chinese Banks Pour Billions Into Commodities From the World’s Rainforests [46]

"Chinese banks have become the biggest international funders of companies that trade in goods linked to deforestation, a trend that could further imperil the world’s most climate-critical forests, environmental advocates say."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
International [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 06/03/2025
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Colossal Cloud Of Sahara Dust Smothers The Caribbean En Route To The US [49]

"A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States."

Air [43]
Climate Change [11]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [47]
Africa [50]
Source: AP [51], 06/03/2025
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"Trump Admin Faces Legal Action Over Federal Cuts’ Impact on Manatees" [52]

"An environmental group filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue over staffing concerns at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, established specifically to protect the sea cows."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [28]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 06/03/2025
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"White House Releases Details About Proposed Budget Cuts" [55]

"EPA’s core workforce would shrink to its smallest size since the mid-1980s, while funding for numerous grant programs would be zeroed out, according to new documents released Friday."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [57]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [31]
Science [36]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [58], 06/02/2025
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"Is The Oil And Gas Boom Harming New Mexico’s Students?" [59]

"Fossil fuel revenues bankroll education spending in this state, but schools exposed to industry pollution face environmental risks that can affect children’s health and performance."

Air [43]
Chemicals [60]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [57]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [61]
Source: Searchlight NM/AP [62], 06/02/2025
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"Trump Emergency Order Halts Second Power Plant From Closure" [63]

"The Trump administration ordered another power plant to remain operational by invoking emergency powers for a second time, a day before the facility in Pennsylvania was scheduled to close."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [64]
Source: Bloomberg [65], 06/02/2025
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Pa. Fracking Firm Surrenders Water Permits Over Concerns About Stream Flow [66]

"A natural gas company has surrendered its permits to pump water from a western Pennsylvania creek in a move welcomed by environmentalists fearful of rising industrial demand for surface water and the growing threat of climate change."

Biodiversity [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [64]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 06/02/2025
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"‘Black Box’: What Exactly Is Trump’s Energy Council Doing?" [68]

"President Donald Trump launched a council to promote U.S. energy supremacy more than three months ago, but the advisory group remains an enigma."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [34]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [69], 06/02/2025
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