EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Resurrects ‘God Squad’ To Bend The ESA" [9]

"The committee that decides the fate of endangered species is rarely summoned. But the president’s “energy emergency” could change that."

"The Trump administration is putting its faith in an empowered “God Squad” that might help energy projects maneuver around Endangered Species Act obstacles.

In verse meant to be far-reaching, President Donald Trump’s new executive order designating an “energy emergency” strengthens what the landmark environmental law formally calls the “Endangered Species Act Committee.”
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [19], 01/24/2025
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"Amid Raging Fires, House Passes Contentious Forestry Bill" [20]

"The House on Thursday passed legislation that supporters say will improve how the nation manages its forests to prevent fires but opponents argue will undercut environmental safeguards."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [22], 01/24/2025
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"With EPA Support, The Corps Is Moving Forward With The Yazoo Pumps" [23]

"The U.S Army Corps of Engineers announced last Friday it’s moving forward with an altered version of the Yazoo Pumps, a flood relief project that the agency has touted for decades. The project now also has the backing of the Environmental Protection Agency, whose veto killed a previous iteration in 2008 because of the pumps’ potential to harm 67,000 acres of valuable wetland habitat."

Biodiversity [10]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Mississippi Today [27], 01/24/2025
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Trump Wants To Upend Calif. Water Policy. Officials Say It Could Do Harm [28]

"In one of the first acts of his second term, President Trump is seeking to put his stamp on California water policy by directing the federal government to put “people over fish” and send more water from Northern California to the Central Valley’s farms and Southern California cities."

Agriculture [29]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [32]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
California [33]
Source: LA Times [34], 01/24/2025
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As Workers Clean Up After The LA Fires, Can The State Keep Them Safe? [35]

"The LA fires have left domestic workers and day laborers jobless. They may soon be hired for wildfire cleanup work, where they can be exposed to ash and other toxins."

Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [37]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [39]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [40]
Public [17]
California [33]
Source: CalMatters [41], 01/24/2025
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Over 50,000 Evacuated As Wildfire Imperils Homes North Of Los Angeles [42]

"More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, but fire officials said a rapid ground and air assault was giving them the upper hand."

Climate Change [37]
Disasters [24]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
California [33]
Source: AP [43], 01/23/2025
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Fossil Fuel Companies Use Twitter/X Social Media To Block Climate Progress [44]

"To the extent that X ever was the “public square” of the internet, it is clearly no longer such a place. The platform — known as Twitter until it was rechristened in 2023 by Elon Musk — has become an echo chamber for extremist conspiracy theories and hate speech — or, depending on what you’re looking for, a porn site."

Climate Change [37]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [46]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Grist [47], 01/23/2025
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"EPA Moves To Withdraw Decision On Paraquat, Delays Report On Risks" [48]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to withdraw its interim regulatory decision on paraquat, announcing that it needs more time to examine the potential health effects of the weed killing chemical that has been widely used in agriculture for decades, but also linked for years to the incurable brain ailment known as Parkinson’s disease."

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [49], 01/23/2025
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"Two Industry Officials Expected to Help Oversee E.P.A. Chemical Rules" [50]

"A former chemical-industry executive who fought against stronger regulations under the first Trump administration is returning to take a critical role at the Environmental Protection Agency, two people with knowledge of the appointment said, raising concerns of corporate influence on chemical safety regulations."

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [36]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [51]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [52], 01/23/2025
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Trump’s No. 2 Pick for EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm [53]

"The man tapped by President Donald Trump to be second-in-command of the federal agency that protects the public from environmental dangers is a lawyer who has represented companies accused of harming people and the environment through pollution." "David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration."

Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [37]
Economy & Business [54]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [40]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [55], 01/23/2025
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"Legal Pitfalls Could Trouble Trump’s Executive Actions" [56]

"President Donald Trump on his first day in office declared an “energy emergency” and set in motion the demolition of scores of environmental protections that his administration will have to defend in court. Legal observers say some of Trump’s ambitions will be harder than others to justify — even before a high court dominated by conservatives, including three of the president’s own picks."

Climate Change [37]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [40]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [57], 01/23/2025
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"Trump’s Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback and Doubt" [58]

"Automakers and even some Republicans may fight to preserve funds, and environmental activists will likely sue, but some experts said that some changes may not survive legal challenges."

Climate Change [37]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [54]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [40]
Transportation [59]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [60], 01/23/2025
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"Trump Reverses Biden On Natural Resource Protections In Alaska" [61]

"The partisan divide over natural resource protections took a hard shift to the right with the inauguration of President Trump, who reversed moves the Biden administration took to protect natural resources in Alaska from mining and energy development and hunting bears with baits."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [37]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [62]
Source: National Parks Traveler [63], 01/23/2025
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"Tohono O’odham Nation Signs Co-Stewardship With BLM Over Sacred Lands" [64]

"The Tohono O’odham Nation signed a co-stewardship agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for federal lands with deep cultural and religious ties for the tribal nation."

Environmental Justice [39]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [32]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [65]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [66]
Source: States Newsroom [67], 01/23/2025
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"Trump Wants to Rename Denali. Alaska Lawmakers Don’t." [68]

"President Donald J. Trump’s plan to return Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, to its earlier name, Mount McKinley, has run into opposition from Alaska lawmakers."

Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [32]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [65]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [62]
Source: NYTimes [69], 01/23/2025
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