EJToday: Top Headlines

"High Court Rejects EPA Sewage Permits in San Francisco Win" [9]

"The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected EPA “end result” sewage permits issued under the Clean Water Act that focus on water quality instead of outlining specific requirements to prevent pollution.

In a fractured 5-4 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court blocked the EPA from issuing permits that make a permittee responsible for surface water quality, or “end result” permits—a term the court coined in the ruling. National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permits govern pollution from sewer overflows during storms.
Environmental Health [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 03/05/2025
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Opinion: "H5N1 Is Spreading. America Is Not Ready." [19]

"With egg prices spiking due to bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced steps last week to control the H5N1 virus, such as increasing financial relief for farmers with affected flocks and exploring vaccines and therapeutics for chickens. While these steps might help stabilize the egg supply in the short term, they’re insufficient for one simple reason: Chickens are not the only animals affected by this disease."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Consumer [22]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Health [10]
Food [25]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Wildlife [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [28], 03/05/2025
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"‘Drill Baby Drill’ Belied by Firing Federal Permit Approvers" [29]

"Federal firings expected to undermine oil and gas permitting"

Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Environmental Studies [32]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [33], 03/05/2025
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Does N.C. Need Another Polluting Plant to Turn Plastic Waste Into Diesel? [34]

"Buffeted by PFAS-emitting industries, Fayetteville could soon be home to a financially troubled company that wants to turn tons of plastic waste into diesel fuel using a polluting, energy-intensive process called pyrolysis."

Chemicals [35]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [36]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 03/05/2025
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"Trump's 'God Squad' Timber Logging Mandate Is Legally Murky" [39]

"President Donald Trump’s plans to use the “God Squad” and emergency provisions of the Endangered Species Act to promote widespread logging on public lands are likely illegal and little more than rhetoric without the force of law, legal experts say."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [31]
Forests [40]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [41]
Wildlife [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [42], 03/05/2025
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"Oil Prices Fall After OPEC Plus Affirms Plan to Raise Production" [43]

"Oil prices fell on Monday afternoon to their lowest level of the year after the OPEC oil cartel and its allies affirmed plans to gradually increase crude production beginning in April."

Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Public [15]
International [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 03/05/2025
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Anti-DEI Push Kills $75 Million Grant To Plant Trees In Places That Need Them [46]

"Arthur Johnson has lived in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward for nearly three decades, long enough to appreciate the trees that filter pollution from the big ships traveling the nearby Mississippi River and that offer shade on sweltering summer days."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [31]
Forests [40]
Natural Resources [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [47], 03/05/2025
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Ontario's Ford Will Cut Off US Electricity Exports 'With A Smile On My Face,' [48]

""They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain," Premier Doug Ford said Monday on cutting Ontario electricity exports to U.S."

Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Infrastructure [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [49]
Source: Toronto Sun [50], 03/05/2025
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El Paso Turning Wastewater Into Drinking Water. Other Cities Will Soon Follow [51]

"El Paso Water broke ground on the first U.S. facility that will treat wastewater for direct re-use in a city water supply, using a four-step process to transform wastewater into clean, potable drinking water."

Environmental Health [10]
Infrastructure [11]
People & Population [52]
Technology [53]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 03/05/2025
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More Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves Are Roaming The Southwestern US: Survey [56]

"It is a ritual that takes place every winter — federal and state wildlife managers use remote cameras, scat collection, radio telemetry devices and helicopters to count Mexican gray wolves that are roaming mountain ranges in parts of New Mexico and Arizona." "This year’s count shows the recovery of Mexican wolves is inching forward."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Studies [32]
Natural Resources [41]
Wildlife [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Mexico [57]
Source: AP [58], 03/05/2025
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"Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests" [59]

"The president wants to circumvent environmental regulations to expand timber production, something sought by homebuilders and the construction industry."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [60]
Environmental Politics [31]
Forests [40]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [41]
Wildlife [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [61], 03/04/2025
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"Justice Dept. Is Poised To Drop Suit Over Alleged Cancer-Causing Pollution" [62]

"The Justice Department is preparing to drop a landmark lawsuit alleging that emissions from a Louisiana petrochemical plant poses a danger to nearby communities."

Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [52]
Pollution [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Washington Post [63], 03/04/2025
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"Trump May Rue Firing Experts When Environmental Rollbacks Land In Court" [64]

"Amid spending freezes and policy rollbacks from Donald Trump, environmental advocacy groups are gearing up for a long series of legal showdowns with the administration."

Activism [65]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [60]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [66], 03/04/2025
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"FBI Takes Up EPA Probe Amid Pushback From Judge, Prosecutors" [67]

"FBI agents this week questioned Environmental Protection Agency employees regarding a Biden administration grant program for climate and clean-energy projects, escalating a criminal probe that already caused one veteran prosecutor to resign, according to two people familiar with the matter."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [68], 03/04/2025
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Attempted NOAA Mass Firing May be Illegal, Threatens Public Safety: Experts [69]

"Forecasters with the National Weather Service were among those who lost their jobs, raising questions about the service’s ability to continue providing the free, accurate, up-to-the minute information on potential hazards like heat waves, blizzards, tornadoes and hurricanes that is critical to industries such as agriculture and aviation, as well as the weather reports the general public relies on."

Climate Change [60]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [31]
Environmental Studies [32]
Fish & Fisheries [70]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [41]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 03/04/2025
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