EJToday: Top Headlines

FEMA Was Starting To Fix Long-Standing Problems. Then Came Trump Admin. [9]

"Recent fixes to long-standing problems at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are in jeopardy as the Trump administration slashes programs and cuts staff, emergency experts warn."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NPR [21], 06/06/2025
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Federal Judge Dismisses Iowa Challenge To "Swampbuster" Wetlands Protections [22]

"A federal judge last week sided with environmental groups and US regulators in a dispute with an Iowa landowner over a Farm Bill provision that protects wetlands."

Agriculture [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [27], 06/06/2025
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California’s Yurok Tribe Gets Back Ancestral Lands Taken Over 120 Years Ago [28]

"As a youngster, Barry McCovey Jr. would sneak through metal gates and hide from security guards just to catch a steelhead trout in Blue Creek amid northwestern California redwoods. Since time immemorial, his ancestors from the Yurok Tribe had fished, hunted and gathered in this watershed flanked by coastal forests. But for more than 100 years, these lands were owned and managed by timber companies, severing the tribe’s access to its homelands."

Environmental Justice [29]
Forests [30]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [32]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [33]
Source: AP [34], 06/06/2025
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Cutting Off Rhinos’ Horns Is A Last Resort To Stop Poaching. It Works. [35]

"Cutting off the horns of sedated rhinos with a chainsaw has been viewed by wildlife conservationists in Africa for more than 30 years as a necessary evil to save the iconic endangered species from poaching."

Biodiversity [36]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [19]
Africa [37]
Source: AP [38], 06/06/2025
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"Why Are So Many Of Canada’s Wildfires Burning ‘Out Of Control’?" [39]

"Many fires burning across Canada, forcing evacuations and threatening air quality in the United States, cannot simply be put out, authorities and experts say."

Air [40]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [30]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Canada [42]
Source: Washington Post [43], 06/05/2025
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"Top CDC Covid Vaccine Adviser Quits After RFK Jr. Ended Recommendations" [44]

"A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after federal health officials rescinded long-standing recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Science [46]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [47], 06/05/2025
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Supt. Of Crater Lake National Park Resigns, Says Trump Dismantling Agency [48]

"Crater Lake National Park Superintendent Kevin Heatley has resigned, citing deep staffing cuts he says are unsustainable and damaging to one of the nation’s natural treasures."

Biodiversity [36]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [31]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: KGW8 [49], 06/05/2025
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"The Trump EPA Tried To Bury Some Good News" [50]

"A climate report acquired by a Freedom of Information Act request shows that U.S. climate pollution declined in 2023."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [24]
Journalism & Media [51]
Pollution [41]
Science [46]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [52], 06/05/2025
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"Senate to Add Public Land Sales to Help Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts" [53]

"Senate Republicans plan to add the sale of public land into their version of President Donald Trump’s massive package of tax cuts, according to a key lawmaker."

Biodiversity [36]
Energy & Fuel [54]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [30]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg [55], 06/05/2025
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Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting The Soil Instead. [56]

"When someone asks farmer Naiku Gaikwad about soil pollution in his village, he points to an abandoned 40-foot well filled with plastic."

Agriculture [23]
Chemicals [57]
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [41]
Public [19]
International [58]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [59], 06/05/2025
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"Lutnick Says Hurricane Center Is Fully Staffed Despite Key Vacancies" [60]

"Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a congressional committee that the US National Hurricane Center was fully staffed even though key positions are going unfilled as hurricane season begins."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [31]
Science [46]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg [61], 06/05/2025
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"USDOT Seeks Comment on Pipeline and Hazmat Regulatory Relief" [62]

"The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced that the agency is seeking public comment on two Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to reduce regulatory burdens imposed on the energy sector."

Chemicals [57]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [54]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Pipeline Technology Journal [63], 06/05/2025
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"A Salt Crisis Is Looming For U.S. Rivers" [64]

"The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to thaw winter ice, which runs off into rivers or the ground."

Chemicals [57]
Infrastructure [15]
Pollution [41]
Transportation [65]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [66], 06/05/2025
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Joy As 10 Tasmanian Devil Joeys Emerge From Australia’s Breeding Program [67]

"Experts say four more of the marsupials were expected to conceive in breeding season, which runs from February to June each year"

Biodiversity [36]
Natural Resources [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [19]
Australia & Oceania [68]
Source: Australian AP [69], 06/05/2025
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"White House Proposes Shutting Down Chemical Safety Agency" [70]

"An independent agency that investigates chemical disasters — including fatal fires and explosions at chemical plants and oil refineries nationwide — would shutter by October 2026 under little-noticed language in White House budget documents released Friday."

Chemicals [57]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [54]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [71], 06/04/2025
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