EJToday: Top Headlines

Trump Trying To Halt EV Charger Buildout. Experts Say It’s Not That Easy [9]

"Experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s latest effort to slow the electric vehicle charging buildout in the U.S. ... The administration may need an act of Congress for this, and it’s unclear there will be one. Industry leaders say customer demand will continue to drive growth in the charging network, regardless of federal funding."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [19], 02/11/2025
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‘Backsliding’: Most Countries To Miss Vital Climate Deadline As COP30 Nears [20]

"The vast majority of governments are likely to miss a looming deadline to file vital plans that will determine whether or not the world has a chance of avoiding the worst ravages of climate breakdown."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Pollution [21]
Public [17]
International [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 02/11/2025
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"Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway." [24]

"The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”"

Biodiversity [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [26]
Forests [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Science [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [33], 02/11/2025
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US-Funded Group Attacking Pesticide Critics Shuts Down After Guardian Probe [34]

"A US company that was secretly profiling hundreds of food and environmental health advocates in a private web portal has said it has halted the operations in the face of widespread backlash, after its actions were revealed by the Guardian and other reporting partners."

Activism [35]
Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [39], 02/11/2025
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"Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Red States Have the Most to Lose." [40]

"About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [42], 02/11/2025
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"The Weak Link In Trump’s Anti-EJ Push: State Permits" [43]

"President Donald Trump wants to get environmental justice out of the federal government. In state capitals, those ideas are more firmly entrenched than ever."

Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [46], 02/11/2025
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"Climate Funding Freeze Hits States From Arizona To Vermont" [47]

"States and companies are feeling the squeeze from President Donald Trump’s decision to shut off access to climate and clean energy programs funded by the Department of Energy."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [48], 02/11/2025
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"Federal Judge Grants Restraining Order On NIH Funding Cuts" [49]

"A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted a restraining order against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its recent research funding cut after 22 states filed a lawsuit to block the order."

Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [50], 02/11/2025
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PBS To Shutter DEI Office Following Donald Trump’s Executive Orders [51]

"PBS is closing an office dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, following Donald Trump‘s series of executive orders targeting such programs. The announcement comes amid the prospect that public television funding will be targeted by the current administration and Republicans in Congress."

Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Deadline [52], 02/11/2025
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Trump Pushes For Plastic Straws As He Declares Paper Ones ‘Don’t Work’ [53]

"President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work” and don’t last very long."

Chemicals [37]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Food [54]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [21]
Technology [55]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [56], 02/11/2025
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“We Feel Terrorized”: EPA Employees Decide to Stay or Go Under Trump [57]

"More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections."

Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [58]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [45]
Pollution [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [59], 02/10/2025
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"As War Halts, the Environmental Devastation in Gaza Runs Deep" [60]

"The war in Gaza has taken a heavy toll on the environment, with water supplies contaminated, raw sewage pouring into the Mediterranean, once-fertile soils ruined, and the land stripped of trees. Experts say the extent of the damage needs to be tallied to help plan for a recovery."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [25]
Chemicals [37]
Disasters [61]
Environmental Health [38]
Infrastructure [14]
Military [62]
Pollution [21]
Waste [63]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
Middle East [64]
Source: YaleE360 [65], 02/10/2025
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"Battle Rages Over Proposed Legal Protections For Pesticide Makers" [66]

"Pesticide company efforts to push through laws that could block litigation against them is igniting battles in several US farm states and pitting some farm groups against each other. Laws have been introduced in at least 8 states so far and drafts are circulating in more than 20 states, backed by a deluge of advertising supporting the measures."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [25]
Chemicals [37]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [67], 02/10/2025
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"CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People" [68]

"The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report."

Agriculture [36]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [38]
Journalism & Media [28]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [45]
Wildlife [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [69], 02/10/2025
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"U.S. Aid Agency’s Climate Programs Aimed to Curb Migration. Now They’re Gone." [70]

"Aid projects were designed to help Central Americans withstand extreme weather at home. Their end could undercut Trump’s goal of reducing migration."

Agriculture [36]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [61]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Central America & the Caribbean [71]
Source: NYTimes [72], 02/10/2025
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