EJToday: Top Headlines

"Power Companies Pressure Trump EPA To Roll Back Rules On Toxic Coal Ash" [9]

"A coalition of U.S. power companies is demanding “immediate action” from the Trump administration to roll back federal regulation of toxic coal ash and rescind recent enforcement actions."

Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [20], 01/31/2025
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Meta Agrees To Pay Trump $25 Million To Settle Suit Over Facebook Suspension [21]

"Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 federal lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations and other claims following the company suspending him from Facebook and Instagram in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol."

Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NPR [23], 01/31/2025
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11 Years Opening, Massive Solar Plant Faces Bleak Future In Mojave Desert [24]

"What was once the world’s largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources. Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises."

Biodiversity [25]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [27]
Technology [28]
Wildlife [29]
Public [18]
California [30]
Source: AP [31], 01/31/2025
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FDA Purges Material On Clinical Trial Diversity, Under Trump DEI Ban [32]

"An effort by the Trump administration to pull down Food and Drug Administration website pages focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion has ensnared many pages focused on ensuring that clinical trials used to test drugs and medical devices include people of different ethnic and economic backgrounds."

Diversity [33]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [34]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: STAT News [36], 01/31/2025
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New Zealand Mountain Granted Personhood, Recognizing It As Sacred For Māori [37]

"A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being."

Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [38]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [39]
Public [18]
Australia & Oceania [40]
Source: AP [41], 01/31/2025
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"EPA Fires Science Advisers" [42]

"Acting EPA Administrator James Payne has ousted all members of two of the agency’s most influential science advisory panels, giving President Donald Trump’s administration the opportunity to reshape them with its own appointees."

Air [43]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [34]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [44], 01/30/2025
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Trump DOT Orders Reverse Of Miles Per Gallon Rule For Cars And Pickups [45]

"Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it regulates air pollution and addresses climate change. Duffy ordered the federal agency in charge of fuel economy standards to reverse them as soon as possible. The standards have been in place since the 1970s energy crisis and were intended to conserve fuel and save consumers money at the gas pump."

Air [43]
Climate Change [26]
Consumer [46]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [47]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [48], 01/30/2025
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"Lutnick Says He Won’t Dismantle NOAA As Called For In Project 2025" [49]

"President Trump’s pick to lead the Commerce Department assured senators on Wednesday he won’t try to dismantle the nation’s climate, oceans and weather science agency during a largely genial confirmation hearing."

Air [43]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Government [51]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [38]
Science [35]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [52], 01/30/2025
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"Senate Confirms Zeldin To Lead Environmental Protection Agency" [53]

"The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [51]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [54], 01/30/2025
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Shipments Of Uranium Ore Can Resume Under Pact With The Navajo Nation [55]

"Shipments of uranium ore from a revived mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon are expected to resume in February after the Navajo Nation reached a settlement with the mining company, clearing the way for trucks to transport the ore across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S."

Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [38]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [56]
Transportation [47]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [57]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
Source: AP [59], 01/30/2025
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Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s First Confirmation Hearing As HHS Secretary [60]

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two Senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [61]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [62], 01/30/2025
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Amid Freeze Fracas, Uncertainty Lives On For Environmental Programs [63]

"A chaotic back-and-forth over President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans has farmers, activists, organizations and businesses wondering whether they will receive the funding they rely on. It’s funding that among many other things is being used to address environmental problems or tackle climate change."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [51]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [64], 01/30/2025
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Maryland Renewables Program: More Smoke and Mirrors Than Wind and Solar [65]

"Maryland’s clean energy ambitions are crumbling under the weight of its policy missteps, environmental advocates suggest in a new report."

Activism [66]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [67]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 01/30/2025
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"Texas City Approves New Site for Fracking Near Daycare and Schools" [69]

"In the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, the City Council of Arlington on Tuesday approved plans by French energy giant TotalEnergies to drill 10 new gas wells near a daycare center, residential neighborhoods and elementary schools."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [70]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 01/30/2025
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"A New Strain Of Bird Flu Is Found On A California Duck Farm" [72]

"A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California’s Merced County at a commercial duck operation."

Agriculture [73]
Biodiversity [25]
Consumer [46]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [38]
Wildlife [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [30]
Source: LA Times [74], 01/30/2025
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