EJToday: Top Headlines

"4 New Pesticides Ignite Debate Over PFAS Definition" [9]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down on efforts to decrease a backlog of new pesticide active ingredients waiting for EPA approval to enter the marketplace. Since April, the agency has proposed registering four of them—cyclobutrifluram, diflufenican, isocycloseram, and trifludimoxazin."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Chemical & Engineering News [18], 06/27/2025
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Revised Megabill Still Contains a Poison Pill. A Tax Expert Explains [19]

"Provisions that aim to prevent U.S. tax credits from going to China are written in a way that could shut off just about all clean energy credits."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 06/27/2025
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NTSB Says Company Failed To Shut Down Leaking Oil Pipeline For Nearly 13 Hours [26]

"Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at a problem, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday."

Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [32], 06/27/2025
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Louisiana Is Latest State To Redefine Natural Gas As Green Energy [33]

"Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed this week, even though it’s a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [35], 06/27/2025
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1/3 Of Tuvalu Citizens Seek Australian Climate Visas To Escape Rising Seas [36]

"Almost a third of all of Tuvalu’s residents have put in requests for the first batch of climate visas from Australia, as scientists fear the Pacific nation will be uninhabitable within the next 80 years."

Chemicals [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [37]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
International [24]
Australia & Oceania [38]
Source: France24 [39], 06/27/2025
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"Trump’s OSHA Nominee Has a History With Heat and UPS Drivers" [40]

"David Keeling would take over the workplace-safety agency just as it is considering rules to protect against extreme heat. His former employers, UPS and Amazon, have opposed the rules."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [14]
Science [42]
Transportation [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [44], 06/26/2025
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"Inside a Last-Ditch Battle to Save (or Kill) Clean-Energy Tax Credits" [45]

"Supporters of tax breaks for wind and solar are fighting to retain them in the G.O.P. tax bill. They’re facing a conservative effort to kill them entirely."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [46], 06/26/2025
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"Conservationists Sue EPA for Missing Clean Air Exemption List" [47]

"Group sues EPA for failing to produce facility names. Trump administration hasn’t disclosed all who asked for reprieves."

Activism [48]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [49]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [50], 06/26/2025
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Huge Public Land Sale Stripped from Senate Bill — For Now [51]

"On the day the Trump administration announced it was rescinding the national forest roadless rule, the Senate parliamentarian said a proposal to sell millions of acres of public lands cannot go through without 60 votes in the chamber."

Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Forests [52]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [31]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [53]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 06/26/2025
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"Judge Blocks Trump From Withholding EV Charger Infrastructure Funds" [55]

"A federal judge on Tuesday issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration from withholding funds for electric vehicle charger infrastructure from 14 states."

Climate Change [20]
Consumer [56]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [57]
Transportation [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [58], 06/26/2025
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"LG Opens Massive Michigan Factory To Make LFP Batteries For The Grid" [59]

"The $1.4 billion investment onshores production of a popular battery chemistry that had been almost exclusively made in China, amid tariff and tax policy uncertainty."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Infrastructure [30]
Technology [57]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Canary Media [60], 06/26/2025
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Severe Weather, Uncertain Funding: Problems of a Local Emergency Manager [61]

"John Dwyer coordinates emergency management in Champaign County, Illinois. He’s seeing a lot more weather extremes, from tornadoes to a major dust storm, even as federal money to keep people safe seems poised to drop."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [27]
Government [49]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 06/26/2025
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"EU Suspends Anti-Greenwashing Legislation As Far-Right Influence Grows" [63]

"The European Union’s leadership in the fight against climate change is under increasing pressure as far-right forces gain influence and threaten its flagship Green Deal, which legally mandates the bloc to achieve climate neutrality by 2050."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
Europe [64]
Source: AP [65], 06/26/2025
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"How Shrinking The EPA Could Make Wildfire Smoke Even More Dangerous" [66]

"Monitoring air quality is key to forecasting and assessing wildfire smoke. Right now, that’s a coordinated effort between federal, state, tribal, and local entities. Federally approved and privately operated monitors feed data into tools like the Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow tool, and help forecast air quality and issue public health guidance. But air quality scientists worry that EPA budget and job cuts will make it difficult to get air quality information to people, endangering public health."

Air [67]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Forests [52]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Grist/IPR [68], 06/26/2025
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"50 States, 50 Fixes: In Alabama, a Social Media Influencer Really Gets Wild" [69]

"Kyle Lybarger built a loyal following online by talking about native plants and why biodiversity matters."

Activism [48]
Biodiversity [70]
Journalism & Media [34]
People & Population [37]
Science [42]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [71]
Source: NYTimes [72], 06/26/2025
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