EJToday: Top Headlines

"How US States Are Leading The Climate Fight – Despite Trump’s Rollbacks" [9]

"As the Trump administration rolls back decades-old environmental protections and pulls Biden-era incentives for renewable energy, state-level advocates and officials are preparing to fill the void in climate action."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 01/31/2025
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"EPA Cuts Off IRA Solar Money Already Under Contract" [20]

"EPA sent letters to recipients of a nationwide solar program Tuesday informing them that their grants had been paused until further notice."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [22], 01/31/2025
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NYC Says 1 Million Fewer Vehicles Entered Manhattan Since Congestion Pricing [23]

"New York's congestion pricing has led to 1 million total fewer vehicles entering the busiest part of Manhattan and cut commuting times since the program began on Jan. 5, a transit agency said on Wednesday."

Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [24]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 01/31/2025
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Mass. Lobster Fishing Limits To Protect Whales Restored By Appeals Court [27]

"A federal appeals court on Thursday restored a U.S. agency rule restricting lobster and Jonah crab fishing off the Massachusetts coast to protect endangered whales, rejecting a claim that the agency did not deserve deference under a recent landmark Supreme Court case."

Biodiversity [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [30]
Transportation [24]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [25]
Source: Reuters [32], 01/31/2025
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"Power Companies Pressure Trump EPA To Roll Back Rules On Toxic Coal Ash" [33]

"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 [34]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Canary Media [36], 01/31/2025
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Meta Agrees To Pay Trump $25 Million To Settle Suit Over Facebook Suspension [37]

"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 [13]
Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NPR [39], 01/31/2025
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11 Years Opening, Massive Solar Plant Faces Bleak Future In Mojave Desert [40]

"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 [28]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [41]
Technology [42]
Wildlife [43]
Public [17]
California [44]
Source: AP [45], 01/31/2025
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FDA Purges Material On Clinical Trial Diversity, Under Trump DEI Ban [46]

"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 [47]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [48]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [49]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: STAT News [50], 01/31/2025
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New Zealand Mountain Granted Personhood, Recognizing It As Sacred For Māori [51]

"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 [30]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [52]
Public [17]
Australia & Oceania [53]
Source: AP [54], 01/31/2025
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"EPA Fires Science Advisers" [55]

"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 [56]
Chemicals [34]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [48]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [49]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [57], 01/30/2025
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Trump DOT Orders Reverse Of Miles Per Gallon Rule For Cars And Pickups [58]

"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 [56]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [59]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [60], 01/30/2025
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"Lutnick Says He Won’t Dismantle NOAA As Called For In Project 2025" [61]

"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 [56]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [30]
Science [49]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [62], 01/30/2025
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"Senate Confirms Zeldin To Lead Environmental Protection Agency" [63]

"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 [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [64], 01/30/2025
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Shipments Of Uranium Ore Can Resume Under Pact With The Navajo Nation [65]

"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 [34]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [30]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [66]
Transportation [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [67]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [68]
Source: AP [69], 01/30/2025
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Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s First Confirmation Hearing As HHS Secretary [70]

"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 [13]
Health [71]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [49]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [72], 01/30/2025
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