EJToday: Top Headlines

"Helene’s Unheard Warnings" [9]

"As Hurricane Helene barrels toward Yancey County in North Carolina, the predictions are grim. Communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains are particularly vulnerable. But there are no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along these rivers and creeks. Few grasp what’s coming."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: ProPublica [22], 05/20/2025
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Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Restore Environmental Grant Funding [23]

"A federal judge said Monday he would order the Trump administration to restore $176 million granted by Congress to 13 nonprofit groups and six municipalities nationwide."

Activism [24]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 05/20/2025
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Company Decides Not To Rebuild Ga. Chlorine Plant With History Of Fires [28]

"The company that operated a Georgia chlorine plant with a history of explosions, chemical fires and toxic clouds that have drifted over neighborhoods outside Atlanta has decided not to rebuild the main manufacturing facility in Conyers."

Chemicals [29]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Pollution [31]
Public [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: AP [32], 05/20/2025
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"WOTUS: A Narrowing EPA Definition Is Reshaping The Clean Water Act" [33]

"Debra Shankland was a kid when the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire in 1969. ... Shankland was one of many speakers at the latest listening session led by the EPA as the agency crafts a new definition for the long controversial language “waters of the United States” contained in the Clean Water Act. The interpretation of that phrase, commonly shorthanded as WOTUS, can have massive implications for the health of small streams, remote wetlands, creeks and other waters."

Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [37]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [38], 05/20/2025
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Endangered Whales Gave Birth To Few Babies This Year As Population Declines [39]

"A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct. The whale is the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers only about 370 and has declined in population in recent years."

Biodiversity [35]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Natural Resources [37]
Transportation [40]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [41], 05/20/2025
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Storms, Tornadoes Kill 28 In Kentucky, Missouri And Virginia [42]

"Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods, still on edge Sunday for more severe weather ahead after storms that killed more than two dozen people as they swept through parts of the Midwest and South."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Science [43]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [44], 05/19/2025
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"Republicans Attack Rules Designed to Keep Workers Safe From Heat" [45]

"A warming climate exposes more and more workers to increasingly hotter conditions every year, yet soon after taking office, Donald Trump indefinitely froze a heat illness prevention rule proposed under the previous administration and gutted the only agency that studies workplace health and safety."

Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 05/19/2025
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Puerto Rico: "Waiting, Often in the Dark, for Frozen E.P.A. Funds" [47]

"The Trump administration is trying to claw back billions in climate grants, including $147 million that could help people in Puerto Rico withstand frequent power failures."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [48]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [17]
Technology [50]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: NYTimes [51], 05/19/2025
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"‘Nobody’s Seen It’: An Elusive Report Could Drive Empire Wind To Collapse" [52]

"A massive New York offshore wind project may soon be abandoned mid-construction due to a mysterious report that few people in Washington appear to have seen except Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, one Fox News reporter, and the scientists who apparently wrote it."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [53]
Infrastructure [49]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Technology [50]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [54]
Source: Canary Media [55], 05/19/2025
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15 Years After Deepwater Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs [56]

"Satellite imagery shows the worst sites worldwide for oil slicks and methane emissions. Report authors expect pollution will only increase as the Trump administration opens more waters to drilling."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [49]
Natural Resources [37]
Pollution [31]
Technology [50]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
International [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 05/19/2025
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"A 20 Percent Electric Bill Surge Tests New Jersey’s Climate Goals" [59]

"On June 1, New Jersey residents will face something they’ve dreaded for months: A nearly 20 percent rate increase in their electricity bills."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [48]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 05/19/2025
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"Many On Navajo Nation Blindsided By Hydrogen Pipeline Change" [61]

"The company at the center of a controversial green energy project connecting New Mexico and Arizona has changed plans for a key component: A much-debated pipeline that would have carried climate-friendly hydrogen will instead carry natural gas, and possibly a natural gas-hydrogen blend at a future date. Unlike hydrogen, natural gas, blended or not, contributes to climate warming both in its production and when it is burned for energy."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [31]
Technology [50]
Public [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [62]
Source: Capital & Main [63], 05/19/2025
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"Trump Orders The Government To Stop Enforcing Rules He Doesn’t Like" [64]

"At the Transportation Department, enforcement of pipeline safety rules has plunged to unprecedented lows since President Donald Trump’s inauguration." "Critics say the administration is breaking the law and sidestepping the rulemaking process that presidents of both parties have routinely followed."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [65], 05/19/2025
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"How Tech Companies Could Shrink AI's Climate Footprint" [66]

"In 2018, computer scientist Sasha Luccioni was an AI researcher for Morgan Stanley — and couldn't shake this existential worry."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [49]
Pollution [31]
Technology [50]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NPR [67], 05/19/2025
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Legal Support For Journalists Helps Meet Rising Threats To Press Freedom [68]

"At a time when attacks on press freedom are heightening, including from the White House and President Donald Trump himself, legal support for journalists is shifting to meet new challenges."

Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [57]
Source: Poynter [69], 05/19/2025
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