EJToday: Top Headlines

"Oil Prices Fall After OPEC Plus Affirms Plan to Raise Production" [9]

"Oil prices fell on Monday afternoon to their lowest level of the year after the OPEC oil cartel and its allies affirmed plans to gradually increase crude production beginning in April."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 03/05/2025
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Anti-DEI Push Kills $75 Million Grant To Plant Trees In Places That Need Them [15]

"Arthur Johnson has lived in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward for nearly three decades, long enough to appreciate the trees that filter pollution from the big ships traveling the nearby Mississippi River and that offer shade on sweltering summer days."

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [21], 03/05/2025
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Ontario's Ford Will Cut Off US Electricity Exports 'With A Smile On My Face,' [22]

""They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain," Premier Doug Ford said Monday on cutting Ontario electricity exports to U.S."

Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Canada [26]
Source: Toronto Sun [27], 03/05/2025
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El Paso Turning Wastewater Into Drinking Water. Other Cities Will Soon Follow [28]

"El Paso Water broke ground on the first U.S. facility that will treat wastewater for direct re-use in a city water supply, using a four-step process to transform wastewater into clean, potable drinking water."

Environmental Health [16]
Infrastructure [25]
People & Population [29]
Technology [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 03/05/2025
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More Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves Are Roaming The Southwestern US: Survey [34]

"It is a ritual that takes place every winter — federal and state wildlife managers use remote cameras, scat collection, radio telemetry devices and helicopters to count Mexican gray wolves that are roaming mountain ranges in parts of New Mexico and Arizona." "This year’s count shows the recovery of Mexican wolves is inching forward."

Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Studies [36]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Mexico [38]
Source: AP [39], 03/05/2025
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"Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests" [40]

"The president wants to circumvent environmental regulations to expand timber production, something sought by homebuilders and the construction industry."

Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [41]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [18]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [43], 03/04/2025
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"Justice Dept. Is Poised To Drop Suit Over Alleged Cancer-Causing Pollution" [44]

"The Justice Department is preparing to drop a landmark lawsuit alleging that emissions from a Louisiana petrochemical plant poses a danger to nearby communities."

Laws & Regulations [42]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: Washington Post [47], 03/04/2025
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"Trump May Rue Firing Experts When Environmental Rollbacks Land In Court" [48]

"Amid spending freezes and policy rollbacks from Donald Trump, environmental advocacy groups are gearing up for a long series of legal showdowns with the administration."

Activism [49]
Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [41]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [50], 03/04/2025
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"FBI Takes Up EPA Probe Amid Pushback From Judge, Prosecutors" [51]

"FBI agents this week questioned Environmental Protection Agency employees regarding a Biden administration grant program for climate and clean-energy projects, escalating a criminal probe that already caused one veteran prosecutor to resign, according to two people familiar with the matter."

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [52], 03/04/2025
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Attempted NOAA Mass Firing May be Illegal, Threatens Public Safety: Experts [53]

"Forecasters with the National Weather Service were among those who lost their jobs, raising questions about the service’s ability to continue providing the free, accurate, up-to-the minute information on potential hazards like heat waves, blizzards, tornadoes and hurricanes that is critical to industries such as agriculture and aviation, as well as the weather reports the general public relies on."

Climate Change [41]
Disasters [54]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [36]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Government [56]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 03/04/2025
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Trump Official Who Tried To Downplay Major Climate Report Now Will Oversee It [58]

"A former Trump official who alarmed scientists years ago when he attempted to meddle with a congressionally mandated climate report has returned to the White House in a role that’s expected to heavily influence the next version of the assessment."

Climate Change [41]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [59]
Science [60]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [61], 03/04/2025
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UN Sets August Date For Extra Session To Finalize Plastics Treaty [62]

"The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take place from August 5 to 14 in Geneva, Switzerland, after countries failed to agree on the parameters of a final agreement last December in Busan, South Korea."

Chemicals [63]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Food [64]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [45]
Waste [65]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Reuters [66], 03/04/2025
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"Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web" [67]

"Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything."

Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [41]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Natural Resources [19]
Science [60]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [13]
Source: NYTimes [68], 03/04/2025
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"Green Group Looks To Use Its Clout With Republicans" [69]

"A conservation group founded by young conservatives has pulled out all the stops in the hopes of being a player with Republicans in Washington. Whether that push from the American Conservation Coalition bears fruit remains a big question."

Activism [49]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [70], 03/04/2025
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Endangered Florida Panther Faces Threats Of Urban Sprawl And More Traffic [71]

"In January, an endangered Florida panther known as UCFP479 became the first to die this year in a vehicle collision along a rural southwestern Florida road. The male panther, just under 2 years old, will not be the last."

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Biodiversity [35]
Transportation [72]
Wildlife [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: AP [73], 03/04/2025
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