EJToday: Top Headlines

"In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer" [9]

"For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health risks."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Food [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [19], 01/15/2025
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US Hazardous Waste Sent To Mexico Makes ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Of Pollution [20]

"A Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab investigation finds very high levels of lead and arsenic in homes near a factory processing US toxic waste"

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mexico [21]
Source: Guardian/Quinto Env. Lab [22], 01/15/2025
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"A Surprising Byproduct Of Wildfires: Contaminated Drinking Water" [23]

"Thousands of firefighters are working to contain the blazes of multiple fires across Los Angeles. Months from now when the fires are extinguished and the rain comes, however, a hidden threat could put communities at risk once again."

Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [24]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [28], 01/15/2025
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"Even After L.A.’s Fires Burn Out, Toxic Threats Will Linger" [29]

"Chemical residues from burned houses, cars, consumer products and fire retardants create toxic hazards for fire survivors."

Air [30]
Chemicals [11]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [31], 01/15/2025
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"Supreme Court Environment Cases To Watch In 2025" [32]

"The National Environmental Policy Act, water and nuclear battles are just a few of the environmental issues on the justices’ docket during the first half of the new year."

Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [33], 01/15/2025
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"California Abandons Diesel Truck Ban And Other Clean-Air Rules Before Trump" [34]

"California has decided to abandon its groundbreaking regulations phasing out diesel trucks and requiring cleaner locomotives because the incoming Trump administration is unlikely to allow the state to implement them."

Air [30]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [36]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [37]
Source: CalMatters [38], 01/15/2025
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"DC Sues Federal Government Over Pollution In Anacostia River" [39]

"The District of Columbia on Friday filed a lawsuit against the federal government over pollution in the Anacostia River, arguing it has inflicted “catastrophic harm” on the mostly poor and minority communities living along the urban waterway."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Source: AP [41], 01/15/2025
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"Indonesian Scientist Under Fire For Revealing Extent Of Illegal Tin Mining" [42]

"An Indonesian forensic scientist whose testimony has proved crucial in securing rulings against environmental violators faces a third potential lawsuit."

Environmental Studies [43]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [17]
Asia [44]
Australia & Oceania [45]
Source: Mongabay [46], 01/15/2025
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Maine: "Yarmouth Approves Plan To Remove Two Royal River Dams" [47]

"The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them, a historic vote more than two decades in the making."

Fish & Fisheries [48]
Infrastructure [49]
Natural Resources [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Source: Maine Monitor [51], 01/15/2025
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"A Secret Weapon In Agriculture’s Climate Fight: Ants" [52]

"Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [53]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Studies [43]
Natural Resources [26]
Wildlife [54]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Grist [55], 01/15/2025
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"An Inauguration Watch Party Aimed at Celebrating Fossil Fuels" [56]

"Harold G. Hamm, the billionaire oil and gas executive who helped bankroll Donald J. Trump’s campaign and stands to profit from his energy policies, is hosting an exclusive fossil fuel industry celebration on Inauguration Day."

Energy & Fuel [57]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [58], 01/14/2025
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"News Outlets Batten Down the Hatches for Trump’s Return" [59]

"Media organizations are taking unusual steps to prepare for what they fear will be a legal and political onslaught from the new administration."

Environmental Politics [35]
Journalism & Media [60]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [61]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [62], 01/14/2025
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"This Group Says Natural Gas Bans Hurt Minorities. It Has Gas Industry Ties." [63]

"The Energy Poverty Awareness Center, which fought climate legislation in Maryland, has ties to a group that is partly funded by oil and gas companies."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [57]
Environmental Justice [64]
Environmental Politics [35]
Infrastructure [49]
Journalism & Media [60]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Source: Washington Post [65], 01/14/2025
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"Supreme Court Rejects Climate, Lands, Wind, Air Battles" [66]

"The Supreme Court is staying out of heated legal fights over the oil industry’s responsibility to pay up for climate change, ownership of public lands in Utah, environmental review of a major offshore wind project and EPA’s crackdown on smog-forming pollution."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [57]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [67], 01/14/2025
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"States Are Preparing To Help Or Thwart Trump’s Second-Term Plans" [68]

"Many Republican state officials are aligning with Trump’s policies by pledging to help him crack down on illegal immigration, for example. Some Democratic state officials are mounting a resistance movement, looking for ways to shield their states from potential federal policies restricting abortion and transgender rights, among other things."

Environmental Politics [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [69], 01/14/2025
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