EJToday: Top Headlines

"18 States Sue Over Trump’s Halting of Wind Power Projects" [9]

"The halt threatens jobs and holds back energy production at a time the president has claimed an “energy emergency,” state attorneys general said."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 05/06/2025
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"In Mexico’s ‘Avocado Belt,’ Villagers Stand Up to Protect Their Lands" [18]

"A boom in avocado production in Mexico has led to illegal deforestation and an influx of drug cartels dominating the lucrative trade. But Indigenous communities have fought back against the gangs and turned to traditional practices to grow avocados and save their forests."

Activism [19]
Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Food [24]
Forests [25]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mexico [26]
Source: YaleE360 [27], 05/06/2025
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"US Seeks To Weaken Global Development Finance Efforts, UN Document Shows" [28]

"The United States is seeking to weaken a global deal aimed at helping developing countries struggling with the impacts of climate change and other issues, an internal United Nations document seen by Reuters showed."

Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 05/06/2025
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"Reconciliation: Natural Resources Plows Ahead, Other Bills Stall" [32]

"Lawmakers are preparing for a tense markup in the House Natural Resources Committee on legislation to expand mining and drilling." "One committee is moving ahead swiftly to advance its piece of the Republicans’ sprawling budget package, while other panels with power over energy and environment policy get bogged down."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [33]
Wildlife [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [35], 05/06/2025
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Rural Communities Were Promised Millions In Disaster Funds. Trump Says No. [36]

"In DePue, Ill., sewage will keep backing up into people's basements when there's heavy rain. In Rising Sun, Md., a mobile home park that has already flooded six times will remain in harm's way. And in Kamiah, Idaho, houses won't get upgrades that would protect them from wildfires"

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [37]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [39]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [40], 05/06/2025
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"No Trees, No Birds, No Shade: A Sit-In For Dhaka's Last Parks" [41]

"In the fast-growing Bangladesh capital, sun-scorched activists demand protection for city's last green oases."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [42]
Forests [25]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [39]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Asia [43]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [44], 05/06/2025
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Climate Disaster Survivors Organize Across America, Turning Loss Into Action [45]

"U.S. disaster declarations totaled 108 last year, touching 137 million people. “Climate change is here, it’s impacting people, and it’s going to get more severe,” says one activist."

Activism [19]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 05/06/2025
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"Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers" [47]

"For the first time, scientists have mapped groundwater variables nationally to understand which aquifers are most vulnerable to contamination from orphan wells." "A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast and California is susceptible to contamination from orphaned oil and gas wells."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [48]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Studies [49]
Infrastructure [38]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [50]
Science [51]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 05/06/2025
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"Republicans Say EVs Don’t Pay Their Fair Share. Here’s The Math." [53]

"Driving an electric vehicle could get more expensive if congressional Republicans have their way." "House Republicans want to impose an annual $250 fee on electric vehicle drivers, who don’t pay the gas tax. Critics say the fee is too high."

Air [54]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [49]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [50]
Transportation [55]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [56], 05/06/2025
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To Save Tiniest Turtle, Scientists Are Rebuilding Bogs From Scratch [57]

"Amid the vast forests carpeting the corrugated slopes of the Appalachians sit some of the country’s only remaining mountain bogs and a rare, threatened species of turtle living in them."

Activism [19]
Biodiversity [21]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [34]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Source: Sierra [59], 05/06/2025
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"Trump Budget Would Decimate Climate, Renewables Funding" [60]

"The White House unveiled a preliminary fiscal 2026 budget Friday, outlining a plan for Congress’ Republican majorities to try to slash funding for climate programs, renewable energy, vulnerable communities and other Democratic-aligned priorities." "The preliminary funding proposal outlines cuts the administration wants for myriad clean energy, climate and environment programs."

Chemicals [48]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [61]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [62], 05/05/2025
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"Treated Like Dirt: Uncovering The Toxic Soil Lurking In L.A.’s Burn Zones" [63]

"The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January incinerated more than 16,000 structures and unleashed tons of toxic material into the air, water and soil. Many Pacific Palisades and Altadena homeowners who lost everything hoped the government debris-removal process would at least offer a fresh start for the land where their houses once stood."

Chemicals [48]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [42]
Pollution [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [64]
Source: LA Times [65], 05/05/2025
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"Industry Braces For Change As Feds Target Synthetic Food Dyes" [66]

"As synthetic food dyes increasingly come under public and federal scrutiny over health concerns — in part bolstered by the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement — slightly altered flavors in some of Americans’ favorite snacks are just one of the concerns and challenges with switching to dyes made from radishes, cabbages, beets, carrots, butterfly pea flower extract, turmeric, paprika, hibiscus and other natural foods."

Chemicals [48]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [67], 05/05/2025
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"Trump Has Cut Global Climate Finance. China Is More Than Happy To Step In." [68]

"Even U.S. allies locked in national security disputes with Beijing, like the Philippines, are finding it impossible to resist China’s green energy infrastructure."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [30]
Asia [43]
Source: Washington Post [69], 05/05/2025
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Scientific Societies To Do Climate Assessment After Trump Dismissed Authors [70]

"Two major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key Congress-mandated report on climate crisis preparedness."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [49]
Science [51]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [71], 05/05/2025
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