EJToday: Top Headlines

"Top CDC Covid Vaccine Adviser Quits After RFK Jr. Ended Recommendations" [9]

"A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after federal health officials rescinded long-standing recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [18], 06/05/2025
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Supt. Of Crater Lake National Park Resigns, Says Trump Dismantling Agency [19]

"Crater Lake National Park Superintendent Kevin Heatley has resigned, citing deep staffing cuts he says are unsustainable and damaging to one of the nation’s natural treasures."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: KGW8 [23], 06/05/2025
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"The Trump EPA Tried To Bury Some Good News" [24]

"A climate report acquired by a Freedom of Information Act request shows that U.S. climate pollution declined in 2023."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [26]
Journalism & Media [27]
Pollution [28]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [29], 06/05/2025
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"Senate to Add Public Land Sales to Help Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts" [30]

"Senate Republicans plan to add the sale of public land into their version of President Donald Trump’s massive package of tax cuts, according to a key lawmaker."

Biodiversity [20]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [32]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg [33], 06/05/2025
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Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting The Soil Instead. [34]

"When someone asks farmer Naiku Gaikwad about soil pollution in his village, he points to an abandoned 40-foot well filled with plastic."

Agriculture [35]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [10]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [28]
Public [16]
International [37]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [38], 06/05/2025
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"Lutnick Says Hurricane Center Is Fully Staffed Despite Key Vacancies" [39]

"Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a congressional committee that the US National Hurricane Center was fully staffed even though key positions are going unfilled as hurricane season begins."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [21]
Science [15]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg [42], 06/05/2025
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"USDOT Seeks Comment on Pipeline and Hazmat Regulatory Relief" [43]

"The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced that the agency is seeking public comment on two Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to reduce regulatory burdens imposed on the energy sector."

Chemicals [36]
Disasters [40]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [44]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Pipeline Technology Journal [45], 06/05/2025
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"A Salt Crisis Is Looming For U.S. Rivers" [46]

"The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to thaw winter ice, which runs off into rivers or the ground."

Chemicals [36]
Infrastructure [44]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [47]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [48], 06/05/2025
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Joy As 10 Tasmanian Devil Joeys Emerge From Australia’s Breeding Program [49]

"Experts say four more of the marsupials were expected to conceive in breeding season, which runs from February to June each year"

Biodiversity [20]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [50]
Public [16]
Australia & Oceania [51]
Source: Australian AP [52], 06/05/2025
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"White House Proposes Shutting Down Chemical Safety Agency" [53]

"An independent agency that investigates chemical disasters — including fatal fires and explosions at chemical plants and oil refineries nationwide — would shutter by October 2026 under little-noticed language in White House budget documents released Friday."

Chemicals [36]
Disasters [40]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [54], 06/04/2025
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"Meta Strikes 20-Year Nuclear Power Deal With Constellation Energy" [55]

"Facebook’s parent company Meta locked in 20 years of nuclear power on Tuesday from Constellation Energy to help meet the tech giant’s surging energy demand for artificial intelligence and its other power-intensive computing needs."

Economy & Business [56]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [57]
Technology [58]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 06/04/2025
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Fearing Radioactive Waste, Pa. Community Fights to Stop Landfill Re-Opening [60]

"For years, residents of Grove City, Pennsylvania, have fought to stop a decades-old landfill from resuming operations in their town. They were worried the landfill would make legacy pollution in the area worse. But in 2022, information about the kind of waste the landfill would accept raised new fears."

Activism [61]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [44]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [57]
Waste [62]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [63]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 06/04/2025
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Ohio Ban On Settlements To Close ‘Base Load’ Power Plants Dims Clean Energy [65]

"House Bill 15 forbids settlements to close or curtail “base load” power plants, which exclude renewables. The law may pave the way for future fossil-fuel subsidies."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [66]
Source: Canary Media [67], 06/04/2025
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"More Lobbyists Turn Up At Trump’s Interior Department" [68]

"Two more former industry lobbyists have taken up influential positions at President Trump’s Interior Department, Public Domain has learned." "They join a stable of industry insiders at DOI, including DOGE operative Tyler Hassen, who made millions in the energy sector before joining the agency"

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Public Domain [69], 06/04/2025
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"White House Nominates Energy Attorney Laura Swett To FERC Seat" [70]

"President Donald Trump nominated energy attorney Laura Swett to fill Chair Mark Christie’s term-limited seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [71], 06/04/2025
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