EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Admin Orders Dirty, Expensive Coal Plant To Stay Open Even Longer" [9]

"The Trump administration has extended its order to keep a Michigan coal-fired power plant running until November, well past its planned closure in the spring. It’s the latest move in a push to force dirty, expensive power plants to keep operating, which experts warn could saddle Americans with billions of dollars in unnecessary electricity costs."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Canary Media [20], 08/22/2025
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"“How Can This Happen?” Fight Over Sewage Sludge On Farms Intensifies" [21]

"Ryan Dunham heard his eleven-year-old daughter’s scream from his living room. He bolted up the stairs to the bathroom where she was taking a shower and couldn’t believe his eyes. The water flowing from the faucet was brown, and it smelled like 'decay, rot and death.'"

Agriculture [22]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: The New Lede [27], 08/22/2025
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Newtown Ck. Cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens Will Cost At Least $3.3 Billion [28]

"A tributary of the Hudson River is poised, after years of delay, to see work on a pivotal tunnel that will reduce wastewater in the New York City waterway."

Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 08/22/2025
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Trump Blames Renewables For Rising Electricity Prices. Experts Disagree. [30]

"With electricity prices rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, President Donald Trump has lashed out at renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, blaming them for skyrocketing energy costs. ... Energy analysts say renewable sources have little to do with recent price hikes, which are based on increased demand, aging infrastructure and increasingly extreme weather events such as wildfires that are exacerbated by climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [33]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [34], 08/22/2025
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They Kindled Froggy Romance and Rescued Eggs to Save Species in Mississippi [35]

"Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise."

Biodiversity [36]
Wildlife [37]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: NYTimes [39], 08/22/2025
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RFK Jr. Vowed To Find Causes Of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research To Do That. [40]

"While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals, including some linked to the condition."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [16]
Science [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [43], 08/21/2025
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"Many Towns Are Unprepared To Handle Train Derailments And Hazmat Spills" [44]

"A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted in a fire or explosion since 2015, an analysis of federal derailment data showed. And many communities along the rail lines aren’t prepared to keep people safe when it happens."

Chemicals [23]
Disasters [45]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Government [46]
Infrastructure [14]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [47]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Howard Center [48], 08/21/2025
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A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won [49]

"A decades-long battle to transform a Southeast Chicago lakefront property into a public park is starting to bear fruit. But where the new toxic sludge will go has yet to be determined."

Biodiversity [36]
Chemicals [23]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [51]
Planning & Growth [52]
Pollution [16]
Waste [24]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 08/21/2025
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Geothermal Network in Colorado Could Help Rural Town Diversify Its Economy [54]

"Hayden, a long-established coal community, is pitching companies to come take advantage of “reliable, cost-effective heating and cooling” at its light industrial park once its new geothermal network is complete."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Government [46]
Infrastructure [14]
Planning & Growth [52]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [55]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 08/21/2025
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"China Rushes To Build Out Solar, And Emissions Edge Downward" [57]

"China has been installing solar panels at a blistering pace, far faster than anywhere else in the world, and the investment is starting to pay off. A study released Thursday found that the country’s carbon emissions edged down 1% in the first six months of the year compared to a year earlier, extending a trend that began in March 2024."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [14]
Planning & Growth [52]
Pollution [16]
Technology [58]
Public [17]
Asia [59]
Source: AP [60], 08/21/2025
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Businesses Face 'Chaos' As EPA Aims To Repeal Its Climate Authority [61]

"The Trump administration's plan to undo a landmark finding that climate pollution threatens public health and welfare poses lots of risks for corporate America."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Planning & Growth [52]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NPR [62], 08/21/2025
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"USDA Limits Funding For Solar, Wind On Farmland" [63]

"The Agriculture Department is curtailing its support for solar and wind energy on farmlands."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [58]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [64], 08/21/2025
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As Hurricane Season Collides With Immigration Agenda, Undocumented Worry [65]

"If a major hurricane approaches Central Florida this season, Maria knows it’s dangerous to stay inside her wooden, trailer-like home. In past storms, she evacuated to her sister’s sturdier house. If she couldn’t get there, a shelter set up at the local high school served as a refuge if needed. But with accelerating detentions and deportations of immigrants across her community of Apopka, 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Orlando, Maria, an agricultural worker from Mexico without permanent U.S. legal status, doesn’t know if those options are safe."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [45]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [50]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: AP [66], 08/21/2025
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"Interior Deputizes Border Agents To National Park Sites Amid DC Takeover" [67]

"The Interior Department is deputizing federal border agents and sending them to National Park Service sites amid the federal law enforcement takeover of Washington, D.C., Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday."

Consumer [31]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [68]
Natural Resources [51]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [69]
Source: The Hill [70], 08/21/2025
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"FEMA Now Requires Disaster Victims to Have an Email Address" [71]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will now require disaster survivors to register for federal aid using an email address—a departure from previous policy where email addresses were optional. The move, FEMA employees tell WIRED, puts people across the US with little to no access to internet services at risk of losing out on crucial federal financial assistance after disasters."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [45]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [46]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: WIRED [72], 08/21/2025
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