EJToday: Top Headlines

"E.P.A. Hunt for Shady Deals and ‘Gold Bars’ Comes Up Empty" [9]

"The agency head said a $20 billion Biden climate program was marred by fraud and abuse. A judge said on Wednesday the E.P.A. hasn’t provided evidence."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 04/03/2025
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"Leaked Slides: DOGE Playing Star Role In DOE Kill List Drama" [18]

"Elon Musk’s government-slashing team is reviewing possible cuts across the Department of Energy, according to materials circulated at an internal meeting and obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [23], 04/03/2025
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HHS Fires Entire Staff That Helps Low-Income People Afford Heat, AC [24]

"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has fired all of the workers in its program that seeks to help low-income Americans pay their energy bills. Everyone who had been working on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) was let go on Tuesday, according to now-former employee Andrew Germain."

Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [26]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [27]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [31], 04/03/2025
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"Trump Administration Cancels NIH Scientific Integrity Policy" [32]

"The National Institutes of Health has rescinded a scientific integrity policy intended to protect research and communications from political interference, citing the policy's commitment to diversity and inclusion."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [33]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [36], 04/03/2025
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"A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss" [37]

"A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal."

Activism [38]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [40], 04/03/2025
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Calif., 23 States Sue Trump HHS Over Cuts To CDC Infectious-Disease Funds [41]

"California and a coalition of other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to cut billions of dollars in federal public health grants designed to make states more resilient to infectious disease, and accused the administration of overreaching its authority by clawing back funding already allocated by Congress."

Disasters [42]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: LA Times [43], 04/03/2025
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Firing National Park and Forest Workers Stresses Nearby Communities [44]

"As government agencies slash staff managing federal lands, rural populations dependent on outdoor tourism face mounting economic and environmental risks that are trickling down from the cuts."

Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [45]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 04/03/2025
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"Flood Risks Getting Worse Along U.S. Coastlines, New Analysis Shows" [47]

"Flooding in coastal areas of the United States is projected to occur 10 times more often over the next 25 years, with about 2.5 million people and 1.4 million homes facing severe property damage from sea level rise, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by Climate Central."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [42]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [21]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Floodlight [49], 04/03/2025
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"U.S. Honeybee Deaths Soar, And Grocery Store Bills Could Take The Hit" [50]

"Beekeepers across the country are sounding the alarm as honeybee populations are dwindling at an unprecedented rate, a trend that could affect Americans' wallets at the grocery store."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [51]
Chemicals [52]
Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Studies [33]
Food [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [53]
Wildlife [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NBC News [54], 04/03/2025
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"What Are the Rights of Nature?" [55]

"“Rights of nature” is a movement aimed at advancing the understanding that ecosystems, wildlife and the Earth are living beings with inherent rights to exist, evolve and regenerate."

Activism [38]
Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [51]
Chemicals [52]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [53]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [57]
Science [35]
Water & Oceans [48]
Wildlife [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [58]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 04/03/2025
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"Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True." [60]

"President Trump announced on Monday that he planned to relax limits on pollution from cars, saying that the move wouldn’t “mean a damn bit of difference to the environment.” But decades of science show that the pollution from automobile tailpipes has harmed the environment and public health, from the days when leaded gasoline sent neurotoxins into the air and soil to the carbon dioxide emissions that are heating the planet right now."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [42]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [61], 04/02/2025
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Trump’s DOE Targets Calif. And Other Blue States For Cuts: Leaked Docs [62]

"The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle environmental protections and roll back nationwide progress toward clean energy disproportionately target California and other blue states, internal documents show."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [42]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: LA Times [63], 04/02/2025
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Climate Disasters Are Driving a School Crisis. Black Kids Are Hit Hardest [64]

"Black students are losing classrooms, homes, and support systems after climate events."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [42]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Capital B [65], 04/02/2025
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1,900+ Scientists Write Letter In ‘SOS’ Over Trump’s Attacks On Science [66]

"More than 1,900 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine signed an open letter warning Americans about the “danger” of the Trump administration’s attacks on science."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Science [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [67], 04/02/2025
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"Big Banks Predict Catastrophic Warming, With Profit Potential" [68]

"Top Wall Street institutions are preparing for a severe future of global warming that blows past the temperature limits agreed to by more than 190 nations a decade ago, industry documents show."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [42]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Science [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [69], 04/02/2025
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