EJToday: Top Headlines

"These Companies Avoided Clean-Air Rules. It Took a Single Email." [9]

"In March, the Trump administration created a novel way for companies to potentially avoid complying with environmental rules: Simply send an email to the Environmental Protection Agency and request an exemption. In response, representatives of at least 15 coal-burning power plants, four steel mills, four chemical facilities and two mines wrote emails to the E.P.A. this spring, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 07/30/2025
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Wetlands Are Disappearing and Global Efforts to Save Them Are Unraveling [19]

"More than 170 countries have gathered to save critical ecosystems. But the U.S. is a no-show and Russia said it will withdraw from the wetlands treaty."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [24]
Public [16]
International [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 07/30/2025
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Suit Claims Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater [27]

"Coosa Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Alabama Power, alleging significant groundwater pollution violations from the utility’s Gadsden coal ash pond that has been capped in place since 2018."

Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 07/30/2025
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Lawmakers Could End Plan To Shoot 450,000 Owls — To Save A Different Owl [31]

"Federal wildlife officials approved a plan last year to protect northern spotted owls by shooting other owls, but it has faced pushback from animal rights advocates and lawmakers — including conservatives. Now lawmakers could kill the plan."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: LA Times [33], 07/30/2025
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"EPA To Launch Plan Tuesday For Undoing Climate Rule Cornerstone" [34]

"The Trump administration is planning to release a proposal Tuesday that would overturn a 16-year-old scientific finding that has allowed three administrations to regulate climate pollution."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [37], 07/29/2025
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"Senate Spending Bills Take Trump To Task" [38]

"Senate appropriators on Thursday approved a $41.5 billion spending bill to fund the Interior Department and EPA, setting up a showdown with the House and President Donald Trump. The bill represents a bipartisan compromise on the agency budgets, a necessity given the need to attract 60 votes on appropriations measures in the Senate."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [40]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [41], 07/29/2025
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Black Women Fight for Life in Houston’s Most Toxic Neighborhood [42]

"In Settegast, where the average person dies before retirement age, Black women battle environmental racism and a record increase in cost of living."

Air [43]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [45]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Source: Capital B [47], 07/29/2025
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"How Brazil's 'Devastation Bill' Puts Amazon At Risk Of Deforestation" [48]

"As Brazil prepares to host the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon city of Belém in November, President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva is under pressure to veto a measure that could have a huge impact on the world's largest tropical rainforest."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [16]
International [25]
South America [49]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [50], 07/29/2025
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"As a Heat Wave Roiled Illinois, People Incarcerated Suffered The Most" [51]

"As heat grips Illinois this summer, one group is more vulnerable to extreme heat than any other: Those incarcerated inside the state’s decaying prisons and jails."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [44]
Infrastructure [52]
People & Population [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 07/29/2025
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GOP May Kill Ban On Fertilizing Fields With PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge [55]

"Republicans are quietly moving to kill proposed regulations for PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge that is spread on farmland as fertilizer, a practice that has sickened farmers across the country, destroyed their livelihoods and contaminated food and water supplies."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 07/29/2025
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As Trump Shrinks FEMA, Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By [57]

"In a government survey, state and local officials said they were overworked, underpaid and underappreciated."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [58]
Economy & Business [59]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 07/29/2025
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Fishing Groups Push To Delay Protections For Endangered Right Whale To 2035 [61]

"A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years. The North Atlantic right whale numbers only about 370 and has declined over the last 15 years."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [62]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [63]
Source: AP [64], 07/29/2025
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"Interior Officials Commit To "Rebuilding" Grand Canyon's North Rim" [65]

"Interior Department officials are committed to "rebuilding" the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park that's been partially overrun by a lightning-ignited fire that claimed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, dozens of guest cabins, and concessionaire facilities."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [58]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [52]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Source: National Parks Traveler [66], 07/29/2025
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"Opinion: A Half-Century After ‘Jaws,’ The Truth Is Clear" [67]

"There are few summer traditions more predictable than turning sharks into profit. Fifty years ago, on June 20, 1975, “Jaws” established the template for the modern-day blockbuster, combining mass marketing and high-concept thrills that all but guarantee mega box-office returns. But the film’s lasting power lies in how it transformed a relatively obscure marine predator into a cultural icon and villain that could be used for financial gain."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [68]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [69], 07/29/2025
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"The Drying Planet" [70]

"As the climate warms, new data shows huge swaths of land across the globe are quickly drying, threatening humanity’s supply of fresh water."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [71]
Environmental Studies [35]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [45]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
International [25]
Source: ProPublica [72], 07/28/2025
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