EJToday: Top Headlines

"Are Southern California Fires Outpacing Wildlife’s Ability to Adapt?" [9]

"The increased frequency and size of conflagrations like those burning in LA threaten even species that evolved with wildfires, including the region’s struggling mountain lions."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Science [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 01/22/2025
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"Brazil Taps COP30 Head, Warns Of Trump's Impact On Climate Talks" [20]

"Brazil's newly nominated head of the planned 2025 COP30 climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem warned on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement would cast a shadow over the talks."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 01/22/2025
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"Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged" [25]

"At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels even miles from the flames, according to early detailed measurements obtained by The New York Times. Levels of chlorine, which is also toxic at low concentrations, reached 40 times the average."

Air [26]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [28]
Infrastructure [29]
Pollution [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [31], 01/22/2025
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Trump Wants Showers And Toilets To Flow Greatly Again; So May Utility Bills [32]

"President Donald Trump once expressed concern with how low showerhead flow affected his “perfect” hair. Now back in the White House, he’s again taking aim at some high-efficiency household items — and that may mean higher water and electric bills in your home."

Consumer [33]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [36], 01/22/2025
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"'The Birds Are Back.' Resilience In The Ruins Of The Palisades Fire" [37]

"Will Rogers State Historic Park is a vast stretch of natural space in the Santa Monica Mountains. It's a treasure to Angelenos. People get married there, picnic there, and have kids' birthday parties on the great lawn. ... Last week, as firestorm engulfed large parts of Los Angeles, this piece of American history was reduced to rubble."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [38]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
California [18]
Source: NPR [39], 01/22/2025
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"Trump Plans To Declare A 'National Energy Emergency.' What Does That Mean?" [40]

"President Trump says he will declare a "national energy emergency" as one of his first acts as president, pledging to support the domestic production of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NPR [41], 01/21/2025
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"Trump Says He’s Withdrawing The US From The Paris Climate Agreement Again" [42]

"President Donald Trump says he will again withdraw the United States, a top carbon polluting nation, from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [23]
Source: AP [43], 01/21/2025
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"Trump Signs Order To End ‘Government Censorship’ Of Social Media" [44]

"President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order intended to “immediately stop all government censorship,” a sweeping action that could chill years of efforts to combat the proliferation of false information online."

Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [46], 01/21/2025
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"Trump Targeted Scientists in His First Term. This Time, They’re Prepared." [47]

"Agencies and unions have put in place new guardrails designed to limit political interference in government research."

Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [21]
Science [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [48], 01/21/2025
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"EPA Staff Directory Reveals Trump Appointees" [49]

"Former Trump administration officials and allies of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead EPA have popped up in that agency’s online staff directory as political appointees."

Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [50]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [38]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [51], 01/21/2025
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Storm-Hit Town Voted For Trump, Who Vowed To Overturn Law To Fix Its Homes [52]

"Donald Trump has said he will overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change. If he follows through, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited areas that make up his base."

Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [53]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: ProPublica [55], 01/21/2025
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"LA Wildfires: The Incarcerated Firefighters Battling Blazes" [56]

"Here's how about a thousand people incarcerated by the state of California ended up on the frontlines battling the LA area wildfires"

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [38]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [18]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [57], 01/21/2025
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"Moss Landing, The World’s Biggest Grid Battery, Just Caught Fire Again" [58]

"Vistra’s flagship energy-storage project in California turned into a towering inferno, forcing evacuations and raising fresh concerns about large battery installations."

Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Infrastructure [29]
Pollution [30]
Technology [59]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [18]
Source: Canary Media [60], 01/21/2025
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"Mother of Missing U.S. Journalist Asks Syria’s New Leaders for Help" [61]

"The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist abducted in Syria, said on Monday that she had met with Syria’s new leader in Damascus and expressed hope that “a page will be turned” in the more than decade-long search for her son."

Government [50]
Journalism & Media [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Middle East [62]
Source: NYTimes [63], 01/21/2025
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"MLK Jr.’s Fight for Civil Rights Was an Environmental Battle as Well" [64]

"Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis on April 4, 1968."

Activism [65]
Environmental Justice [66]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Mother Jones [67], 01/21/2025
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