EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump: EPA Boss Expects To Cut 65 Percent Of Staff" [9]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin expects to cut most of that agency’s staff, President Donald Trump said Wednesday as he and his administration plow ahead with dramatic reductions to the federal workforce."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 02/27/2025
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Unvaccinated Texas Child Dies Of Measles, A First For The US In A Decade [21]

"A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious — but preventable — respiratory disease since 2015."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Health [22]
People & Population [23]
Science [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: AP [26], 02/27/2025
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She Lobbied for a Carcinogen. Now She’s at E.P.A., Approving New Chemicals. [27]

"Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [29]
Science [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [30], 02/27/2025
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"EPA Urges White House To Strike Down Landmark Climate Finding" [31]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal government’s push to combat climate change, according to three people briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [32]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 02/27/2025
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"Trump’s Plan to Repeal Climate Policy Could Upend Shift to Electric Cars" [35]

"The administration is setting the stage for Congress to repeal a longstanding waiver that allows California to set its own pollution standards. State officials say the effort is illegal."

Air [36]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [29]
Transportation [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [38]
Source: NYTimes [39], 02/27/2025
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Bezos Overhauls Washington Post Opinion Section. Editor Resigns. [40]

"Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, announced a major shift to the newspaper’s opinion section on Wednesday, saying it would now advocate “personal liberties and free markets” and not publish opposing viewpoints on those topics." "David Shipley, The Post’s opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [43], 02/27/2025
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"Unknown Deadly Illness Strikes Western Congo" [44]

"An unidentified illness has killed scores of people and infected hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has reported, with preliminary investigations tracing the outbreak to three children who in January ate a bat and died."

Biodiversity [45]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [46]
Health [22]
People & Population [23]
Wildlife [47]
Public [18]
International [33]
Africa [48]
Source: NYTimes [49], 02/27/2025
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"Utah Could Become The First State To Ban Fluoride In Its Drinking Water" [50]

"Utah could become the first state to ban fluoride in its drinking water, alarming public health experts and dentists who note the mineral’s role in reducing tooth decay across the nation. The Republican-controlled statehouse sent the legislation to Gov. Spencer Cox (R) last week after both chambers passed it largely along party lines."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [32]
Health [22]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Water & Oceans [52]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [53]
Source: Washington Post [54], 02/27/2025
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"Trump Removes “Zombie” Pipeline Safety Rules" [55]

"The Trump administration has withdrawn a slate of proposed carbon dioxide safety regulations inspired by a pipeline failure that sent nearly 50 people to the hospital with “zombie”-like symptoms, and the new regulator overseeing these matters previously worked as a lobbyist for the pipeline industry."

Air [36]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [56]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [29]
Technology [57]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Lever/ExxonKnews [58], 02/27/2025
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"Trump Threatens To Sue Authors And Media Who Use Anonymous Sources" [59]

"US President Donald Trump, furious over a disparaging new tell-all book about him, threatened Wednesday to sue authors and media outlets that use anonymous sources."

Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AFP [60], 02/27/2025
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Pipeline Company’s $300M Lawsuit vs. Greenpeace Heads To Trial In N. Dakota [61]

"A Texas pipeline company’s lawsuit seeking potentially hundreds of millions of dollars from Greenpeace was set to advance with opening statements Wednesday in a trial the environmental organization calls an effort to silence critics of the oil industry."

Activism [62]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Water & Oceans [52]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Canada [63]
Source: AP [64], 02/26/2025
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"White House Says It Will Control Press Access To Trump, Not Reporters" [65]

"The White House said Tuesday that it would decide which news outlets have access to President Donald Trump, ripping power away from an independent association of journalists who have traditionally determined which publications are part of the press pool."

Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: USA TODAY [66], 02/26/2025
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"Egg Prices Are Soaring. Bird Flu May Not Be the Only Culprit." [67]

"The nation’s biggest egg producer has seen rising revenues and profits. Now some Democrats are calling for an investigation into pricing practices in the industry."

Agriculture [68]
Biodiversity [45]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [46]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [69], 02/26/2025
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"Coffee Prices Are at a 50-Year High. Producers Aren’t Celebrating." [70]

"Climate change is behind the windfall gains, and growers are worried about whether they can adapt."

Agriculture [68]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [41]
Food [46]
Natural Resources [71]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [33]
Source: NYTimes [72], 02/26/2025
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Top Execs Leave Oppo Firm That Targeted Climate Litigants, Move To RNC [73]

"A founder of a conservative opposition research group that has investigated people who are suing the oil industry has left the group amid a staff reshuffling." "The former Argus Insight leaders have taken key roles at the Republican National Committee and the White House."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [74], 02/26/2025
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