EJToday: Top Headlines

"EPA Delays Methane Emission Rule For Oil And Gas" [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is delaying the implementation of restrictions on planet-warming methane emissions from oil and gas drilling as it considers unwinding the requirements entirely."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [18], 08/01/2025
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"Who Are the Climate Deniers Fighting the Endangerment Finding?" [19]

"DeSmog has been tracking the efforts of fossil fuel trade associations, policymakers, and industry backed-groups out to demolish U.S. climate policy for years."

Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [22]
Transportation [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: DeSmog [24], 08/01/2025
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"University Sidelines Scientist Who Exposed Toxic Metals In Lake Maurepas" [25]

"The Southeastern Louisiana University scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [15]
Science [22]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [30], 08/01/2025
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"At an Iowa Pork Plant, Piles of Dead Pigs and Wafting Sulphur Dioxide" [31]

"After Steven Barrows left his job at a hog slaughtering facility in Sioux City, Iowa, he sent a tip to the Environmental Protection Agency. In the tip, received by the EPA April 16, Barrows described the parking lot of Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC as a 'dump site for rotten meats.' He also sent photos -- some displaying dead pigs piled up outside of the building and others showing a smoky, noxious gas wafting inside."

Agriculture [32]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [33]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [35]
Source: Sentient [36], 08/01/2025
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"With Boost To NIH Budget, Senate Panel Rejects Trump's Plan To Slash Agency" [37]

"In a stark rejection of President Donald Trump's plan to dramatically slash federally funded biomedical research in 2026, a Senate funding committee today approved a draft bill that instead gives the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a modest raise of $400 million. It also disregards Trump's plan to gut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."

Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Science [38], 08/01/2025
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As UN Plastic Treaty Talks Face Possible Deadlock, What Will Happen? [39]

"In August, representatives of the world's nations will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, to hopefully finalize a U.N. plastic treaty. But negotiators remain far apart, with an overwhelming number of nations wanting a legally binding treaty that limits plastic production, while a much smaller number want a voluntary agreement focused on waste management."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [40]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [16]
International [41]
Source: Mongabay [42], 08/01/2025
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Op-Ed: Can a Powerful CITES Meeting Help Save Sharks? [43]

"Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks -- if they pass."

Biodiversity [44]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Government [46]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [40]
Science [22]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [41]
Source: The Revelator [47], 08/01/2025
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Charge: Perdue Breaking Law By Improperly Disposing Of PFAS-Laced Waste [48]

"In the latest move to combat contamination of a Maryland community's drinking water, two Salisbury residents allege Perdue Agribusiness is violating federal law by failing to properly dispose of waste that contains toxic PFAS chemicals, according to a lawsuit filed July 25."

Activism [49]
Agriculture [32]
Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Food [33]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Source: The New Lede [51], 08/01/2025
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Experts Urge Brazil's President to Veto a Law To Cut Environmental Reviews [52]

"Independent experts with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday publicly called on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to veto parts of a new law that would carve giant loopholes in the country's environmental regulations."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [53]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [40]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [28]
Wildlife [54]
Public [16]
International [41]
South America [55]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 08/01/2025
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Fireflies Are Lighting Up Summer Skies, But They Are Still On The Decline [57]

"Fireflies are lighting up summer evenings across the U.S. Northeast, putting on dazzling shows in backyards and city parks."

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Studies [58]
Natural Resources [40]
Wildlife [54]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [59]
Source: AP [60], 08/01/2025
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EPA Climate Rollback Based On Document Authored By 5 Climate Contrarians [61]

"In one of its most significant reversals on climate policy to-date, the Trump administration on Tuesday proposed to repeal a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate change endangers human health and safety, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced." "The repeal was based in part on a hastily produced report — authored by five researchers who have spent years sowing doubt in the scientific consensus around climate change — that questions the severity of the impacts of climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [58]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: CNN [62], 07/31/2025
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"Trump Yanks Millions of Acres of Ocean Designated for Wind Power" [63]

"The Trump administration is revoking approval for millions of acres of ocean to be set aside for offshore wind development amid an escalating attack on the renewable power source."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [64]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [65]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg [66], 07/31/2025
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Resignation of Nuclear Regulator Seen as an Attack on Agency Independence [67]

"NRC Commissioner Annie Caputo “apparently resigned rather than be compromised by politics.”"

"A top official at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is resigning from her post amid the Trump administration’s attempts to overhaul atomic energy rules and chip away at the agency’s independence.
Activism [49]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [68]
People & Population [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Mother Jones [69], 07/31/2025
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"4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment" [70]

"In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [64]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [65]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [41]
Source: New Yorker [71], 07/31/2025
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"The West’s Data Centers Suck (Water And Power)" [72]

"From simple searches to chatGPT, the big digital buildup threatens the grid and water supplies."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [64]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [65]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: High Country News [73], 07/31/2025
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