EJToday: Top Headlines

"Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air" [9]

"In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s electric-vehicle mandates, revoking the state’s right to implement the nation’s toughest emissions standards."

Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 05/23/2025
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House GOP Passes Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Holdouts? [22]

"Early this morning, the House voted 215-214 to pass a sweeping budget reconciliation bill with provisions that include a cancellation or phaseout for just about everything that was in the Inflation Reduction Act."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 05/23/2025
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"Republicans Strip Public Land Sales From Reconciliation" [27]

"House Republicans have scrapped public land sales from the latest version of their tax cut, energy and border security megabill, according to text released Wednesday evening."

Biodiversity [28]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [29]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [30]
Wildlife [31]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [32], 05/23/2025
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NOAA Predicts Another Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season, But Not As Bad As 2024 [33]

"With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don’t think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record as it spawned killer storms Beryl, Helene and Milton."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [34]
Science [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [37], 05/23/2025
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Nations Still Emit Banned Climate Pollutant HFC-23 at High Levels. Now What? [38]

"HFC-23 emissions from chemical plants in eastern China and elsewhere likely violate an international climate agreement despite readily available pollution controls. Advocates are pressing for action."

Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [40]
Public [18]
International [41]
Source: ICN/Foreign Policy [42], 05/23/2025
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"RFK Jr.’s MAHA Report Targets Food, Drug, Tech Industries: Key Takeaways" [43]

"The Trump administration issued its long-awaited Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report Thursday, hammering various industries while deviating from mainstream science on key issues including farming practices, vaccinations and psychiatric medications."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Health [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [46], 05/23/2025
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"Congress Moves To Loosen Toxic Air Pollution Rules" [47]

"Congress has voted to undo a Clean Air Act regulation that strictly controls the amount of toxic air pollutants emitted by many industrial facilities like oil refineries, chemical plants, and steel mills."

Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NPR [48], 05/23/2025
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"Trump Spared A New York Wind Project. What Did He Get In Return?" [49]

"President Donald Trump’s sudden decision Monday to reverse course and lift a stop work order on Empire Wind 1 prompted widespread speculation in Albany and Washington that the president had extracted a commitment from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to allow a new gas pipeline to move forward."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Source: E&E News [52], 05/23/2025
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"Global Forest Loss Hit a Record Last Year as Fires Raged" [53]

"The planet lost a record amount of forests last year, driven by fires that raged around the world, data shows."

Climate Change [12]
Forests [29]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [17]
Science [35]
Public [18]
International [41]
Source: NYTimes [54], 05/23/2025
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Texas Cattle Industry Braces For An Imminent Screwworm Infestation [55]

"Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar cattle industry."

Agriculture [56]
Biodiversity [28]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Natural Resources [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Mexico [58]
Source: Texas Tribune [59], 05/23/2025
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"Memorial Day Weekend Gas Prices Expected To Be Cheapest In Years" [60]

"The gas prices for Memorial Day weekend are expected to be the cheapest, when adjusted for inflation, in recent years."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [61]
People & Population [62]
Science [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [63], 05/22/2025
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"3,500% Tariffs Cloud Outlook For US Solar Industry" [64]

"The International Trade Commission backed solar tariffs as high as 3,521 percent in a vote Tuesday, shaking up a renewable industry facing multiple headwinds from potential congressional rollbacks of tax credits and cuts in federal spending."

Climate Change [12]
Consumer [44]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [41]
Source: E&E News [65], 05/22/2025
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"EPA Defunds Research Into PFAS Contamination on Farms" [66]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has canceled grant funding to university research teams studying how “forever chemicals” contaminate soil and groundwater, including at least $3 million for two projects specifically looking at contamination on farms."

Agriculture [56]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [61]
Food [67]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [17]
Science [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Civil Eats [68], 05/22/2025
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"China To Donate $500 Million To WHO, Stepping Into Gap Left By U.S." [69]

"China has pledged to give $500 million to the World Health Organization as the country is set to replace the United States as the group’s top state donor, expanding Beijing’s global influence in the wake of Washington’s retreat from international cooperation."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [39]
Health [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [41]
Asia [70]
Source: Washington Post [71], 05/22/2025
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"Trump’s Interior Chief Calls Many Employees ‘Redundant Overhead’" [72]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday vigorously defended firing large numbers of Interior Department staff because he said too many work in offices and too few in national parks."

Environmental Politics [15]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [62]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [73], 05/22/2025
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