EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Plans To Declare A 'National Energy Emergency.' What Does That Mean?" [9]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NPR [18], 01/21/2025
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"Trump Says He’s Withdrawing The US From The Paris Climate Agreement Again" [19]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [20]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [21]
Source: AP [22], 01/21/2025
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"Trump Signs Order To End ‘Government Censorship’ Of Social Media" [23]

"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 [12]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [25], 01/21/2025
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"Trump Targeted Scientists in His First Term. This Time, They’re Prepared." [26]

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

Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [30], 01/21/2025
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"EPA Staff Directory Reveals Trump Appointees" [31]

"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 [12]
Government [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [33]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [34], 01/21/2025
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Storm-Hit Town Voted For Trump, Who Vowed To Overturn Law To Fix Its Homes [35]

"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 [36]
Economy & Business [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: ProPublica [39], 01/21/2025
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"LA Wildfires: The Incarcerated Firefighters Battling Blazes" [40]

"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 [10]
Disasters [36]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [33]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [41]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [42], 01/21/2025
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"Moss Landing, The World’s Biggest Grid Battery, Just Caught Fire Again" [43]

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

Disasters [36]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [13]
Pollution [20]
Technology [44]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [41]
Source: Canary Media [45], 01/21/2025
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"Mother of Missing U.S. Journalist Asks Syria’s New Leaders for Help" [46]

"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 [32]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Middle East [47]
Source: NYTimes [48], 01/21/2025
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"MLK Jr.’s Fight for Civil Rights Was an Environmental Battle as Well" [49]

"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 [50]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Mother Jones [52], 01/21/2025
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"Biden Admin Offers Utilities $22.4B To Cut Energy Costs — And Emissions" [53]

"The Biden administration announced $22.4 billion in loans for eight U.S. utilities across 12 states on Thursday, in what may be the swan song for an Inflation Reduction Act program aimed at cutting carbon emissions and energy bills by helping build and retrofit power plants and bolster the grid."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Canary Media [54], 01/17/2025
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"Toyota Truck Unit Fined $1.6 Billion For Emissions Violations" [55]

"Toyota’s heavy-duty trucking unit was fined $1.6 billion on Wednesday over fraudulent emissions testing and other violations."

Air [56]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [57]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [21]
Source: Washington Post [58], 01/17/2025
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"Zeldin Appears Poised To Carry Out Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda At EPA" [59]

"President-elect Trump’s pick for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Lee Zeldin, appears poised to be able to carry out the significant level of climate and environmental deregulation Trump has indicated he plans to pursue after a Thursday hearing moved him toward his likely confirmation."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [20]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [60], 01/17/2025
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Doug Burgum, Trump Interior Pick, Questions Reliability Of Renewable Power [61]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for interior secretary told a Senate panel Thursday the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and voiced concerns about the reliability of renewable power sources promoted under the Biden administration."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [62], 01/17/2025
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"Indirect Death Toll From The L.A. Fires May End Up In The Thousands" [63]

"The toxic smoke from the fires, combined with disruption to the economy, health care system, and mental health may lead to thousands of deaths over the coming years."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [28]
Pollution [20]
Public [16]
California [41]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [64], 01/17/2025
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