EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Team Takes Aim At Crown Jewel Of US Climate Research" [9]

"A top aide to the president-elect wants tighter control over the National Climate Assessment." "Scientists and climate policy experts say the proposed changes — which are being pushed by aides to President-elect Donald Trump — run the risk of undermining a foundational reference for government officials. And they say it could make it harder to craft future U.S. policies to address global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Science [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [19], 01/07/2025
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Biden Issues Ban On Drilling In Most Federal Waters. Trump Vows To Undo It [20]

"President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [25], 01/07/2025
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Trump Aims To Crush Climate Deception Lawsuits – But It May Not Be Easy [26]

"The president-elect said he will ‘stop the wave of frivolous litigation from environmental extremists’ but the ability to block suits will be limited, experts say"

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [28], 01/07/2025
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Pet Food Pulled In 12 States After Ore. Cat Dies From Bird Flu-Tainted Chow [29]

"A brand of natural cat food sold in California is being pulled from store shelves after reports that a cat in Oregon who ate the pet food contracted bird flu and died."

Agriculture [30]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Food [33]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: McClatchy [34], 01/07/2025
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Climate-Driven Sea Level Rise Will Overwhelm Major Oil Ports, Study Shows [35]

"Rising sea levels driven by the climate crisis will overwhelm many of the world’s biggest oil ports, analysis indicates."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [36]
Transportation [37]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [17]
International [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 01/07/2025
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"How Elon Musk Could End Fossil Fuel Subsidies" [40]

"If the Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut $2 trillion in spending, handouts to the fossil fuel industry may be "a truth test to all of their messaging.""

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Grist [42], 01/07/2025
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"Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems" [43]

"On the U.S.-Mexico border, the International Boundary and Water Commission has the unglamorous job of stopping sewage flows and negotiating water disputes. Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner has earned allies in long-standing border conflicts, a job that won’t get any easier under Trump."

Agriculture [30]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [44]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mexico [45]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 01/07/2025
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"Biden Signs Bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Bill Into Law" [47]

"President Biden on Monday signed a bipartisan bill aimed at boosting outdoor recreation weeks after it cleared the Senate."

Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [48]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [49]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [50], 01/07/2025
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23M Americans Exposed To Toxic PFAS Chemicals Via Treated Wastewater: Study [51]

"Nearly 7 percent of Americans may be exposed to hazardous levels of “forever chemicals” through treated municipal wastewater, a new study has found."

Agriculture [30]
Chemicals [52]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Studies [14]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [23]
Science [16]
Waste [53]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [54], 01/07/2025
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"What Happened to Carter’s White House Solar Panels? They Lived On." [55]

"The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates."

Activism [56]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [36]
Pollution [23]
Technology [57]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [58], 01/07/2025
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Biden Admin Adds Exemptions Into New Climate Rules For Hydrogen Energy [59]

"The Biden administration on Friday finalized fairly strict climate rules for the nascent hydrogen energy industry — but the rules contain new flexibilities that are expected to make them less stringent than the administration’s original proposal."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Technology [57]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [60], 01/06/2025
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FWS OKs Expanding Okefenokee Refuge, Enabling Buyout Of Mining Project [61]

"A federal agency said Friday that it has approved a plan to expand the Okefenokee Swamp’s vast wildlife refuge, setting up a potential buyout offer for land intended for a private company’s mining project that conservationists have fought for years."

Biodiversity [62]
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Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
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Source: AP [64], 01/06/2025
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Controversial Red Dye Used In Food Could Soon Be Banned [65]

"The FDA is weighing a ban on red dye No. 3, a synthetic dye used in some foods and drinks after concerns have been raised over its potential health risks."

Chemicals [52]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [32]
Food [33]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [66], 01/06/2025
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"Jimmy Carter Made Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease A Top Mission" [67]

"Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world’s poorest people."

Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [38]
Africa [68]
Source: AP [69], 01/06/2025
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"Biden Admin Cedes Pivotal Air Pollution Rules To Trump" [70]

"While EPA rejected a push to scrap tougher safeguards for accidental industrial emissions, it has relented on the timetables for smog and incinerator rules."

Air [71]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Politico [72], 01/06/2025
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