EJToday: Top Headlines

"Sierra Club’s Executive Director Is on Leave After a Rocky Tenure" [9]

"Ben Jealous, the executive director of the Sierra Club, is on leave as of Friday afternoon, the organization confirmed, after less than three years leading the environmental nonprofit group."

Activism [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 07/14/2025
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"Unhealthy Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blankets The Upper Midwest" [16]

"Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, covering the northern region of the U.S. at a time when people want to be enjoying lakes, trails and the great outdoors."

Air [17]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [25]
Source: AP [26], 07/14/2025
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Utility Says It Can’t Supply Water for Alabama Data Center Without Upgrades [27]

"BESSEMER, Ala. — Developers of a proposed hyperscale data center may find themselves lacking a resource essential for the operation of what would be one of the largest such facilities in the United States: water."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [29]
Technology [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 07/14/2025
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"Parks Gift Shops Directed To Remove Items That ‘Disparage Americans’" [34]

"Trump officials have directed staff at national parks to review all items in gift shops for anti-American content, according to an internal directive reviewed by The Washington Post. The move is part of the administration’s wider campaign to scrub federal institutions of “corrosive ideology” recognizing historical racism and sexism."

Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [36]
Journalism & Media [37]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [38], 07/14/2025
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Trump Admin Wants to Close Down Key Weather Labs Across the Country [39]

"The National Severe Storms Laboratory sits on a campus of radar equipment and office buildings at the University of Oklahoma, off a state highway in Norman. It’s responsible for radar breakthroughs in forecasting that the nation relies on for storm warnings and emergency preparedness. But the Trump administration wants to shut it down, prompting a rare rebuke from a prominent Republican member of Congress."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Science [40]
Technology [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NOTUS [41], 07/11/2025
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"Public Health Groups File Lawsuit To Stop RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Changes" [42]

"The lawsuit seeks to overturn Kennedy’s decision in May to end the government’s long-standing blanket recommendation for children and pregnant women to receive coronavirus shots."

Consumer [43]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [44]
Health [45]
Laws & Regulations [46]
People & Population [12]
Science [40]
Technology [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [47], 07/11/2025
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"Noem Doubles Down On Call To Axe FEMA, Then Recreate It To Support States" [48]

"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has doubled down on her past calls to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — but also says it should be “remade” as the agency responds to floods in Texas."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Economy & Business [49]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [44]
Laws & Regulations [46]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [50], 07/11/2025
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Syngenta Settles Paraquat Lawsuit Brought By Parkinson’s Patient [51]

"Less than a month ahead of what would have been the first US trial over allegations that a popular weedkiller causes Parkinson’s disease, pesticide maker Syngenta has settled the case."

Agriculture [52]
Chemicals [53]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [35]
Laws & Regulations [46]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [54], 07/11/2025
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Oil and Gas Pipeline Safety Cases Plunge in 1st Months of Trump’s 2nd Term [55]

"US regulatory actions to ensure oil and gas pipeline safety have plummeted to a record low for the start of a presidential administration as Donald Trump pushes to streamline the government and cut red tape."

Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [46]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg [56], 07/11/2025
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"Texas Counties Have Little Power To Stop Building In Flood-Prone Areas" [57]

"Camp Mystic, the private summer camp that now symbolizes the deadly Central Texas floods, sat on a tract of land known to be at high risk for a devastating flood. Nearly 1.3 million Texas homes are similarly situated in parts of the state susceptible to dangerous floodwaters, according to a state estimate."

Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [44]
Laws & Regulations [46]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
Source: Texas Tribune [59], 07/11/2025
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Small Texas Community Where Everyone Survived Flooding Had Warning Sirens [60]

"As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of Comfort -- a last-ditch warning to get out for those who had missed cellphone alerts and firefighters going street-to-street telling people to get out."

Climate Change [18]
Consumer [43]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [29]
Journalism & Media [37]
People & Population [12]
Technology [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: AP [61], 07/11/2025
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"DOE Defies Congress By Shifting Funds From Wind, Solar, EVs" [62]

"The Trump administration is diverting federal funds away from the Energy Department’s wind, solar and electric vehicles programs, despite the spending levels set under the current congressionally passed budget, according to a document posted on the agency’s website."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [44]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [46]
Technology [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [63], 07/11/2025
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"States, Enviro Groups Fight Trump Plan To Keep Dirty Power Plants Going" [64]

"State regulators, consumer advocates, and environmental groups say the Department of Energy is acting illegally in forcing aging, costly power plants to stay open."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [44]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [46]
Technology [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Canary Media [65], 07/11/2025
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"No, Chemtrails Are Not Real or Causing Floods, E.P.A. Says" [66]

"No, chemtrails are not real, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday, in a notable instance of the Trump administration debunking a conspiracy theory that gained traction amid catastrophic flooding in Central Texas."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [37]
Science [40]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [67], 07/11/2025
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"Trump’s NOAA Pick Stands By Budget Cuts, Calls Staffing ‘A Top Priority’" [68]

"President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told a panel of U.S. senators on Wednesday that he would make it “a top priority” to fill staffing shortages created by recent firings and buyouts across the National Weather Service, while also standing by the administration’s proposal to make drastic cuts to weather and climate research budgets."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [44]
Technology [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [69], 07/10/2025
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