EJToday: Top Headlines

"White House Abruptly Pulls Dave Weldon’s CDC Nomination Before Hearing" [9]

"The former congressman who drew scrutiny for anti-vaccine views did not appear to have the votes for confirmation amid a measles outbreak, according to people familiar."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Food [13]
Government [14]
Health [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [21], 03/14/2025
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"EPA To Steer Environmental Enforcement Officers Away From Energy Companies" [22]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated this week that it will steer its environmental enforcement officers away from energy companies."

Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [27], 03/14/2025
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"EPA to Redefine Protected Wetlands, Reversing Biden Rule" [28]

"The EPA will redefine waters of the US, or WOTUS, to comply with the US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, which lifted Clean Water Act jurisdiction on many wetlands, Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday."

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 03/14/2025
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"U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva Dies From Cancer" [35]

"U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who was a fierce champion for national parks, passed away Thursday from complications related to cancer treatments. He was 77."

Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Source: National Parks Traveler [37], 03/14/2025
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"Criminal Targeting Of Environmental Groups ‘Scary,’ Advocates Say" [38]

"Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump"

Activism [39]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Floodlight [41], 03/14/2025
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Ducks, Once A Conservation Bright Spot, Now Declining In US: New Report [42]

"At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report published Thursday. Among the birds showing the steepest declines are Allen’s hummingbirds, Florida scrub jays, golden-cheeked warblers, tricolored blackbirds and yellow-billed magpies."

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [29]
Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Studies [12]
Natural Resources [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [44], 03/14/2025
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"Trump Administration Plans To Give Dirty US Coal Plants A Reprieve On Soot" [45]

"President Donald Trump's administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants in a move intended to help keep some of the nation's dirtiest plants operational."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Reuters [46], 03/14/2025
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"Destruction Of Ukraine Dam Triggered Toxic ‘Time Bomb,’ Researchers Say" [47]

"The destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam in June 2023 exposed lake bed sediment containing more than 90,000 tons of dangerous heavy metals, setting off what researchers say is a toxic “time bomb.”"

Biodiversity [29]
Chemicals [23]
Disasters [48]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [10]
Infrastructure [49]
Military [50]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [19]
Europe [51]
Source: Washington Post [52], 03/14/2025
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Landmark Ruling on Uncontacted Indigenous Rights Strikes at Oil Industry [53]

"The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect Indigenous groups from oil operations and to leave oil in the ground underneath their lands."

Biodiversity [29]
Chemicals [23]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [40]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
South America [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 03/14/2025
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"12 Books That Demonstrate Women’s Leadership On Climate" [56]

"From explorations of motherhood to climate fiction, women are setting the tone in climate literature and action." "The Yale Climate Connections bookshelf for March, also known as Women’s History Month, began to take shape when I saw the announcement for “Mother Creature Kin: What We Learn from Nature’s Mothers in a Time of Unraveling” by Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder."

Activism [39]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [40]
Journalism & Media [57]
People & Population [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [58]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [59], 03/14/2025
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"E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose" [60]

"Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses."

Air [61]
Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Waste [62]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [63], 03/13/2025
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"Majority Of The World’s Population Breathes Dirty Air, Report Says" [64]

"Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a report Tuesday found. Switzerland-based air quality monitoring database IQAir analyzed data from 40,000 air quality monitoring stations in 138 countries and found that Chad, Congo, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India had the dirtiest air."

Air [61]
Environmental Health [10]
Pollution [17]
Public [19]
International [58]
Source: AP [65], 03/13/2025
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The US Agency That Monitors Weather Will Cut Another 1,000 Jobs: AP Sources [66]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday began plans to lay off 10% of its current workforce, people inside and outside the agency said, with some of them requesting anonymity due to fear of retribution."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [67], 03/13/2025
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Owner Says Arrested Captain Of Cargo Ship In North Sea Collision Is Russian [68]

"The captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker is a Russian national who remains in U.K. police custody, the vessel’s owner said Wednesday, as it emerged that the ship failed several safety checks last year."

Chemicals [23]
Disasters [48]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [19]
Europe [51]
Source: AP [69], 03/13/2025
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"EPA Likely To Move To Further Limit Federal Protections For Wetlands" [70]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and likely further limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for significant areas."

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [71], 03/13/2025
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