EJToday: Top Headlines

Trump Admin Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Warned of Arctic Climate Change [9]

"Key datasets used to monitor the impacts of climate change in the Arctic have emerged as the latest victim of cost-cutting by the Trump administration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Antarctica & Arctic [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 05/08/2025
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17 States Sue Trump Admin For Blocking Funds For Electric Vehicle Charging [22]

"Seventeen states are suing President Donald Trump ‘s administration for withholding billions of dollars for building more electric vehicle chargers, according to a federal lawsuit announced Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [25]
Technology [26]
Transportation [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [28], 05/08/2025
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"House GOPers Push To Sell 100,000s Of Acres Of Public Lands In The West [29]

"House Republicans added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package authorizing sales of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah, prompting outrage from Democrats and environmentalists who called it a betrayal that could lead to drilling, mining and logging in sensitive areas."

Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [33], 05/08/2025
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Study on Air Pollution and Racial Inequities Caught in NSF Funding Freeze [34]

"A doctoral candidate examining air pollution effects in mostly Black and Latino neighborhoods in Detroit was among the wave of researchers who have had federal funds halted."

Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [36]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 05/08/2025
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"Radioactive Shadow Workers" [39]

"The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret"

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [41]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [25]
Waste [42]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [43]
Source: Sierra [44], 05/08/2025
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"Science Backers Say Proposed Federal Research Cuts Pose Dire Risks" [45]

"President Trump’s proposed budget in the next fiscal year calls for firm support of artificial intelligence and quantum research but makes large cuts to many other parts of the sprawling enterprise of scientific research funded by the federal government."

Biodiversity [30]
Chemicals [46]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [36]
Pollution [25]
Science [15]
Technology [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [47], 05/07/2025
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"100 Days In, Does Trump Still ‘Dig’ Coal?" [48]

"Presidents have long used coal miners as political props. Yet federal policies have done little to improve their lives, and some things have actually gotten worse."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Grist [50], 05/07/2025
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"FEMA Is Ending Door-to-Door Canvassing in Disaster Areas" [51]

"As it shifts responsibility for recovery efforts to local authorities, FEMA workers will stop knocking on doors to provide aid to survivors in disaster areas, per a memo obtained by WIRED."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [37]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: WIRED [52], 05/07/2025
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Millions Depend on Great Lakes’ Water. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It. [53]

"The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. "

"Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet.
Biodiversity [30]
Chemicals [46]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [54]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [36]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [25]
Science [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [55]
Canada [56]
Source: ProPublica [57], 05/07/2025
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Many Houston Oil And Gas Pollution Violators Are Seeking Permit Renewals [58]

"Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have previously violated the pollution limits in their permits have recently applied for new federal operating permits or renewals."

Chemicals [46]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [59]
Source: EHN [60], 05/07/2025
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"NAACP Joins Fight For Chemours To Disclose Documents" [61]

"An area branch of the NAACP has joined the fight to keep Chemours and its predecessor company DuPont from shielding thousands of pages of documents from the public eye."

Activism [62]
Chemicals [46]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [63]
Source: Coastal Review [64], 05/07/2025
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"E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program" [65]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate Energy Star, the popular energy efficiency certification for dishwashers, refrigerators, dryers and other home appliances, according to agency documents and a recording of an internal meeting."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [54]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [36]
Journalism & Media [13]
Technology [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [66], 05/07/2025
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"Why 35 House Democrats Joined Republicans Against a Major Climate Policy" [67]

"Some said they worried that California’s planned ban on gas-powered vehicles would raise the price of cars. Another cited “intense and misleading lobbying” by the oil industry."

Air [68]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [54]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [69], 05/07/2025
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"Trump’s Plan To Merge ESA Offices Could Be A Hard Sell" [70]

"The idea of moving endangered species work done by NOAA Fisheries to the Fish and Wildlife Service has been considered several times."

Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [71]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [72], 05/07/2025
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"Trump Wants To Rebuild Alcatraz. Experts Are Skeptical." [73]

"The former island prison is both a National Historic Landmark and a national park site that draws more than a million visitors each year."

Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [74]
Source: E&E News [75], 05/07/2025
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