EJToday: Top Headlines

"Study Finds Microplastic Contamination In 99% Of Seafood Samples" [9]

"Microplastics contamination is widespread in seafood sampled in a recent study, adding to growing evidence of the dangerous substances’ ubiquity in the nation’s food system, and a growing threat to human health." "The peer-reviewed study detected microplastics in 180 of 182 samples comprising five types of fish and pink shrimp".

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Food [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 02/10/2025
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"Supreme Court Rebuffs Trump Admin Bids To Pause EPA Cases" [20]

"In a setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court has rejected requests to freeze proceedings in a set of pending cases, including one involving California’s long-standing authority to set strict tailpipe emissions for vehicles."

Air [21]
Climate Change [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [24], 02/10/2025
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"Huffman Demands Probe Of DOGE’s ‘Illegal’ NOAA Actions" [25]

"The House Natural Resources ranking member is worried Elon Musk could stand to benefit if parts of NOAA were privatized."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [30], 02/10/2025
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Trump’s LNG Strategy Makes No Sense. It Will Raise Gas Prices. [31]

"President Trump says increasing liquefied natural gas exports will lower gas prices. He’s got it all backward."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [34]
Source: Sierra [35], 02/10/2025
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"California Introduces Online Dashboard to Track Silicosis Cases" [36]

"The California Department of Public Health has unveiled an online dashboard that tracks cases of the lung disease silicosis among fabricators of artificial-stone countertops in the state."

Air [21]
Environmental Health [28]
Journalism & Media [37]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [39]
Source: Public Health Watch [40], 02/10/2025
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"EPA To Prioritize AI, Lobbyists And Staff Cuts In ‘Mission To Traumatize’" [41]

"A new and starkly different vision for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been outlined by the Trump administration – one that involves mass staff cuts, an influx of industry lobbyists and, unusually, the promotion of artificial intelligence as a key agency priority."

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [43], 02/07/2025
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"Trump Dismantles Environmental Justice Team, Staff Put on Leave" [44]

"The EPA on Thursday put 168 employees within its environmental justice office on administrative leave as the Trump administration executes presidential actions to roll back diversity initiatives."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [45], 02/07/2025
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"Where Coal Is Retiring, and Hanging On, in the U.S." [46]

"About 780 coal units, individual generators with a boiler and a turbine capable of producing electricity, have retired since 2000. And more than half of the remaining units are also slated for retirement, according to new data from the Global Energy Monitor, an organization that collects international energy data."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [47], 02/07/2025
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As Trump Purges Climate Data and Web Pages, Groups Scramble To Save Them [48]

"The Trump administration has directed federal agency staff to remove climate references and scientific data from many web pages. Researchers are rushing to archive it."

Activism [49]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 02/07/2025
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Big Oil’s Huge Spending On Lobbying Hobbled Key California Climate Measures [51]

"One bill that would have required oil companies to help pay for damages from climate-driven disasters failed and another that would levy heavy fines on refineries that release toxic air contaminants was watered down."

Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
California [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 02/07/2025
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"Trump Administration Tells States Billions In EV Charger Money Is On Hold" [53]

"The Trump administration on Thursday told states it was blocking money for electric vehicle chargers, including $71 million for Washington, one of the latest steps by the White House to halt Biden-era funding. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, known as NEVI, was set to dole out a total of $5 billion to states to build charging networks along highways. The Federal Highway Administration previously approved states’ plans for using the money."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Transportation [54]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington State Standard [55], 02/07/2025
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"‘Lifesaving’ Climate Programs Are On Hold As Musk Targets USAID" [56]

"As the Trump administration moves to shutter international humanitarian aid efforts, a host of environmental and climate programs have also been impacted."

Agriculture [57]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [29]
Food [13]
People & Population [38]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [34]
Source: Washington Post [58], 02/07/2025
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"Scientists On Alert As NOAA Restricts Contact With Foreign Nationals" [59]

"Staff members at a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been told this week to stop all contact with foreign nationals, including on international treaties and seafood catch limits, stoking confusion and fear among government scientists as the Trump administration begins to shape its vision for their work."

Biodiversity [60]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [61], 02/07/2025
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"CDC Scientific Report Resumes Publication After Unprecedented Pause" [62]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resumed publishing its weekly scientific report Thursday after an unprecedented pause, but information about the bird flu virus that was supposed to appear remained on hold even as the outbreak spreads."

Biodiversity [60]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Health [63]
Journalism & Media [37]
Science [64]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [34]
Source: Washington Post [65], 02/07/2025
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Dirty Toilets, Grumpy Visitors And Vandalism: This Summer In The Parks [66]

"National park visitors could be confronted by "chaos" this summer if the Trump administration does not lift its hold on season hirings — soon —, says former National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis."

Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Forests [67]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [38]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: National Parks Traveler [68], 02/07/2025
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