EJToday: Top Headlines

"As Regenerative Agriculture Gains Momentum, Report Warns Of “Greenwashing”" [9]

"Proponents of regenerative farming say the practice can mitigate harmful climate change, reduce water pollution, and make foods more nutritious as farmers focus on improving the health of soil, water, and ecosystems." "But all that momentum comes with a dirty dark side, according to a new report that highlights what is becoming an increasingly contentious debate over the merits of regenerative agriculture."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [12]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [20], 05/02/2025
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EPA Cheered For Easing Regulatory “Burdens” On Farmers Using Insecticides [21]

"Farm groups were cheering moves announced this week by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will alter endangered species protections to allow for easier use of certain pesticides in agriculture."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [25], 05/02/2025
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House GOPers Vote To Remove California Fish From Endangered Species List [26]

"House Republicans passed a measure Thursday that would repeal the government’s decision to place California’s longfin smelt, a finger-sized fish, on the endangered species list."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [29]
Source: LA Times [30], 05/02/2025
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"Farmers Are Making Bank Harvesting A New Crop: Solar Energy" [31]

"In California's water-stressed Central Valley, farmers are fallowing land and installing solar, providing financial stability and saving water."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Infrastructure [34]
Technology [35]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [29]
International [36]
Source: Grist [37], 05/02/2025
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"Ancient DNA Confirms New Mexico Tribe’s Link To Famed Chaco Canyon Site" [38]

"For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history."

Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [40]
People & Population [41]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [42]
Science [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Source: AP [45], 05/02/2025
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In First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment [46]

"One hundred days into the second Trump administration, many environmentalists’ worst fears about the new presidency have been realized—and surpassed."

Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [15]
Pollution [24]
Science [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 05/01/2025
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"Citing N.I.H. Cuts, a Top Science Journal Stops Accepting Submissions" [48]

"Environmental Health Perspectives, widely considered the premier environmental health journal, has announced that it would pause acceptance of new studies for publication, as federal cuts have left its future uncertain."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [40]
Government [49]
Journalism & Media [50]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [24]
Science [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [51], 05/01/2025
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House Votes To Overturn California Clean Truck Rules – Defying GAO [52]

"The House on Wednesday voted to axe California’s clean truck rules — defying Congress’s own internal watchdog in doing so."

Air [53]
Climate Change [32]
Consumer [13]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [49]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [54]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [29]
Source: The Hill [55], 05/01/2025
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"Republicans Use Reconciliation To Target Agency Rulemaking" [56]

"House Republicans are looking to use their massive party-line bill to strip federal agencies of their power to unilaterally approve all major rules."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [57], 05/01/2025
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"Trump Administration Kicks Off Rewrite Of LNG Safety Rules" [58]

"Current regulations date back to the Carter administration, and a planned overhaul could help fast-track gas export projects."

Climate Change [32]
Disasters [59]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [60], 05/01/2025
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"UN Chemicals Negotiators To Debate Potential Global Chlorpyrifos Ban" [61]

"The biennial Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions will consider banning the controversial pesticide and two other toxic compounds"

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
International [36]
Source: C&EN [62], 05/01/2025
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Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill Ending Ratepayer Subsidies Of 2 Coal Plants [63]

"After years of attempts, Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to end the subsidy for two unprofitable Cold War-era coal plants that had cost Ohio ratepayers nearly $400,000 a day, after they were tucked into the tainted energy bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in state history."

Climate Change [32]
Consumer [13]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [64]
Source: AP [65], 05/01/2025
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"Trump’s Policies Are Creating Uncertainty for Fossil Fuel Companies" [66]

"Last week, the US Department of the Interior announced that it would speed up the approval process for certain fossil fuel projects, proclaiming that environmental analyses that previously would have taken years must now be taken down to, at maximum, a month. While the new procedures are seemingly a gift to the industry, this may actually be terrible news for pipeline developers, drillers, and miners."

Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: WIRED [67], 05/01/2025
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USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Management [68]

"The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water decisions of local and state governments across the country."

Disasters [59]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 05/01/2025
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"For Alabama’s Spotted Salamanders, a Win and a Warning" [70]

"A grassroots effort successfully pushed back on a development in Homewood that would have destroyed a critical salamander habitat. Still, amphibians face constant risks."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [28]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [71]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 05/01/2025
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