EJToday: Top Headlines

EPA Wants To Stop Making Big Polluters Report Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to the government."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [18], 09/15/2025
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"Under Trump, FDA Seeks To Abandon Expert Reviews of New Drugs" [19]

"FDA leaders under President Donald Trump are moving to abandon a decades-old policy of asking outside experts to review drug applications, a move critics say would shield the agency’s decisions from public scrutiny."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [22]
Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [24]
Technology [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: KFF Health News [26], 09/15/2025
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"Can Bipartisan Support in Congress Save NOAA From White House Cuts?" [27]

"Both House and Senate lawmakers have advanced bills rejecting the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate climate research at the weather agency."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [30]
Science [24]
Technology [25]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 09/15/2025
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Dwindling Colorado River Can’t Wait For States To Cut Water Use, Experts Say [33]

"A group of experts says Western states urgently need to cut water use to avert a deepening crisis on the Colorado River. The river’s major reservoirs are less than one-third full, and another dry winter would push reservoirs toward critically low levels."

Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [36]
Planning & Growth [37]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: LA Times [38], 09/15/2025
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As Extreme Weather Increases Flooding on Farms, Federal Support Evaporates [39]

"USDA’s staffing cuts, scuttled conservation programs, and misdirected crop insurance are hitting farmers hard."

Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [36]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Civil Eats [42], 09/15/2025
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How Tribal Radio Stations Are Preparing For A Future Without The CPB [43]

"In the most remote parts of Alaska, staying in touch can involve a bit more effort than sending a text. Cell service is spotty, highways are nonexistent, and the postal service remains a vital lifeline, delivering supplies and mail by plane. But for anyone who wants to broadcast a different kind of message — a reminder to pick up milk, for example, or birthday wishes — there’s always the Muktuk Telegram."

Consumer [21]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [35]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [36]
Technology [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
Source: Nieman Lab [47], 09/15/2025
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"Running Out: Texas’ Water Crisis — And The Path Forward" [48]

"A growing population, leaking pipes and changing climate threaten the state’s water supply. Texas lawmakers hope a $20 billion investment will help."

Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [21]
Infrastructure [35]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Source: Texas Tribune [50], 09/15/2025
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"Global Warming Is Fueling Dengue Fever Outbreaks" [51]

"Rising temperatures have caused as many as 4.6 million extra dengue cases each year, and will cause many more by 2050, a new study finds."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Health [23]
People & Population [36]
Public [16]
International [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 09/15/2025
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"Riding the High From Data Centers, the Grid Cannot Kick Its Gas Habit" [54]

"Big Tech’s AI frenzy is pressing up electricity demand around the country. The power grid is stuck in natural gas-fuelled inertia, slow to bring new clean energy projects online and leaving consumers on the hook."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [55]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 09/15/2025
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"Much Of US Shark Meat Comes From Endangered Species, Study Finds" [57]

"A recent study has revealed that the majority of shark meat available to American shoppers is mislabeled, with much of it coming from endangered species."

Biodiversity [40]
Consumer [21]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [36]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [52]
Source: Guardian [59], 09/15/2025
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"RFK Jr. Wants More Air Pollution Research, But EPA Shut Down Its Lab" [60]

"Researching air quality is key to improving kids’ health, according to a new strategy from the Make America Healthy Again Commission unveiled Tuesday by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. There’s just one problem: EPA, under Zeldin’s leadership, has shuttered the preeminent laboratory in the country studying air pollution’s impact on people."

Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [15]
Science [24]
Technology [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [61], 09/12/2025
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"MAHA Promised Healthier Kids. But School Lunches May Deliver Less." [62]

"Cuts to SNAP and farm-to-school programs under the Trump administration risk worsening childhood disease, nutrition experts warn."

Agriculture [34]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [41]
Government [22]
People & Population [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Capital & Main [63], 09/12/2025
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"Johnson Backs Virginia Wind Project In Break With Trump" [64]

"House Speaker Mike Johnson is going to bat for an offshore wind project located off Virginia Beach at a time when the Trump administration has halted the construction of similar projects and the president himself has warned that support for the industry could cost politicians their careers."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [55]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [30]
Technology [25]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [65]
Source: E&E News [66], 09/12/2025
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"House Republicans Add To Support For Maintaining NIH Budget In 2026" [67]

"Like a Senate panel in July, a U.S. House of Representatives spending committee has rejected President Donald Trump’s request to gut the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A bill released today would give the agency a base budget of about $47 billion in the 2026 fiscal year that begins on 1 October, essentially the same level as this year."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Science [68], 09/12/2025
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"Building Toward Disaster: Growth Collides With Rising Seas In Charleston" [69]

"A billion-dollar seawall may shield the city’s wealthy core — but not the vulnerable communities beyond it. Who will be forced to move?"

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [35]
People & Population [36]
Planning & Growth [37]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [70]
Source: Floodlight [71], 09/12/2025
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