EJToday: Top Headlines

"Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying" [9]

"The smoke from the wildfires that burned through Los Angeles in January smelled like plastic and was so thick that it hid the ocean. Firefighters who responded developed instant migraines, coughed up black goo and dropped to their knees, vomiting and dizzy."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 08/20/2025
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"Trump Team Readies More Attacks On Mainstream Climate Science" [19]

"The plans include a public debate on global warming. Scientists say that falsely implies the major tenets of climate research are unsettled."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Science [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [23], 08/20/2025
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"Will Oil Demand Peak Soon? Trump Administration Doesn’t Want to Hear It." [24]

"It is lashing out at the world’s leading energy organization for saying oil and gas use could start declining as the world pivots to cleaner alternatives."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [20]
Science [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [27], 08/20/2025
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Trump’s Move To Sanitize US History Gets Little Support With Park Visitors [28]

"Public comments show that a crackdown on signs ‘disparaging’ Americans is not popular"

Environmental Politics [20]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [30], 08/20/2025
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"US Pipeline Protester’s Obstruction Conviction Overturned By Appeals Court" [31]

"The controversial felony conviction of a peaceful climate activist has been overturned by an appeals court due to “pervasive” prosecutorial misconduct."

Activism [32]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [34], 08/20/2025
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"Trump Admin Tightens Rules For Renewable Energy Tax Credits" [35]

"Renewable projects have historically been able to qualify for federal tax credits once a developer spent 5 percent of a project’s cost. But that threshold would be scrapped under the new Treasury Department guidance."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Transportation [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [39], 08/19/2025
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"Texas Judge Removes ESA Protections From Lesser Prairie Chicken" [40]

"A Texas-based federal judge assented to a Trump administration request Tuesday and ended Endangered Species Act protections for the lesser prairie chicken."

Agriculture [41]
Biodiversity [42]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [44]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Source: E&E News [46], 08/19/2025
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"Trump Admin Redacts Entire Empire Wind Study" [47]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he halted construction of a wind project off the coast of New York earlier this year because scientists revealed that the Biden administration “rushed approval” of the development based on “flawed science. But Burgum himself won’t reveal what those scientists said — or present the flaws."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [48]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Source: E&E News [51], 08/19/2025
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"Feds Won’t Confirm Safety Findings On Mountain Valley Pipeline" [52]

"Federal pipeline safety regulators are refusing to release information about their handling of a safety inspector’s complaint that the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline was built unsafely."

Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Source: E&E News [54], 08/19/2025
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"Trump’s Mineral Megadeal Is Bypassing US Laws" [55]

"The Trump administration is quietly taking steps to circumvent federal laws in its quest to bolster U.S. mineral production." "The Pentagon used a little-known legal provision to shield a multibillion-dollar rare earths deal from procurement and contracting laws."

Chemicals [56]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [37]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [57], 08/19/2025
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White House Draft Suggests Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations [58]

"A highly anticipated White House report on the health of American children would stop short of proposing direct restrictions on ultraprocessed foods and pesticides that the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has called major threats, according to a draft of the document that was reviewed by The New York Times."

Chemicals [56]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [59]
Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Studies [60]
Health [61]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Science [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [62], 08/19/2025
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GOP Looks To Make A U-Turn On Electric Vehicles For The Postal Service [63]

"A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Government [64]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [65], 08/19/2025
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"The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door" [66]

"L.A. County’s Chiquita Canyon Landfill has spewed high levels of toxic gases and climate super-pollutants for years. Yet local residents’ pleas for help from state officials remain unanswered."

Chemicals [56]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [59]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [14]
Waste [67]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 08/19/2025
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Restoring Marshes, Dunes, Reefs To Protect Against Rising Seas, Storm Surges [69]

"Coastal communities nationwide are ramping up efforts to fend off rising seas, higher tides and stronger storm surges that are chewing away at coastlines, pushing saltwater farther inland and threatening ecosystems and communities."

Climate Change [10]
Infrastructure [48]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [13]
Planning & Growth [70]
Technology [71]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [72], 08/19/2025
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"These Crabs Probably Saved Your Life. Can We Save Theirs?" [73]

"The medical world relies on horseshoe crab blood in the production of vaccines and equipment. A synthetic is available, but companies have been slow to adopt it."

Biodiversity [42]
Chemicals [56]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [60]
Fish & Fisheries [74]
Health [61]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [13]
Technology [71]
Water & Oceans [49]
Wildlife [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [75], 08/19/2025
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