EJToday: Top Headlines

"RFK Jr. Seeks To Tighten Loophole Allowing Chemicals In U.S. Food Supply" [9]

"The practice Kennedy is targeting, known as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS), can occur when companies self-certify the safety of a food additive."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [14]
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Science [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [20], 03/13/2025
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Trump Admin Slams Brakes On Government's Adoption Of Electric Vehicles [21]

"The Trump administration has halted much of the federal government's adoption of electric vehicles into its massive fleet of cars and trucks."

Air [22]
Climate Change [23]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Technology [27]
Transportation [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NPR [29], 03/13/2025
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Plastic Pollution Leaves Seabirds With Brain Damage Similar To Alzheimer’s [30]

"Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage “akin to Alzheimer’s disease”, according to a new study – adding to growing evidence of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on marine wildlife."

Biodiversity [31]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [32]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [16]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [37]
Australia & Oceania [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 03/13/2025
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‘Global Weirding’: Climate Whiplash Hitting World’s Biggest Cities: Study [40]

"Climate whiplash is already hitting major cities around the world, bringing deadly swings between extreme wet and dry weather as the climate crisis intensifies, a report has revealed." "Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped".

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [26]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [18]
International [37]
Source: Guardian [42], 03/13/2025
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Tribes Worry Trump's Cuts Have Potential To Violate Trust Responsibilities [43]

"Funding for the BIA, IHS and the Bureau of Indian Education represents the lion's share of the government's obligations to tribes and last year those departments made up less than a quarter of 1% of the federal budget"

Environmental Justice [44]
Government [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [46], 03/13/2025
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"Trump Just Weakened One Of The Nation’s Oldest Environmental Laws" [47]

"The Interior Department has suspended a legal opinion that held companies liable for accidentally killing ducks, cranes, pelicans, owls and hundreds of other bird species."

Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Wildlife [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [37]
Source: Washington Post [48], 03/12/2025
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Efforts Prevent CO2 Pipeline Leaks? Trump Admin Quietly Derailed Them. [49]

"Nearly five years after a pipeline spewed poison gas across a Mississippi town, federal regulators appeared ready in recent weeks to institute new safety rules aimed at preventing similar accidents across the U.S.’s fast-growing network of carbon dioxide pipelines.
But the proposed rules, unveiled five days before the end of Joe Biden’s presidency, were quietly derailed during the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Grist/Verite [50], 03/12/2025
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"Microplastics Boost Antibiotic Resistance In E. Coli, Lab Study Suggests" [51]

"Co-mingling of tiny pieces of plastic with certain harmful bacteria can make the bacteria harder to fight with several common antibiotics, according to a new study that adds to global concerns about antibiotic resistance."

Biodiversity [31]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [52], 03/12/2025
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"Trump Cuts Target World-Leading Greenhouse Gas Observatory In Hawaii" [53]

"The Trump administration is considering canceling the lease of the support office for a renowned Hawaii climate research station, sources said, raising fears for the future of key work tracking the impact of carbon emissions on global warming."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Science [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [54]
Source: Reuters [55], 03/12/2025
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"Texas Leads U.S. Renewable Energy Generation by a Country Mile" [56]

"Texas widened its lead as the country’s renewable energy leader in 2024, with growth in solar and wind power, according to federal data."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 03/12/2025
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Hazel Johnson Launched a Movement in Chicago That Trump Is Trying to End [59]

"Cheryl Johnson, who took charge of People for Community Recovery in 2010, just before her mother’s death, says MAGA can’t end a decadeslong fight that affects poor white communities as well as communities of color."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [44]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [60]
Source: Chicago Sun-Times [61], 03/12/2025
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"What Old Trees Can Teach Us About Modern Wildfires" [62]

"A recent study underscores how humanity’s success in extinguishing fires has allowed dead wood and other flammable material to pile up in ecosystems, putting communities at greater risk of catastrophic fires as the planet warms."

Disasters [41]
Forests [63]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [64], 03/12/2025
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Trump Admin Eyes 30 Percent Payroll Reduction At National Park Service [65]

"The Trump administration is eyeing a 30 percent payroll reduction at the National Park Service, signaling big cuts at a high-profile government agency that could make headlines during the summer vacation season."

Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [66], 03/12/2025
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"Trump Considers Easing Safety Screenings For Chemicals" [67]

"The Trump administration will consider easing regulations under which it considers the safety of existing chemicals — drawing concerns from public health advocates."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [68], 03/12/2025
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"In Trump’s New Purge Of Climate Language, Even ‘Resilience’ Isn’t Safe" [69]

"In his first hours back in the White House in January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship.” Yet it was immediately clear he was in fact imposing rules on language, ordering the government to recognize only two genders and shut down any diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. In one executive order, he redefined “energy” to exclude solar and wind power."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [70]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Grist [71], 03/12/2025
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