EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump DOJ To Climate Nonprofits: Hand Over Info And Come To Court" [9]

"The Trump administration has directed nonprofits involved in a $20 billion Biden-era climate initiative to turn over records to the FBI and appear in federal court later this month, according to two people who were granted anonymity for fear of reprisal."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [19], 03/10/2025
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"US Withdraws From UN Climate Damage Fund" [20]

"Establishment of the fund in 2023 was a victory for climate change activists from developing nations."

"The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the United Nations climate damage fund that was established in 2023 to help developing countries most vulnerable to climate change when natural disasters strike.
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [23]
Source: Politico [24], 03/10/2025
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"South Dakota Law Raises Questions About Future Of Massive Midwest Pipeline" [25]

"A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a proposed 2,500 mile (4,023-kilometer) project snaking through five Midwest states."

Air [26]
Climate Change [10]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [29]
Source: AP [30], 03/10/2025
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"Chart: US Is Set To Shatter Grid Battery Records This Year" [31]

"In 2024, developers built energy storage at a rapid clip, adding nearly 11 GW to the grid. The industry is poised to grow even faster in 2025."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Infrastructure [27]
Technology [33]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Canary Media [34], 03/10/2025
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"The Environmental Toll Of The M23 Conflict In Eastern DRC (Analysis)" [35]

"The escalating armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has had significant — and overlooked — environmental impacts. The rate of tree cover loss in Kahuzi-Biega and Virunga National Parks has sharply increased since the conflict reignited in late 2021."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [38]
Military [39]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [15]
Wildlife [41]
Public [17]
Africa [42]
Source: Mongabay [43], 03/10/2025
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"Trump’s E.P.A. to Rewrite Rules Aimed at Averting Chemical Disasters" [44]

"The Trump administration has moved to rewrite rules designed to prevent disasters at thousands of chemical facilities across the country."

Chemicals [45]
Disasters [46]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [47], 03/07/2025
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"Butterflies In The U.S. Are Disappearing At A ‘Catastrophic’ Rate" [48]

"The number of butterflies in the contiguous United States declined by 22 percent this century, a collapse with potentially dire implications."

"Butterflies are rapidly fluttering out of existence from coast to coast, according to a new assessment published Thursday, at a rate that scientists worry could upend ecosystems and undercut pollination that sustains America’s crops.
Biodiversity [37]
Chemicals [45]
Environmental Studies [49]
Natural Resources [40]
Wildlife [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [23]
Source: Washington Post [50], 03/07/2025
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Industry Bills Would Bar Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections [51]

"Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement."

Chemicals [45]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [49]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [16]
Science [52]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [53], 03/07/2025
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"Supreme Court Takes Up Nuclear Waste in Texas" [54]

"The case could establish the nation’s first independent repository for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, despite the objections of state leaders."

Chemicals [45]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [55]
Waste [56]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 03/07/2025
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"He Fought Claims of Harm From Infant Formula. Now He Regulates It." [59]

"The new head of the Food and Drug Administration division that regulates infant formula was in recent months a corporate lawyer defending a top formula maker from claims that its product gave rise to debilitating harm to premature babies."

Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [60]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [15]
Science [52]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [61], 03/07/2025
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"Fires Are Burning Throughout U.S. Here’s Where There’s Greater Risk." [62]

"As wildfires burn across Texas and the Carolinas, large swaths of the U.S. — including much of the Southeast and Southwest — will have an above-normal risk of wildfire in the coming months."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [46]
Forests [38]
Natural Resources [40]
Water & Oceans [63]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [64], 03/07/2025
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National Parks Had a Record Year. Trump Admin Appear to Want It Kept Quiet. [65]

"America’s national parks saw more than 331 million visits last year, a record. But the Trump administration does not want to call attention to those numbers, according to a National Park Service memo, amid mass firings of rangers and other employees at the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Arches and other popular destinations."

Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [38]
Journalism & Media [66]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [67], 03/07/2025
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"EPA Nominee Says US Should Adapt To, Not Mitigate, Climate Change" [68]

"President Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) office in charge of climate change and air pollution said Wednesday that the U.S. should “adapt to” rather than try to minimize climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [38]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [63]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [69], 03/07/2025
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"Life-Saving Avalanche Forecasts Could Be Hindered By Trump Budget Cuts" [70]

"Officials in the Western U.S. who warn the public about avalanches are sounding a different type of alarm. They say they’re worried that the Trump administration firing hundreds of meteorologists and other environmental scientists could hinder life-saving forecasts that skiers and mountain drivers rely on."

Consumer [11]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [49]
Government [71]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [15]
Science [52]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [72], 03/07/2025
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Contamination Fears Drive Push To Remake California Cannabis Agency [73]

"After a year of product tests that show pesticides in California cannabis products, regulators have yet to update standards. Santa Cruz County commissioners say the delay warrants a “public health emergency” and shifting responsibility to other state agencies."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [45]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [74]
Source: LA Times [75], 03/07/2025
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