EJToday: Top Headlines

"How, And Where Climate Change Will Lower U.S. Home Values" [9]

"Climate change is quickly upending the home insurance market in the United States as well as globally and is projected to bring sweeping change in U.S. real estate values over the next 30 years, new research shows."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [18], 02/12/2025
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"Will Trump’s Diminished Data Sharing at CDC Hamper Bird Flu Preparedness?" [19]

"In the U.S., bird flu is spreading rapidly on poultry and dairy farms—and data censorship could pose risks to combating it, experts say."

Diversity [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Health [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Science [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 02/12/2025
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"Endangered Species Emerge as Trump’s Latest Takedown Target" [27]

"Environmental law groups are hiring a cadre of attorneys in a bid to block President Donald Trump’s deregulatory efforts, which they assert will dismantle endangered species protections."

Activism [28]
Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Wildlife [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 02/12/2025
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Calif. Loves Dungeness Crab, But Whale Safety Concerns Put Industry In Peril [32]

"The Dungeness crab fishery is under increasing regulation as California tries to prevent whales from getting entangled in fishing gear. Facing a truncated season and sharp limits on how many pots they can throw, crabbers wonder whether the industry can survive. Experiments with a new form of pop-up crabbing gear show promise and could offer a solution."

Biodiversity [29]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [34]
Technology [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Wildlife [30]
Public [16]
California [37]
Source: LA Times [38], 02/12/2025
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White House Bars AP Reporter From Oval Over AP Style On ‘Gulf of America’ [39]

"The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America."

Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [40], 02/12/2025
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Trump Trying To Halt EV Charger Buildout. Experts Say It’s Not That Easy [41]

"Experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s latest effort to slow the electric vehicle charging buildout in the U.S. ... The administration may need an act of Congress for this, and it’s unclear there will be one. Industry leaders say customer demand will continue to drive growth in the charging network, regardless of federal funding."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [44], 02/11/2025
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‘Backsliding’: Most Countries To Miss Vital Climate Deadline As COP30 Nears [45]

"The vast majority of governments are likely to miss a looming deadline to file vital plans that will determine whether or not the world has a chance of avoiding the worst ravages of climate breakdown."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Pollution [46]
Public [16]
International [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 02/11/2025
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"Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway." [49]

"The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”"

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [50]
Forests [51]
Journalism & Media [24]
Natural Resources [34]
Science [25]
Water & Oceans [36]
Wildlife [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [52], 02/11/2025
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US-Funded Group Attacking Pesticide Critics Shuts Down After Guardian Probe [53]

"A US company that was secretly profiling hundreds of food and environmental health advocates in a private web portal has said it has halted the operations in the face of widespread backlash, after its actions were revealed by the Guardian and other reporting partners."

Activism [28]
Agriculture [54]
Chemicals [55]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [56], 02/11/2025
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"Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Red States Have the Most to Lose." [57]

"About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [58], 02/11/2025
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"The Weak Link In Trump’s Anti-EJ Push: State Permits" [59]

"President Donald Trump wants to get environmental justice out of the federal government. In state capitals, those ideas are more firmly entrenched than ever."

Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [60]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [61]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [62], 02/11/2025
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"Climate Funding Freeze Hits States From Arizona To Vermont" [63]

"States and companies are feeling the squeeze from President Donald Trump’s decision to shut off access to climate and clean energy programs funded by the Department of Energy."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [64], 02/11/2025
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"Federal Judge Grants Restraining Order On NIH Funding Cuts" [65]

"A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted a restraining order against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its recent research funding cut after 22 states filed a lawsuit to block the order."

Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [50]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [66], 02/11/2025
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PBS To Shutter DEI Office Following Donald Trump’s Executive Orders [67]

"PBS is closing an office dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, following Donald Trump‘s series of executive orders targeting such programs. The announcement comes amid the prospect that public television funding will be targeted by the current administration and Republicans in Congress."

Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Deadline [68], 02/11/2025
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Trump Pushes For Plastic Straws As He Declares Paper Ones ‘Don’t Work’ [69]

"President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work” and don’t last very long."

Chemicals [55]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Food [70]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [46]
Technology [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [71], 02/11/2025
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