EJToday: Top Headlines

"How Elon Musk Could End Fossil Fuel Subsidies" [9]

"If the Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut $2 trillion in spending, handouts to the fossil fuel industry may be "a truth test to all of their messaging.""

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Grist [19], 01/07/2025
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"Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems" [20]

"On the U.S.-Mexico border, the International Boundary and Water Commission has the unglamorous job of stopping sewage flows and negotiating water disputes. Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner has earned allies in long-standing border conflicts, a job that won’t get any easier under Trump."

Agriculture [21]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mexico [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 01/07/2025
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"Biden Signs Bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Bill Into Law" [29]

"President Biden on Monday signed a bipartisan bill aimed at boosting outdoor recreation weeks after it cleared the Senate."

Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [32], 01/07/2025
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23M Americans Exposed To Toxic PFAS Chemicals Via Treated Wastewater: Study [33]

"Nearly 7 percent of Americans may be exposed to hazardous levels of “forever chemicals” through treated municipal wastewater, a new study has found."

Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Studies [35]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [36]
Waste [37]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [38], 01/07/2025
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"What Happened to Carter’s White House Solar Panels? They Lived On." [39]

"The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates."

Activism [40]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [24]
Pollution [16]
Technology [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [42], 01/07/2025
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Biden Admin Adds Exemptions Into New Climate Rules For Hydrogen Energy [43]

"The Biden administration on Friday finalized fairly strict climate rules for the nascent hydrogen energy industry — but the rules contain new flexibilities that are expected to make them less stringent than the administration’s original proposal."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [44], 01/06/2025
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FWS OKs Expanding Okefenokee Refuge, Enabling Buyout Of Mining Project [45]

"A federal agency said Friday that it has approved a plan to expand the Okefenokee Swamp’s vast wildlife refuge, setting up a potential buyout offer for land intended for a private company’s mining project that conservationists have fought for years."

Biodiversity [46]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: AP [48], 01/06/2025
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Controversial Red Dye Used In Food Could Soon Be Banned [49]

"The FDA is weighing a ban on red dye No. 3, a synthetic dye used in some foods and drinks after concerns have been raised over its potential health risks."

Chemicals [34]
Consumer [50]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [51]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [52], 01/06/2025
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"Jimmy Carter Made Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease A Top Mission" [53]

"Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world’s poorest people."

Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [54]
Africa [55]
Source: AP [56], 01/06/2025
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"Biden Admin Cedes Pivotal Air Pollution Rules To Trump" [57]

"While EPA rejected a push to scrap tougher safeguards for accidental industrial emissions, it has relented on the timetables for smog and incinerator rules."

Air [58]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Politico [59], 01/06/2025
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"In Mobile Bay, the Oysters’ Tale of Woe" [60]

"Academics, conservationists, nonprofits, government agencies—and one passionate, retired scientist—are working to rebuild reefs, reduce the carbon imprint and educate the public about the importance of restoring the oyster population."

Biodiversity [46]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Food [51]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 01/06/2025
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"Tribunal Says Mexico Violated Trade Agreement In Banning GM Corn" [63]

"An international tribunal set up to resolve disputes between the United States, Mexico, and Canada has ruled that Mexico violated the terms of the international trade agreement in banning the import of genetically modified (GM) corn for human consumption."

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [46]
Consumer [50]
Food [51]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mexico [27]
Source: The New Lede [64], 01/06/2025
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Climate Misinformation Exploding As Canadian Politicians Are Spreading It [65]

"Like climate change itself, conspiracy theories and misinformation are growing crises. And where they intersect with the environment, the problem seems to spread like wildfire — one that might be caused by laser beams, eco-terrorists or the Canadian government, depending who you ask."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [66]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [36]
Public [17]
Canada [67]
Source: The Narwhal [68], 01/06/2025
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Fossil Fuel Industry Spent $219 Million To Elect The New U.S. Government [69]

"The oil and gas industry gave about $24 million in campaign contributions to the members of the U.S. House and Senate expected to be sworn in January 3, 2025, according to a Yale Climate Connections review of campaign donations."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [70], 01/06/2025
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"How Do You Keep Monkeys From Making Mischief?" [71]

"Krishna, a skinny 12-year-old, waits near a Hindu temple packed with pilgrims. He hears a yell – that's his cue. He zigzags between motorbikes and honking tuk-tuks, elbows his way through the crowd and finds a man waving wildly at a monkey."

Biodiversity [46]
Consumer [50]
Wildlife [72]
Public [17]
Asia [73]
Source: NPR [74], 01/06/2025
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