EJToday: Top Headlines

"Enviros Are Reeling In Trump’s ‘Scorched-Earth’ Second Term" [9]

"“We just lost a decade’s worth of work,” said one green group leader."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 08/04/2025
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"How Flood-Ravaged Boston Took On The Climate Deniers – And Won" [26]

"As the Trump administration dismisses global heating, the coastal city is getting on with becoming one of the most climate resilient in the world. Here’s how"

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Politics [17]
Infrastructure [28]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [29]
Planning & Growth [30]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 08/04/2025
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"Trump’s EPA Puts California In Its Crosshairs With Its Proposed Car Rules" [33]

"Documents supporting the EPA’s plan to roll back vehicle emission standards reference California by name nearly 30 times. For more than 50 years, California has had special authority from the EPA to set strict tailpipe emission standards. The agency’s own analysis indicates that without California’s leadership and tax credits created under President Biden, national adoption of electric vehicles will decline and gasoline prices will increase."

Air [34]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Technology [35]
Transportation [36]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [37]
Source: LA Times [38], 08/04/2025
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"‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter Future" [39]

"Climate change is bringing ever more precipitation and rising seas to low-lying Denmark. In response to troubling predictions, Copenhagen is enacting an ambitious plan to build hundreds of nature-based and engineered projects to soak up, store, and redistribute future floods."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [40]
Infrastructure [28]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [29]
Planning & Growth [30]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [23]
International [41]
Europe [42]
Source: YaleE360 [43], 08/04/2025
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"Stalking the Elusive Hellbender" [44]

"These rare salamanders, which can grow to over two feet long, lurk in the wild rivers of Appalachia. To spot one, you’ll need a snorkel, and some luck."

Biodiversity [11]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: NYTimes [46], 08/04/2025
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"EPA Delays Methane Emission Rule For Oil And Gas" [47]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is delaying the implementation of restrictions on planet-warming methane emissions from oil and gas drilling as it considers unwinding the requirements entirely."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [48], 08/01/2025
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"Who Are the Climate Deniers Fighting the Endangerment Finding?" [49]

"DeSmog has been tracking the efforts of fossil fuel trade associations, policymakers, and industry backed-groups out to demolish U.S. climate policy for years."

Chemicals [50]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Science [51]
Transportation [36]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: DeSmog [52], 08/01/2025
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"University Sidelines Scientist Who Exposed Toxic Metals In Lake Maurepas" [53]

"The Southeastern Louisiana University scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation."

Chemicals [50]
Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [20]
Science [51]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [54], 08/01/2025
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"At an Iowa Pork Plant, Piles of Dead Pigs and Wafting Sulphur Dioxide" [55]

"After Steven Barrows left his job at a hog slaughtering facility in Sioux City, Iowa, he sent a tip to the Environmental Protection Agency. In the tip, received by the EPA April 16, Barrows described the parking lot of Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC as a 'dump site for rotten meats.' He also sent photos -- some displaying dead pigs piled up outside of the building and others showing a smoky, noxious gas wafting inside."

Agriculture [56]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Politics [17]
Food [57]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Waste [58]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [59]
Source: Sentient [60], 08/01/2025
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"With Boost To NIH Budget, Senate Panel Rejects Trump's Plan To Slash Agency" [61]

"In a stark rejection of President Donald Trump's plan to dramatically slash federally funded biomedical research in 2026, a Senate funding committee today approved a draft bill that instead gives the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a modest raise of $400 million. It also disregards Trump's plan to gut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."

Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Science [51]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Science [62], 08/01/2025
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As UN Plastic Treaty Talks Face Possible Deadlock, What Will Happen? [63]

"In August, representatives of the world's nations will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, to hopefully finalize a U.N. plastic treaty. But negotiators remain far apart, with an overwhelming number of nations wanting a legally binding treaty that limits plastic production, while a much smaller number want a voluntary agreement focused on waste management."

Chemicals [50]
Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [23]
International [41]
Source: Mongabay [64], 08/01/2025
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Op-Ed: Can a Powerful CITES Meeting Help Save Sharks? [65]

"Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks -- if they pass."

Biodiversity [11]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [66]
Government [67]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Science [51]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [41]
Source: The Revelator [68], 08/01/2025
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Charge: Perdue Breaking Law By Improperly Disposing Of PFAS-Laced Waste [69]

"In the latest move to combat contamination of a Maryland community's drinking water, two Salisbury residents allege Perdue Agribusiness is violating federal law by failing to properly dispose of waste that contains toxic PFAS chemicals, according to a lawsuit filed July 25."

Activism [10]
Agriculture [56]
Chemicals [50]
Environmental Health [15]
Food [57]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Waste [58]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [70]
Source: The New Lede [71], 08/01/2025
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Experts Urge Brazil's President to Veto a Law To Cut Environmental Reviews [72]

"Independent experts with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday publicly called on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to veto parts of a new law that would carve giant loopholes in the country's environmental regulations."

Agriculture [56]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [23]
International [41]
South America [73]
Source: Inside Climate News [74], 08/01/2025
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Fireflies Are Lighting Up Summer Skies, But They Are Still On The Decline [75]

"Fireflies are lighting up summer evenings across the U.S. Northeast, putting on dazzling shows in backyards and city parks."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Studies [76]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Source: AP [77], 08/01/2025
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