EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing" [9]

"President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of the Pacific dotted with coral atolls and populated by endangered sea turtles and whales."

Biodiversity [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 04/18/2025
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Top NIH Researcher On Ultraprocessed Foods Departs, Citing RFK Jr. Censorship [22]

"When President Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, one group of health researchers was cautiously optimistic that their cause would finally have a champion at the highest levels of government: those focused on food and nutrition."

Agriculture [23]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [26]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [28]
Technology [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: CNN [30], 04/18/2025
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"Court Blocks Enforcement of New Silica Dust Protections for Coal Miners" [31]

"A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new rule to limit silica dust exposure for coal and other miners. The rule, from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), was imposed last year in response to an epidemic of severe black lung disease among coal miners."

Air [32]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Public Health Watch/WVPB [37], 04/18/2025
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"Burgum Halts Work On NY Offshore Wind Project" [38]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum halted construction of a major offshore wind farm off New York on Wednesday, in a marked escalation of President Donald Trump’s fight against offshore wind."

Climate Change [39]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [29]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [41]
Source: E&E News [42], 04/18/2025
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Syngenta To Settle 1000s Of Lawsuits Claiming Paraquat Causes Parkinson’s [43]

"Besieged by thousands of lawsuits alleging that its paraquat weedkiller causes Parkinson’s disease, Syngenta has entered into an agreement aimed at settling large swaths of those claims."

Agriculture [23]
Chemicals [44]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [45], 04/18/2025
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"How Is Climate Change Harming Health? Studying That Just Got Harder." [46]

"The N.I.H. has indicated that it will stop funding research on the health effects of climate change. Scientists said the decision will curtail the search for answers."

Climate Change [39]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Studies [47]
Science [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [48], 04/18/2025
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"EPA Weighs N.C. Environmental Harms From Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer" [49]

"“Off spec” liquid from Winston Weaver fertilizer fire that was applied on a nearby farm field contained toxic PFAS."

Agriculture [23]
Chemicals [44]
Disasters [50]
Environmental Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 04/18/2025
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"Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Disbursement Of Contested Climate Funds" [53]

"An appeals court has temporarily halted a lower court’s order that enabled the release of contested climate funds."

Climate Change [39]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [54], 04/18/2025
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"CDC Scientist: Texas Measles Outbreak Response Hurt By Funding Cuts" [55]

"A senior scientist overseeing the measles response by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a recent pullback of pandemic funding from states has hurt Texas’s response to its growing outbreak, now linked to 90 percent of cases in the United States."

Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [56]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [57], 04/18/2025
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Endangered Sea Turtle Populations Show Signs Of Recovery In Much Of World [58]

"Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Studies [47]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [20]
Source: AP [59], 04/18/2025
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"US Proposes Looser Interpretation Of Law That Protects Threatened Species" [60]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a major change to how threatened species are considered in agency actions by removing regulatory language that seeks to prevent their habitats from being degraded."

Agriculture [23]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [44]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [47]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Science [28]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [61], 04/17/2025
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"Weather Service Prepares for ‘Degraded Operations’ Amid Trump Cuts" [62]

"The National Weather Service is preparing for the probability that fewer forecast updates will be fine-tuned by specialists, among other cutbacks, because of “severe shortages” of meteorologists and other employees, according to an internal agency document."

Climate Change [39]
Disasters [50]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [56]
People & Population [35]
Science [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [63], 04/17/2025
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"EPA Appeals Judge’s Ruling Requiring It To Unfreeze Climate Dollars" [64]

"EPA appealed Wednesday a federal judge’s order that prevents the agency from blocking $20 billion in climate grants, escalating a legal squabble over the frozen Biden-era money."

Climate Change [39]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [65], 04/17/2025
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"White House Moves To Cut BLM Lands Rule, Alaska Protections" [66]

"The Trump administration is moving to rescind two key Biden-era rules finalized by the Bureau of Land Management last year that advanced protections for millions of acres across the West and Alaska’s North Slope."

Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [67]
Source: E&E News [68], 04/17/2025
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"Groups Move For Disclosure Of Chemours’ Sealed Documents" [69]

"The chemical manufacturing company that has publicly touted its products, business strategies and chemistries in ad campaigns aimed at polishing its image will further harm North Carolinians if it is successful in keeping thousands of pages of documents sealed in court, environmental organizations argue."

Chemicals [44]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Coastal Review [70], 04/17/2025
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