EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Reinstating Commercial Fishing In Northeast Marine Monument" [9]

"President Trump is reinstating commercial fishing in a national marine monument after the practice was blocked by his Democratic predecessors."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Source: The Hill [17], 05/13/2025
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"Republicans Press Trump For Action Ahead Of Wildfire Season" [18]

"A group of Republicans has asked President Trump in a letter to implement “immediate, decisive action” ahead of wildfire season."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [23], 05/13/2025
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Great Lakes May Get A Reprieve From The Great Carp Invasion After All [24]

"A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after the Trump administration offered assurances it will cover its share of the costs."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [22]
Technology [27]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Source: AP [29], 05/13/2025
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"Sell The Trees Or Fix The Forests…Or Both?" [30]

"Efforts to blunt the ferocity and destruction of wildfires are dividing conservation advocates over proposals that would sidetrack science and allow for less analysis under the country’s hallmark environmental law. Critics fear that approach could accelerate unnecessary logging in national forests."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: National Parks Traveler [31], 05/13/2025
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"Amazon Catholics Hope The New Pope Will Protect The Rain Forest" [32]

"The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the threats to Peru’s northern forests, a part of the Amazon rain forest. It was 2016, a year after Laudato Si, Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [19]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [33]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [34]
Public [14]
South America [35]
Source: AP [36], 05/13/2025
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"The Trump Administration Has All But Stopped Enforcing Environmental Laws" [37]

"The EPA is the nation's top environmental cop. In the last few months, the federal agency has significantly scaled back pollution enforcement."

Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [41], 05/12/2025
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"Enviros Release Climate Emissions Data After EPA Refused" [42]

"An environmental group has released EPA’s annual accounting of greenhouse gas emissions after the agency refused to do so."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [40]
Science [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [47], 05/12/2025
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Trump To Stop US Research On Space Pollution, In Boon To Elon Musk [48]

"The Trump administration is poised to kill federal research into pollution from satellites and rockets, including some caused by Elon Musk’s space companies, raising new conflict-of-interest questions about the billionaire SpaceX and Starlink owner."

Chemicals [49]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [40]
Technology [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [50], 05/12/2025
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"Public Lands Sales The New Threat To GOP Megabill" [51]

"A last-minute add to the Republican tax, energy and national security megabill mandating the sale of public lands threatens to fracture GOP support for the sweeping measure, presenting Speaker Mike Johnson a new hurdle as he races to assuage his party on multiple fronts."

Agriculture [52]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [53], 05/12/2025
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"Trump Tightens Control Of Independent Agency Overseeing Nuclear Safety" [54]

"The Trump administration has tightened its control over the independent agency responsible for overseeing America's nuclear reactors, and it is considering an executive order that could further erode its autonomy, two U.S. officials who declined to speak publicly because they feared retribution told NPR."

Economy & Business [55]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [56]
Pollution [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [57], 05/12/2025
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"There Is No ‘Energy Emergency,’ a New Lawsuit Claims" [58]

"Fifteen states sued the Trump administration over its declaration of an “energy emergency,” arguing that there is no emergency and that the order instructs regulators to illegally bypass reviews of fossil fuel projects, potentially damaging the environment."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [59], 05/12/2025
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"5 Things To Know About EPA’s Overhaul" [60]

"The plans laid out May 2 included new organizational charts that suggest the elimination of — or, at the very least, the relocation of — key programs tackling climate change, “forever chemicals” and pollution prevention."

Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [61]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [40]
Science [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [62], 05/12/2025
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Congress OKs Bill Ending Biden-Era Rule Targeting Rubber Tire Emissions [63]

"Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes in the U.S."

Air [64]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Transportation [65]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [66], 05/12/2025
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"First US Trial Over PFAS Injuries to Focus on Kidney Cancer" [67]

"The first bellwether personal injury trial in a nationwide proceeding over damages from PFAS in specialized firefighting foam will focus on kidney cancer, the court managing the multidistrict case litigation ordered Friday."

Chemicals [49]
Environmental Health [38]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [33]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [68], 05/12/2025
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"Humans Still Haven't Seen 99.999% Of The Deep Seafloor" [69]

"Bizarre creatures like vampire squid and blobfish make their home in the dark, cold, depths of the deep sea, but most of this watery realm remains a complete mystery. That's because humans have seen less than 0.001% of the globe's deep seafloor, according to a new study."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Studies [44]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [70]
Source: NPR [71], 05/12/2025
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