EJToday: Top Headlines

"Milwaukee Faces Lead Crisis Without CDC Experts RFK Jr. Fired" [9]

"When Milwaukee officials discovered in January that lead paint in school buildings had poisoned kids, they called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." "“The people who were answering our questions are just gone,” City Health Commissioner Michael Totoraitis said in an interview after the firings Tuesday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: E&E News [22], 04/07/2025
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Coal Country Voices Say Closures Of MSHA Offices Will Endanger Mine Safety [23]

"Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it’s safe for anyone to work in the industry right now. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by President Donald Trump and run by Elon Musk, has been targeting federal agencies for spending cuts. That includes terminating leases for three dozen offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws."

Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [29], 04/07/2025
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Jury Orders Chevron To Pay Over $744M For Destroying Louisiana Wetlands [30]

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"Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $744m in damages for destroying parts of south-east Louisiana’s coastal wetlands over the years. The ruling, which came in the form of a civil jury verdict on Friday, marks the conclusion of the first trial among 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years earlier which alleged that the company’s oil and gas projects have led to the degradation of the region’s wetlands."

Biodiversity [31]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [32]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [34]
Wildlife [35]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Guardian [37], 04/07/2025
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Oil Execs Warn That Trump’s ‘Chaos’ Could Be ‘Disaster’ for Industry [38]

"After donating heavily to Trump’s reelection, Big Oil is just catching on that the president’s policies can hurt them too, anonymous survey of industry executives reveals."

Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: DeSmog [40], 04/07/2025
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Storms Tore Up Two Of America’s Iconic Trails. Federal Cuts Disrupt Repairs [41]

"Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is a challenge, especially for adventurers making the entire run from Southern California to Canada, and Eric Kipperman’s job is to greet them at the start and lay bare the difficulties ahead. He has lately begun warning that the journey may be even tougher. Following cuts by the Trump administration, plans to clear downed trees and rebuild storm-battered stretches in 2025 have been scrapped."

Climate Change [42]
Disasters [24]
Infrastructure [27]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [43], 04/07/2025
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CDC Fires Staff Working On Childhood Lead Exposure And Cancer Clusters [44]

"Staff members who fought childhood lead exposure and those who worked on cancer clusters were among those fired from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a now former employee told The Hill."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [42]
Consumer [11]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [45]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [46], 04/04/2025
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Deadly Mosquito-Borne Illness Rises As US Cuts All Climate-Health Funding [47]

"Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, issued an urgent alert about dengue fever, a painful and sometimes deadly mosquito-borne illness common in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. Some 3,500 travelers from the United States contracted dengue abroad in 2024, according to the CDC, an 84 percent increase over 2023."

Climate Change [42]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
People & Population [17]
Science [45]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Grist [48], 04/04/2025
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"How Tariffs Could Upend the Transition to Cleaner Energy" [49]

"The levies are expected to drive up costs for U.S. companies that rely on renewable energy technology from abroad and scramble supply chains worldwide."

Climate Change [42]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [45]
Technology [50]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [51], 04/04/2025
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"Democrats Call On DOE IG To Probe Climate Funding Cuts" [52]

"House Democratic leaders across several panels are asking the Department of Energy’s internal watchdog to probe potential cuts of climate-related programs."

Climate Change [42]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [45]
Technology [50]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [53], 04/04/2025
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"Bipartisan Bill To Boost Green Building Materials Glides Through House" [54]

"As the Trump administration cuts or scrutinizes clean industry projects, Congress moves to bolster R&D and deployment of low-carbon concrete, cement, and asphalt."

Climate Change [42]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Canary Media [55], 04/04/2025
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"Trump Admin. Announces Plans To Build AI Data Centers On Federal Land" [56]

"The Trump administration identified 16 sites for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers Thursday on land owned by the Department of Energy."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [27]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [57], 04/04/2025
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"EPA Cuts Could Leave Small Rural Towns Choking In Smoke" [58]

"The EPA’s slashing of more than $1 billion in grant funding has hit hard in Western communities that have felt climate impacts from flooding, wildfire smoke and melting permafrost."

Air [59]
Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [39]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [60]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [61], 04/04/2025
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After Outcry, Brazil Supreme Court Nixes Mining On Indigenous Lands [62]

"Brazil’s Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution."

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [60]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [17]
Public [19]
South America [63]
Source: Mongabay [64], 04/04/2025
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B.C. Quietly Let Oil And Gas Giant Sidestep Rules For 4,300+ Pipelines [65]

"The British Columbia government quietly granted one of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies an exemption for thousands of pipelines that should have been deactivated before a legal deadline, according to documents obtained under freedom of information legislation."

Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [66]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
Canada [67]
Source: The Narwhal/IJF [68], 04/04/2025
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White House Weighs Executive Order To Fast-Track Deep-Sea Mining: Sources [69]

"The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let mining companies bypass a United Nations-backed review process, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the deliberations."

Biodiversity [31]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [70]
Source: Reuters [71], 04/04/2025
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