EJToday: Top Headlines

"Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants" [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 05/27/2025
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"DOGE Appointee Sparks Turf Battle At Interior: ‘Ignore The Email From HR’" [19]

"The Interior bureau that holds the key to Trump’s fossil fuel agenda is riven by feuding between career staff and an emissary from Elon Musk’s budget-cutting operation."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Politico [21], 05/27/2025
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"Trump Signs Executive Orders To Boost Nuclear Power, Speed Up Approvals" [22]

"President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, a goal experts say the United States is highly unlikely to reach."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
Waste [25]
Public [16]
California [26]
Source: AP [27], 05/27/2025
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"How Electric Vehicles are Targeted by the Republican Policy Bill" [28]

"The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [32], 05/27/2025
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Md. Gov. Moore Vetoes Key Climate Studies, Reversing Course on Environment [33]

"Maryland legislators and environmental advocates expressed dismay after Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a series of widely supported climate and environmental study bills last week, actions they believe not only mark a sharp departure from his climate promises, but also reflect a breakdown in communication between the governor and members of his own party in the legislature."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 05/27/2025
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States, Enviros Sue Trump Over Billions in Funding Freezes for EV Charging [37]

"Sixteen states, the District of Columbia and more than a half dozen environmental groups have alleged in a lawsuit that the Trump administration has indefinitely and unlawfully frozen funds for a nationwide electric vehicle program." "Congress appropriated funds in the 2021 infrastructure bill for a national network of electric vehicle charging stations. The administration, which opposes EVs in favor of gasoline-power vehicles, has frozen the money."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [38]
Transportation [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 05/27/2025
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"From EVs to HVAC, Clean Energy Means Jobs In Central Illinois" [40]

"Decatur has been losing factory jobs for years. A clean energy workforce hub promises renewal — and provides training for students from disenfranchised communities."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [34]
People & Population [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Source: Canary Media [43], 05/27/2025
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Suit Challenges Trump Order To Allow Commercial Fishing In Pacific Monument [44]

"Environmentalists are challenging in court President Trump’s executive order that they say strips core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and opens the area to harmful commercial fishing."

Biodiversity [45]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [47]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [48]
Source: LA Times [49], 05/27/2025
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"How Trump’s Return Is Pushing the Media to Self-Censor" [50]

"Trump—as he has made clear again and again—disdains the press. And that hatred has consequences. He has launched legal challenges against outlets whose coverage he deems unfavorable, mocked journalists, and picked an obsequious Federal Communications Commission nominee ready to help him do as he pleases."

Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [51]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Mother Jones [52], 05/27/2025
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In India, Indigenous Women Make ‘Dream Maps’ To Protect Lands From Warming [53]

"At a small stream in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Indigenous villagers catch eels and fish for a dinner celebrating an annual harvest festival. The bounty of communal farming, foraging and fishing marks the start of a new season."

Activism [54]
Agriculture [55]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [47]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [16]
Asia [57]
Source: AP [58], 05/27/2025
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"Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air" [59]

"In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s electric-vehicle mandates, revoking the state’s right to implement the nation’s toughest emissions standards."

Air [60]
Chemicals [61]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [62]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 05/23/2025
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House GOP Passes Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Holdouts? [64]

"Early this morning, the House voted 215-214 to pass a sweeping budget reconciliation bill with provisions that include a cancellation or phaseout for just about everything that was in the Inflation Reduction Act."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [62]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 05/23/2025
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"Republicans Strip Public Land Sales From Reconciliation" [66]

"House Republicans have scrapped public land sales from the latest version of their tax cut, energy and border security megabill, according to text released Wednesday evening."

Biodiversity [45]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [67]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [47]
Wildlife [68]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [69], 05/23/2025
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NOAA Predicts Another Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season, But Not As Bad As 2024 [70]

"With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don’t think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record as it spawned killer storms Beryl, Helene and Milton."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [23]
Science [71]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [72], 05/23/2025
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Nations Still Emit Banned Climate Pollutant HFC-23 at High Levels. Now What? [73]

"HFC-23 emissions from chemical plants in eastern China and elsewhere likely violate an international climate agreement despite readily available pollution controls. Advocates are pressing for action."

Chemicals [61]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [38]
Public [16]
International [74]
Source: ICN/Foreign Policy [75], 05/23/2025
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