EJToday: Top Headlines

"Worries Grow Over Risks To Americans As Trump Cuts Health, Safety Agencies" [9]

"The chorus of experts issuing warnings include Republican lawmakers, former Trump officials and civil servants who worked under GOP and Democratic presidents."

Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Government [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [23], 04/08/2025
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"Trump Administration Orders Half Of National Forests Open For Logging" [24]

"The Trump administration has removed environmental protections covering more than half of the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the president’s aim to significantly bolster the U.S. logging industry."

Climate Change [25]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [26]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [27]
Wildlife [28]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [29], 04/08/2025
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"Forecasters Predict Another Active 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season" [30]

"Colorado State University’s hurricane forecasting team is calling for yet another unusually active season with 17 named storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [31]
Science [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [32]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [33], 04/08/2025
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Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Firefighters [34]

"President Donald Trump’s executive orders shrinking the federal workforce make a notable exception for public safety staff, including those who fight wildland fires. But ongoing cuts, funding freezes and hiring pauses have weakened the nation’s already strained firefighting force by hitting support staff who play crucial roles in preventing and battling blazes."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [26]
Government [14]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: ProPublica [35], 04/08/2025
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Nations Considering The 1st Global Tax On Emissions For Shipping [36]

"Nations are trying to reach an agreement to charge commercial vessels a fee for their emissions in what would effectively be the world’s first global carbon tax."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [38]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [32]
Source: AP [39], 04/08/2025
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"States Lead On Landfill Methane Emissions As Federal Action Stalls" [40]

"The EPA was set to tighten rules on landfill operators. With Trump in charge, state policies may be the nation’s best bet at curbing these emissions."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [18]
Waste [42]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Canary Media [43], 04/08/2025
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Rio Grande Valley Was Once Covered In Forest. One Man Tries To Bring It Back [44]

"The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world."

Biodiversity [45]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [26]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [28]
Public [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Source: Grist [47], 04/08/2025
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US Ends Food Aid For Millions. World Food Program Calls It A ‘Death Sentence’ [48]

"The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict, according to the organization and officials who spoke to The Associated Press."

Agriculture [49]
Climate Change [25]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [51]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [32]
Source: AP [52], 04/08/2025
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"National Park Service Rewrites History Of Underground Railroad" [53]

"Since Trump took office, the park service —- an agency charged with preserving American history —- has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow."

Diversity [54]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [55]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [56]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [57], 04/08/2025
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"Neurodivergent People Find Solace in Wild Places" [58]

"On a recent trip to Mexico City, I marveled at some small, speckled Inca doves, which are almost as common as pigeons in the United States. Nearby, grackles bathed their long, gorgeous blue-black tails in a fountain. Ever since I got the Merlin Bird ID app, my partner has become accustomed to my stopping midwalk, pausing the conversation, and holding up my phone to catch a bit of birdsong or do a step-by-step visual search. Ideally I add a new species to my “life list” in the process."

Activism [59]
Biodiversity [45]
Consumer [10]
Diversity [54]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Journalism & Media [55]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [17]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Sierra [60], 04/08/2025
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"Chemical Industry Asks Trump for Exemption From Pollution Limits" [61]

"Two chemical industry groups are asking President Trump for a complete exemption to free their factories from new limits on hazardous air pollution."

Air [62]
Chemicals [63]
Consumer [10]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [64], 04/07/2025
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"Trump Officials Quietly Move To Reverse Bans On Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’" [65]

"The Trump administration is quietly carrying out a plan that aims to kill hundreds of bans on highly toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” and other dangerous compounds in consumer goods. The bans, largely at the state level, touch most facets of daily life, prohibiting everything from bisphenol in children’s products to mercury in personal care products to PFAS in food packaging and clothing."

Chemicals [63]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [66], 04/07/2025
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Rising Rivers Threaten US South and Midwest After Dayslong Torrent Of Rain [67]

"Rivers rose and flooding worsened Sunday across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and wind that killed at least 18 people."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [11]
Infrastructure [15]
People & Population [17]
Transportation [38]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [68], 04/07/2025
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Nearly Half of NWS Offices Have 20% Vacancy Rates. Experts Say It’s A Risk [69]

"After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland, according to data obtained by The Associated Press."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [70], 04/07/2025
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US Electric Vehicle Industry Is Collateral Damage In Trump’s Trade War [71]

"President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz has sent shock waves throughout every aspect of the global economy, including the auto sector, where multi-billion-dollar plans to electrify in the United States are especially at risk."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [38]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [72], 04/07/2025
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