EJToday: Top Headlines

"Dying Before Their Day In Court – Syngenta Paraquat Litigation Drags On" [9]

"In the nationwide legal battle between pesticide maker Syngenta and thousands of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease that they blame on exposure to paraquat weed killer, plaintiffs are dying faster than they can get to trial, according to a court filing made this week by lawyers frustrated by repeated delays in the cases."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [18], 06/09/2025
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Big Bill Hands Public Land Near Minnesota Wilderness To Foreign Mining Company [19]

"A little-known provision of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill would open thousands of acres of public lands at the edge of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters wilderness to a foreign-owned mining company."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Canada [27]
Source: Public Domain [28], 06/09/2025
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"What Is Bottom Trawling And How Does It Harm Oceans?" [29]

"Governments are meeting in France to discuss how to protect oceans from harmful fishing practices, like bottom trawling."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [30]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [16]
International [32]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [33], 06/09/2025
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"Trump Approves Expansion of Scandal-Hit Coal Mine" [34]

"The Trump administration on Friday greenlighted the expansion of a scandal-hit underground coal mine in Montana, one of the nation’s largest, cutting short a federal environmental review and putting into action a key element of President Trump’s plan to revive America’s coal industry."

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [37], 06/09/2025
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"Electricity Prices Are Surging. The GOP Megabill Could Push Them Higher." [38]

"The cost of electricity is rising across the country, forcing Americans to pay more on their monthly bills and squeezing manufacturers and small businesses that rely on cheap power. And some of President Trump’s policies risk making things worse, despite his promises to slash energy prices, companies and researchers say."

Climate Change [30]
Consumer [39]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [41], 06/09/2025
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"Pesticide Report Led By RFK Jr. Draws Fire From Agrichemical Industry" [42]

"A new White House report linking pesticides to children’s health concerns is drawing backlash from farm groups and support from environmental advocates."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [39]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Investigate Midwest [43], 06/09/2025
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"The Smoke From Canada’s Wildfires May Be Even More Toxic Than Usual" [44]

"A legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke."

Air [45]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Canada [27]
Source: Grist [47], 06/09/2025
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"Ecologists’ Horror As Nature Reserves Are Emptied Of Insects" [48]

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides"

Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [30]
Pollution [24]
Wildlife [26]
Public [16]
International [32]
Source: Guardian [49], 06/09/2025
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"In Georgia, Republicans Vote to Kill Green Jobs but Face Little Fallout" [50]

"In Cedartown, Ga., a solar recycling company’s plan to hire 1,200 people could be upended by Republicans in Congress."

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Waste [51]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: NYTimes [53], 06/09/2025
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"Using Earth To Rebuild A Planet Scorched By Fire" [54]

"The “SuperAdobe” homes of CalEarth are receiving plenty of attention after wildfires devastated parts of Los Angeles. Why aren’t we building them everywhere?"

Climate Change [30]
Disasters [46]
Infrastructure [40]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [55]
Technology [56]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [57]
Source: Atmos [58], 06/09/2025
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"The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research." [59]

"President Trump has ordered what he called a restoration of a “gold standard science” across federal agencies and national laboratories. But the May 23 executive order puts his political appointees in charge of vetting scientific research and gives them the authority to “correct scientific information,” control the way it is communicated to the public and the power to “discipline” anyone who violates the way the administration views science."

Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [30]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Environmental Studies [60]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [24]
Science [61]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [62], 06/06/2025
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Trump EPA Rolling Back Rules Projected To Save Thousands Of Lives [63]

"When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a wide-ranging rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would put a “dagger through the heart of climate-change religion” and introduce a “Golden Age” for the American economy. What Lee Zeldin didn’t mention: how ending the rules could have devastating consequences to human health."

Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [30]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [64]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [65], 06/06/2025
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"Air Pollution Messes Up Pregnant Women’s Metabolism, Spurs Preterm Births" [66]

"Researchers have long warned that tiny air pollutants — 30 times smaller than the width of a human hair — are linked to preterm births. Now they’re one step closer to knowing why: Breathing in these tiny particles — largely caused by traffic, industry, burning fossil fuels and wildfire smoke — disrupts the molecules in pregnant women’s blood, raising the risk for preterm and early births, according to a new study from Emory University."

Air [45]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [24]
Science [61]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [67], 06/06/2025
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"Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas" [68]

"Not so long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar power. But now, with the coming of power-hungry AI platforms, they’re bypassing the grid, building their own gas-fired power plants on site."

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [40]
Pollution [24]
Technology [56]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [69]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 06/06/2025
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Storm Chasers Drive Into Hail Storms That Cause Billions In Annual Damage [71]

"As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them to study one of the nation’s costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers: Hail."

Climate Change [30]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Studies [60]
People & Population [15]
Science [61]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [72], 06/06/2025
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