EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Halts Historic Orphaned Well-Plugging Program" [9]

"The billions of dollars approved by Congress to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells have been frozen as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to government spending, creating concerns that the cleanup will be halted just as it’s getting started."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: High Country News [22], 04/01/2025
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US Could See Return Of Acid Rain Due To Trump’s Rollbacks, Says Scientist [23]

"The US could be plunged back into an era of toxic acid rain, an environmental problem thought to have been solved decades ago, due to the Donald Trump administration’s rollback of pollution protections, the scientist who discovered the existence of acid rain in North America has warned."

Air [24]
Biodiversity [25]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Canada [26]
Source: Guardian [27], 04/01/2025
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"Radioactive Shadow Workers" [28]

"The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret"

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Pollution [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: Sierra [32], 04/01/2025
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"Calif. Snowpack Is Near-Average — What Does This Mean For Water Supplies?" [33]

"At 90% of the state historical average, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is nothing like record-smashing 2023. But it ‘s the third year in the row with near-average or above-average snowpack."

Agriculture [34]
Infrastructure [29]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [35]
Planning & Growth [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [20]
California [38]
Source: CalMatters [39], 04/01/2025
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CA Suspends Environmental Laws To Speed Rebuilding Of Utilities After Fires [40]

"In a continued effort to expedite rebuilding after Los Angeles' devastating firestorms, Gov. Gavin Newsom this week suspended California environmental laws for utility providers working to reinstall key infrastructure."

Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [19]
Public [20]
California [38]
Source: LA Times [42], 04/01/2025
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"Exclusive: Global Ad Giant WPP Shutters Sustainability-Focused Agency" [43]

"Global ad giant WPP has closed AKQA Bloom, a Miami-based communications agency specialising in sustainability campaigns, according to an email to staff obtained by DeSmog, and merged its operations with parent agency AKQA."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [44]
Pollution [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [45]
Source: DeSmog [46], 04/01/2025
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"‘Forever Chemicals’ From Nearby Factory Found In Dust Of NC Homes: Study" [47]

"Researchers have identified “forever chemicals” in household dust nearby a North Carolina factory — indicating that dust may be an additional source of exposure to these compounds."

Air [24]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Pollution [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Source: The Hill [49], 04/01/2025
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West Africa's Hazardous Winds: Harmattan Carries Dust, Spreads Disease [50]

"Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from haramata, a word in the Ghanaian language Fanti. ... The Harmattan's effects go beyond reduced visibility and dryness. It has an impact on human health, agriculture and ecosystems."

Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [25]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Studies [51]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [19]
Public [20]
Africa [52]
Source: The Conversation [53], 04/01/2025
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"Fumed Episode 4: Locked and Loaded" [54]

"This season, two stubborn Texans try to salvage what’s left of their working-class community. That’s a problem, though, because they live in East Harris County, where the petrochemical industry calls the shots — and where pushing back can be dangerous."

"Set in Channelview, Texas, in the heart of the nation's petrochemical industry, Fumed follows Carolyn Stone and Greg Moss as they risk everything to fight for their community’s future."
Activism [55]
Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Source: Public Health Watch [57], 04/01/2025
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Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Slams Climate Action as ‘Religion’ [58]

"When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin made a defiant reference to “climate change religion” in order to justify a plan to roll back environmental protections, American faith leaders and scholars reacted with confusion, sadness and anger." "Jewish and Christian faith leaders responded to Lee Zeldin’s comments with “righteous anger” and called for policies that support a more just, livable world."

Activism [55]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [41]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [35]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [59]
Science [60]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 04/01/2025
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"Trump’s Executive Order Targeted This Museum. Many Visitors Question Why." [62]

"At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, visitors pushed back against the claim that the museum perpetuated anti-American ideology."

Diversity [63]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [51]
People & Population [35]
Science [60]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [64], 03/31/2025
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"Trump Admin Cancels Over $12B In Health Care Grants" [65]

"The Trump administration is canceling billions of dollars in grant funding to state and local health departments without warning, throwing their programs into disarray."

Disasters [41]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [51]
Health [66]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Axios [67], 03/31/2025
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"Memos: FEMA Blocked $10B In Disaster Aid" [68]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency has frozen nearly $10 billion in disaster aid for nonprofits including hospitals as it seeks to identify funding that could be used to help undocumented migrants, according to agency documents obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."

Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [41]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Health [66]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [35]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [69], 03/31/2025
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"How Trump’s Tariffs Could Brake EVs But Accelerate Tesla" [70]

"The planned 25 percent tariff on imported automobiles is a gut punch for most electric vehicle makers, whose supply chains are rooted in China." "At the same time as tariffs wound the overall EV market, they could provide a window of opportunity for automakers that already produce EVs and batteries domestically and could beat competitors on price. The most likely winner is Tesla, analysts said, though other automakers could also benefit."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [71]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [35]
Transportation [72]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [73], 03/31/2025
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"How Lee Zeldin Went From Environmental Moderate to Dismantling the E.P.A." [74]

"He once talked about the need to fight climate change. Now, he embraces Elon Musk, lavishes praise on the president and strives to stand out in a MAGA world."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [75], 03/31/2025
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