EJToday: Top Headlines

"FDA Moves To Phase Out Petroleum-Based Food Dyes" [9]

"Federal health officials announced plans Tuesday to phase out synthetic food dyes made from petroleum, marking a significant shift in how the U.S. regulates chemical additives in food."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [20], 04/29/2025
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"The Unregulated Link In A Toxic Supply Chain" [21]

"From El Paso, Texas, to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them."

Chemicals [10]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Grist [25], 04/29/2025
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"A Siege On Science: How Trump Is Undoing An American Legacy" [26]

"Across seven decades and a dozen presidencies, America’s scientific prowess was arguably unmatched." "In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has slashed federal agencies, canceled national reports, and yanked funding from universities. The shockwaves will be felt worldwide."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Science [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [31]
Source: Grist [32], 04/29/2025
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Rare Glimpse Inside Mountain Tunnel That Carries Water To Southern California [33]

"In the 1930s, workers using explosives and machinery excavated a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto to bring Colorado River water to Southern California. The Metropolitan Water District recently offered visitors a look inside the tunnel, an engineering feat that is a key piece of the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct."

Infrastructure [34]
Journalism & Media [35]
Planning & Growth [16]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [37]
Source: LA Times [38], 04/29/2025
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"Trump Says Columbus Day Will Now Just Be Columbus Day" [39]

"President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor’s practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October, accusing Democrats of denigrating the explorer’s legacy as he pressed his campaign to restore what he argues are traditional American icons."

Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [40]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [41], 04/29/2025
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DOJ Says It Will Resume Obtaining Reporters’ Records In Leak Inquiries [42]

"The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have authority to use subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to hunt for government officials who make “unauthorized disclosures” to journalists."

Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [43], 04/28/2025
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"Climate Change, Once a Big Issue, Fades From Canada’s Election" [44]

"Even though Liberal candidate Mark Carney has a lengthy climate policy résumé, Trump’s threats have nearly drowned the issue out of the campaign."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [18]
Canada [45]
Source: NYTimes [46], 04/28/2025
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Oversight Dem Questions How CDC Can Provide FOIA Records Without Staffers [47]

"Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is demanding to know how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests when the relevant staff have been put on administrative leave."

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [40]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [48], 04/28/2025
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"‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries" [49]

"On August 6, 2012, a corroded, eight-inch pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, cracked open, sending a white cloud hundreds of feet into the air. The cloud quickly engulfed the 19 refinery firefighters, managers and other workers who had been trying to fix what had been a small leak in the pipe."

Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [34]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [51]
Public [18]
California [37]
Source: Public Health Watch [52], 04/28/2025
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Supreme Court Could Limit Agencies’ Duty To Consider Environmental Harms [53]

"A forthcoming Supreme Court decision is poised to weaken a bedrock law that requires federal agencies to study the potential environmental impacts of major projects."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [28]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Grist [54], 04/28/2025
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"China Says Trump’s Order on Seabed Mining Violates International Law" [55]

"China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that an executive order President Trump signed a day earlier to accelerate the permitting process for seabed mining in international waters “violates international law and harms the overall interests of the international community.”

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [28]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [57], 04/28/2025
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Burgum Confirms Administration Is Reviewing National Monument Boundaries [58]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum confirmed Friday the administration is reviewing the boundaries of several national monuments — meaning it eventually could move to shrink them."

Biodiversity [59]
Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [60]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [61], 04/28/2025
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"Interior Plan Slashes Environmental Reviews To 1 Month" [62]

"Leaning on President Donald Trump’s declared energy emergency, the department aims to limit fossil project reviews to 28 days."

Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [63], 04/28/2025
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"White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On" [64]

"Over the past two months, the Trump administration has taken steps to eliminate regulations addressing climate change, pull back funding for climate programs and cancel methods used to evaluate how climate change is affecting American society and its economy. Now it is directly undermining the science and research of climate change itself, in ways that some of the nation’s most distinguished scientists say will have dangerous consequences."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Science [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: ProPublica [65], 04/28/2025
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"Which Cities Have The Most Trees? See How Yours Stacks Up." [66]

"Why some U.S. cities are so much greener than others." Includes lookup map.

Biodiversity [59]
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [23]
Forests [67]
Infrastructure [34]
Planning & Growth [16]
Wildlife [60]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [68], 04/28/2025
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