EJToday: Top Headlines

"Nancy Mace Privately Asks Trump Aides To Unfreeze Mercedes EV Funds" [9]

"Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) privately asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to release funding for a Mercedes-Benz plant to convert to the production of electric vehicles, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post." "The program, set up through President Joe Biden’s climate law, would benefit a Mercedes-Benz plant in South Carolina."

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Source: Washington Post [19], 06/30/2025
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"How Chris Wright Is Remaking The National Labs" [20]

"The Department of Energy’s world-class laboratories are poised for dramatic changes." "The DOE secretary’s proposed budget would slash research programs and boost efforts “to reindustrialize America, to win the race on AI, and to stop the huge upward pressure on electricity prices.”"

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
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Science [21]
Technology [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [23], 06/30/2025
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"The Oil And Gas Industry Has A Water Problem. EPA Wants To Help." [24]

"Oil and gas companies are running out of options for disposing of polluted water they generate every day, a problem for the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda. EPA is offering the industry a hand by promoting reuse of that wastewater. The effort worries environmentalists, but it could draw crucial political allies in oil-producing states."

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Source: E&E News [29], 06/30/2025
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"Streams Were Dying in West Virginia. Here’s How They’re Coming Back." [30]

"Abandoned coal mines had left waterways acidic and rusty orange. Local residents are cleaning them up, and recovering rare earths in the process."

Chemicals [25]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: NYTimes [34], 06/30/2025
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"How Park Visitors Responded When Asked To Report Anti-American Signs" [35]

"Most comments reviewed by The Post were positive, though some visitors complained that there were too many mosquitos and “not enough moose.”"

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Source: Washington Post [43], 06/30/2025
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"RFK Jr. Wins His Fight Against A Rare, Safe Flu-Shot Ingredient" [44]

"Federal vaccine advisers installed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to effectively remove an ingredient from flu shots, achieving a longtime, controversial goal of anti-vaccine activists and illustrating how their priorities are becoming official government guidance."

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Source: Washington Post [47], 06/27/2025
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"Bayer Settles Missouri Roundup Case Mid-Trial; Looks To US Supreme Court" [48]

"Bayer [last] week put a halt to its latest courtroom battle over allegations that its weed killing products cause cancer, settling a Missouri case after four weeks of testimony and just as the trial was coming to a close and just ahead of important US Supreme Court consideration."

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Source: The New Lede [50], 06/27/2025
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Delivers Win For Enviros In Fight Over PFAS [51]

"The Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered a victory for environmentalists on Tuesday in the fight over “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, issuing a ruling that advocates said will hold polluters accountable."

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Source: AP [53], 06/27/2025
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Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind EPA Deadline [54]

"Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076."

Chemicals [25]
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Environmental Justice [55]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 06/27/2025
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Dying Honey Bees Threaten California’s Economy. Can New Bill Save Them? [58]

"Honey bees, a critical component of California’s agriculture, face several challenges to survival. Will the Legislature spend more money in a deficit year to try and address the problems facing the bees?"

Agriculture [49]
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California [59]
Source: CalMatters [60], 06/27/2025
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"4 New Pesticides Ignite Debate Over PFAS Definition" [61]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down on efforts to decrease a backlog of new pesticide active ingredients waiting for EPA approval to enter the marketplace. Since April, the agency has proposed registering four of them—cyclobutrifluram, diflufenican, isocycloseram, and trifludimoxazin."

Agriculture [49]
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Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Chemical & Engineering News [62], 06/27/2025
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Revised Megabill Still Contains a Poison Pill. A Tax Expert Explains [63]

"Provisions that aim to prevent U.S. tax credits from going to China are written in a way that could shut off just about all clean energy credits."

Climate Change [10]
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Energy & Fuel [12]
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Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [64]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 06/27/2025
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NTSB Says Company Failed To Shut Down Leaking Oil Pipeline For Nearly 13 Hours [66]

"Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at a problem, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday."

Disasters [67]
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Source: AP [69], 06/27/2025
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Louisiana Is Latest State To Redefine Natural Gas As Green Energy [70]

"Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed this week, even though it’s a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases."

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Source: AP [71], 06/27/2025
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1/3 Of Tuvalu Citizens Seek Australian Climate Visas To Escape Rising Seas [72]

"Almost a third of all of Tuvalu’s residents have put in requests for the first batch of climate visas from Australia, as scientists fear the Pacific nation will be uninhabitable within the next 80 years."

Chemicals [25]
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People & Population [41]
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International [64]
Australia & Oceania [73]
Source: France24 [74], 06/27/2025
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