EJToday: Top Headlines

USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Management [9]

"The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water decisions of local and state governments across the country."

Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 05/01/2025
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"For Alabama’s Spotted Salamanders, a Win and a Warning" [19]

"A grassroots effort successfully pushed back on a development in Homewood that would have destroyed a critical salamander habitat. Still, amphibians face constant risks."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [21]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 05/01/2025
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"Trump Administration Dismisses Authors Of Key Climate Report" [24]

"The Trump administration told scientists writing a congressionally mandated climate report that it was “releasing” them from their roles and that the report’s scope was being reevaluated, in an email sent Monday and seen by The Washington Post."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [29]
Forests [30]
Government [31]
Infrastructure [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [14]
Science [35]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [36], 04/30/2025
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"EPA Says It Will Act on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Advocates Raise Red Flags" [37]

"As the Environmental Protection Agency works to roll back multiple public-health protections, it announced Monday that it intends to take action to combat toxic forever chemicals. Advocates are skeptical, saying the language of the announcement raises red flags." "The announcement emphasizes research, failing to mention ongoing litigation and existing regulation."

Chemicals [38]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [29]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 04/30/2025
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"EPA Canceling Nearly 800 Environmental Justice Grants" [41]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is canceling nearly 800 grants, most of which have to do with environmental justice, according to a court document."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [43], 04/30/2025
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"Illinois Delays a Project Meant to Keep Asian Carp Out of the Great Lakes" [44]

"The governor wants assurances that the federal government will pay its share before moving forward." "Pritzker was reacting to the administration’s freezes and cancellation of funding around the country. But the move concerns Great Lakes advocates and freshwater biologists."

Biodiversity [20]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [29]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 04/30/2025
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"The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance" [48]

"“This president is a master of distraction and is destroying what it took 250 years to build. Here’s another distraction in his quest for attention. Another failure of his first 100 days,” said North Carolina Rep. Alma Adams, responding to efforts to physically remove the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth’s lunch counter exhibit from the National Museum of African American History and Culture — affectionately known as the “Blacksonian.”"

Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: BlackPressUSA [49], 04/30/2025
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Labor Dept. Warns That Staff Who Speak With Journalists Face Criminal Charges [50]

"A top official in the Department of Labor this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business."

Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ProPublica [51], 04/30/2025
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"CDC Reinstates Workers Who Screen Coal Miners For Black Lung Disease" [52]

"The Trump administration temporarily rehired as many as 40 employees who screen coal miners for the deadly and incurable disease."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [53], 04/30/2025
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Canadian Company Turns To Trump For Permission To Mine International Waters [54]

"A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor, sparking outrage by bypassing a U.N. agency that regulates deep international waters."

Chemicals [38]
Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [55]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [29]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [56]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [57]
Canada [58]
Source: AP [59], 04/30/2025
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"Chemical In Plastics Linked To 350K Heart Disease Deaths: Research" [60]

"Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to manufacture household plastics may be connected to more than 356,000 cardiovascular-related deaths in 2018 alone, a new analysis has found."

Chemicals [38]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [61]
Pollution [14]
Science [35]
Waste [62]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [63], 04/30/2025
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"We Can’t Kill Our Way Out of a Problem" [64]

"As ecologists debate what to do about “invasive” swans in New York City, volunteers fight to keep them alive."

Activism [42]
Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [21]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [65]
Source: The Revelator [66], 04/30/2025
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"A Grim Signal: Atmospheric CO2 Soared in 2024" [67]

"Scientists are worried because they can’t fully explain the big jump, but they think it might mean that carbon absorption by forests, fields and wetlands is slowing down — a major problem for the world."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
International [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 04/29/2025
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Oil Companies Downplayed Extent Of Spills In Gulf Of Mexico: Investigation [69]

"Mongabay Latam and Data Crítica examined and compared official data of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, including satellite images by scientists studying oil spills and evidence compiled by fishing communities. Their analysis found that most oil spills are not reported."

Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [38]
Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mexico [70]
Source: Mongabay [71], 04/29/2025
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N. Dakota Enacts First US Law Shielding Roundup From Some Cancer Lawsuits [72]

"A new first-of-its-kind law enacted in North Dakota could shield agrochemical manufacturer Bayer from lawsuits claiming it failed to warn customers that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer."

Agriculture [73]
Chemicals [38]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [74]
Source: AP [75], 04/29/2025
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