EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Officials Dive Into The West’s Biggest Water War" [9]

"The Trump administration is turning up the pressure on Western states to cut a deal to shrink their water use as the drought-stricken Colorado River careens towards crisis."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Politico [19], 12/19/2025
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"Trump Admin Orders Washington State Coal Plant To Stay Running" [20]

"The Trump administration has ordered another aging, costly coal plant to keep operating past its long-planned retirement date — this time in Centralia, Washington."

Air [21]
Climate Change [11]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
Source: Canary Media [25], 12/19/2025
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"Is RFK Jr. Backing Big Food’s Drive To Overturn Tough New State Laws?" [26]

"Secretary Kennedy echoes industry talking points on food safety laws"

Agriculture [10]
Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [29]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: U.S. Right to Know [31], 12/19/2025
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"PJM’s Capacity Costs Hit Record As Grid Falls Short On Supply" [32]

"Data center construction and clogged-up generation queues are driving costs — and political backlash — in the country’s biggest power market."

Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [34]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
Source: Canary Media [37], 12/19/2025
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"Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says" [38]

"Higher exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 played a significant role in rising utility bills, an analysis of federal data found."

Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Infrastructure [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 12/19/2025
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Federal Judge Blocks Whitmer From Shutting Down Pipeline Under Great Lakes [40]

"A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ‘s attempt to shut down an aging oil pipeline running beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, finding that only the federal government can regulate interstate pipeline safety."

Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Canada [42]
Source: AP [43], 12/19/2025
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DOE Watchdog Will Audit Trump Cuts Of Nearly $8B In Clean Energy Grants [44]

"An internal watchdog in the U.S. Department of Energy will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects across 16 states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [45], 12/19/2025
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Mississippi Residents Say Wood-Pellet Plant Harming Their Town [46]

"Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, are suing plant that exports wood pellets to UK and Europe. Company says it is reducing emissions"

Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [47]
Forests [48]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [30]
Pollution [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: Verite News [50], 12/19/2025
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Trump Admin Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center [51]

"The Trump administration said it will be dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, one of the world’s leading Earth science research institutions."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [52]
People & Population [30]
Science [53]
Technology [34]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [54]
Source: NYTimes [55], 12/18/2025
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"Trump’s EPA Paid Employees $86.5 Million Not To Work For Months" [56]

"Data obtained by The Post via a FOIA request shows that through August, the EPA spent millions to compensate staff on administrative leave."

Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [30]
Pollution [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [57], 12/18/2025
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Trump Admin Admits To Targeting Blue States For Energy Grant Cuts [58]

"The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing this week that a decision to cut energy grants during the government shutdown was influenced by whether the money would go to a state that tended to elect Democrats statewide or nationally."

Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [59]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [30]
Pollution [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [60], 12/18/2025
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Denying Trump Climate Report, Study Shows US Sea-Level Rise Is Accelerating [61]

"The rate of sea-level rise along U.S. coastlines has more than doubled over the past 125 years, according to a new analysis that examined data from scores of tide gauges from around the country."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Studies [52]
People & Population [30]
Planning & Growth [62]
Science [53]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [63], 12/18/2025
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"Data Centers Have A Political Problem — And Big Tech Wants To Fix It" [64]

"Tech companies and lobbyists are investing millions of dollars to tackle a new political problem for the industry: Data centers, the lifeblood of the growing artificial intelligence economy, are becoming toxic with voters."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [23]
Technology [34]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Politico [65], 12/18/2025
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As Trump Promotes Coal, No Respite For Communities Choking On Industry Dust [66]

"David Jones Jr. is no stranger to treacherous work. For years, the 45-year-old South Baltimore resident made his living scaling tall buildings to install signs. But for Jones, the real danger has been in and around his home: Jones and his wife live a few hundred feet away from a large coal terminal where dust from mountainous, uncovered coal piles has blown over the community day after day for decades."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [67], 12/18/2025
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‘No Significant Impact’: The Secret NPS Review Of Trump’s Ballroom Plans [68]

"The National Park Service gave President Donald Trump the go-ahead to tear down the White House’s East Wing earlier this year after a streamlined environmental review concluded the negative effects of the president’s planned ballroom wouldn’t be too significant and despite the final design remaining a work in progress, new court filings show."

Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [52]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [69]
Planning & Growth [62]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Source: E&E News [70], 12/18/2025
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