EJToday: Top Headlines

"FEMA Should Take New Name, States Should Bear Costs, DHS Head Noem Says" [9]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency should be renamed as the agency is reformed to increase the burden on states to respond to natural disasters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at a meeting on reforming FEMA on Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 05/21/2025
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"Where Local Forecast Offices No Longer Monitor Weather Around-The-Clock" [21]

"For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. But after the U.S. DOGE Service led efforts to shrink the federal government, that is no longer possible in some parts of the country."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [22], 05/21/2025
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"Kennedy’s Allies Against Pesticides: Environmentalists, Moms and Manly Men" [23]

"An unlikely group is coalescing around the health secretary’s drive for restrictions on atrazine, which is linked to cancer, birth defects and low sperm counts."

Activism [24]
Agriculture [25]
Chemicals [26]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [30], 05/21/2025
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Alabama Power Faces Lawsuit for Contaminating Groundwater With Coal Ash [31]

"Nine years after the Gadsden Steam Plant stopped burning coal, its unlined coal ash pond is still polluting Alabama groundwater, records show."

Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 05/21/2025
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"First US Utility Seeks Permit For A Small Nuclear Reactor" [37]

"For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
Technology [39]
Waste [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: AP [40], 05/21/2025
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Chaos? Trump Plans To Merge Wildland Firefighting Into One Agency. [41]

"President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to merge the government’s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some former federal officials warn could increase the risk of catastrophic blazes and ultimately cost billions of dollars."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [42], 05/21/2025
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Padilla Puts Hold On Trump EPA Nominees Over Efforts To Ax Calif. EV Mandate [43]

"Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule that phases out new gas-powered cars in the state."

Air [44]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [29]
Transportation [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [46], 05/21/2025
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"Just How Many Jobs And GDP Dollars Do US Clean Energy Factories Create?" [47]

"A new report aims to quantify how much domestic solar, wind, and battery production uplifts local economies. Its authors hope Republicans in Congress will take note."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [49], 05/21/2025
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Greens Urge Court To Force Feds To Restore Online Environmental Data [50]

"Advocacy groups are asking a federal court to restore public access to climate and environmental justice webpages removed by EPA and other agencies earlier this year."

Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [52]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [29]
Science [53]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [54], 05/21/2025
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"On ‘World Bee Day,’ The Bees Did Not Seem Bothered. They Should Be" [55]

"Bees and other pollinators have been on the decline for years, and experts blame a combination of factors: insecticides, parasites, disease, climate change and lack of a diverse food supply. A significant part of the human diet comes from plants pollinated by bees — not just honeybees, but hundreds of species of lesser-known wild bees, many of which are endangered."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [56]
Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [57]
Food [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [58]
Pollution [29]
Science [53]
Wildlife [59]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [60]
Source: AP [61], 05/21/2025
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"GOP Budget Plan Contains A Massive Poison Pill For Clean Energy" [62]

"Tucked into the House Republicans’ 389-page tax bill released on Monday is a poison pill for U.S. clean energy developers and manufacturers, one that energy and tax policy experts say would essentially repeal the hundreds of billions of dollars of tax credits now flowing to energy projects and solar, battery, and EV factories across the country."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [63], 05/20/2025
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"Electricity Costs Keep Climbing, Despite Trump’s Promises" [64]

"On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump vowed to cut energy costs in half. So far, that’s not coming true. And estimates say that his policies could only make things worse."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [65], 05/20/2025
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"Trump Officials Allow Massive New York Offshore Wind Project To Restart" [66]

"The Trump administration lifted the stop-work order on a major wind farm off the coast of New York on Monday, according to a statement by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), following direct appeals she made to the president."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [67]
Source: Washington Post [68], 05/20/2025
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Doge Cuts Could Wreck The Cleanup Of Wartime Nuclear Waste At Hanford, Wa. [69]

"Hanford made the plutonium for US atomic bombs, and its radioactive waste must be dealt with. Enter Elon Musk"

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [58]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
Pollution [29]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [70]
Source: Guardian [71], 05/20/2025
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"White House Weighs NRC Overhaul" [72]

"Industry experts are warning that political oversight of the independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission could do more harm than good."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [73], 05/20/2025
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