EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Pulls Out of Global Climate Agreement" [9]

"President Trump announced on Wednesday that he was withdrawing the United States from the bedrock international agreement that forms the basis for countries to rein in climate change."

Climate Change [10]
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National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 01/08/2026
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"New Dietary Guidance Pushes Whole Milk, Warns Against Processed Food" [18]

"The Trump administration released new dietary guidelines Wednesday that call for Americans to limit highly processed foods, such as those high in added sugars and sodium, and that endorse products that had once been discouraged by many nutritionists, such as whole milk, butter and red meat."

Agriculture [19]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [24], 01/08/2026
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FDA Misses Another Deadline To Ban Formaldehyde In Hair-Straighteners [25]

"The US Food and Drug Administration has missed its latest deadline to propose banning formaldehyde and certain formaldehyde-releasing chemicals from hair-straightening products, often used by Black women."

Chemicals [20]
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People & Population [27]
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Source: CNN [28], 01/08/2026
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What a Trump Invasion Could Mean for Greenland’s Minerals and Environment [29]

"The Danish territory holds significant stores of oil, gas and minerals. But regulations and the extreme environment have kept the vast majority in the ground."

Economy & Business [30]
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National (U.S.) [15]
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Europe [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 01/08/2026
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"Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say" [36]

"Given Venezuela’s murky political future, few analysts expect a rush to invest the billions needed to pump more oil from the world’s largest reserves."

Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Infrastructure [37]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [38]
South America [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 01/08/2026
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"Environmental Health Perspectives Joins The ACS Publications Portfolio" [41]

"The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is proud to announce that Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) has joined the ACS Publications portfolio. EHP is a globally respected journal with a legacy as a premier source for research findings at the intersection of the environment and human health."

Chemicals [20]
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Environmental Studies [42]
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Source: ACS [46], 01/08/2026
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"Hundreds Of Groups Urge Congress Not To Weaken Chemical Safety Law" [47]

"Hundreds of environmental and health groups are urging Congress not to weaken the nation’s premier chemical safety law as Republican lawmakers signal a willingness to reopen the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)."

Chemicals [20]
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Source: The New Lede [49], 01/08/2026
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"The Icebreaker Reaches the Thwaites Glacier, and the Science Begins" [50]

"After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this Antarctic expedition is ready to start."

"After a 12-day journey across the southern seas, the nearly 40 scientists aboard the icebreaker Araon on Wednesday reached Antarctica’s fastest-melting glacier, the Thwaites. An ambitious campaign to study the ice by air, under sea and with boots on the frozen surface is now underway.
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [42]
Journalism & Media [44]
Science [45]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Antarctica & Arctic [52]
Source: NYTimes [53], 01/08/2026
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"In Ecuador’s Battle of Toad vs. Road, Toad Wins" [54]

"A court invoked Ecuador’s rights of nature laws in halting a highway project to protect the Jambato harlequin toad, requiring the government to prove construction won’t drive the species to extinction."

Biodiversity [55]
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Wildlife [56]
Public [14]
South America [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 01/08/2026
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"The Secret World Of Animal Sleep" [58]

"Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep."

Biodiversity [55]
Science [45]
Wildlife [56]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: AP [59], 01/08/2026
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Congress’ Latest Spending Package Spares Environment, Energy Agencies [60]

"Congressional appropriators’ latest bipartisan spending package, unveiled Monday, would reduce funding for a host of energy and environment programs while rejecting the Trump administration’s requests for even greater cuts."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [48]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [61], 01/07/2026
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Under Order, EPA Says It Will Propose Drinking Water Limit For Perchlorate [62]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it would propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a harmful chemical in rockets and other explosives, but also said doing so wouldn’t significantly benefit public health and that it was acting only because a court ordered it."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [48]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [63], 01/07/2026
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"House Will Vote Thursday To Override Trump Veto of 2 GOP-Backed Bills" [64]

"The House will vote Thursday to override two vetoes by President Donald Trump of GOP-backed bills, according to three people granted anonymity to share scheduling plans not yet made public."

Environmental Justice [26]
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Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Politico [65], 01/07/2026
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"Trump’s Venezuela Gambit Relies On Oil Boom For Payback" [66]

"A global crude glut complicates the president’s plans to “get reimbursed for everything that we spend” in the South American petrostate, whose leader was captured by the U.S. on Saturday."

Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Military [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Source: E&E News [67], 01/07/2026
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"Ohio’s Largest Utility Pushes To Slash Rooftop Solar Compensation" [68]

"The state’s Public Utilities Commission will decide this year whether to keep its solar net-metering rules in place or to dilute them, per AEP Ohio’s request."

Consumer [21]
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Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [69]
Source: Canary Media [70], 01/07/2026
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