EJToday: Top Headlines

"‘Bonkers’: DOI Letter Halts All Five In-Progress Offshore Wind Farms" [9]

"The Interior Department announced Monday it is pausing leases for all five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in America, citing unspecified issues of national security."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Canary Media [19], 12/23/2025
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BLM Makes More Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Available For Energy, Mining [20]

"The Trump administration is planning on making more acres of public land available for energy and mineral development in eight Western states, a move worrying environmentalists watching for the declining population of greater sage-grouse."

Biodiversity [21]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Utah News Dispatch [24], 12/23/2025
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"The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways" [25]

"Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive."

Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 12/23/2025
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Killing Roadless Rule Could Make It Harder To Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies [33]

"The rule banning new roads in some forests protects prime bear habitat and was part of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s justification for its failed attempt to delist grizzlies in 2017."

Biodiversity [21]
Forests [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Wildlife [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 12/23/2025
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"Tennessee Dem Looks To Turn Pipeline Fight Into House Victory" [36]

"A Memphis state lawmaker who rose to national prominence protesting against gun violence is hoping to elevate that battle — and his environmental justice fights — to the U.S. House."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: E&E News [39], 12/23/2025
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"Interior Energy Boss Exits, Unexpectedly" [40]

"The Interior Department confirmed Friday that Leslie Beyer, who has led the agency’s energy programs on public lands and waters since her Senate confirmation in September, has left the agency."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [41]
People & Population [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [43], 12/23/2025
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US Denies Okinawa Prefecture Base Access For ‘Forever Chemicals’ Tests [44]

"U.S. Forces Japan has denied Okinawa prefecture’s requests to test for so-called “forever chemicals” at three U.S. military bases, citing insufficient evidence that the facilities are sources of contamination."

Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Asia [45]
Source: Stars and Stripes [46], 12/23/2025
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Washington Wants Ship PFAS Firefighting Foam To An Incinerator In Utah [47]

"Firefighters sometimes use a special type of foam to put out fires caused by flammable liquids, like gases or solvents. But that foam contains “forever chemicals,” or PFAs."

Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
Source: OPB [50], 12/23/2025
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"Senate Democrats Cut Off Permitting Talks After Trump’s Wind Farm Pause" [51]

"Senate Democrats say they will walk away from talks about legislation to speed up energy and infrastructure construction unless the Trump administration reverses its latest attack on wind power."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [52], 12/23/2025
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"‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’" [53]

"In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent, CBS News abruptly removed a segment from Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” that was to feature the stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to what the program called a “brutal” prison in El Salvador."

Journalism & Media [54]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [55], 12/23/2025
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"Another Trump Financial Conflict, This Time With Nuclear Power" [56]

"Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway."

Economy & Business [57]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [58], 12/22/2025
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"At FEMA, $900 Million In Grants, Loans Awaits Noem’s Approval" [59]

"More than $900 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants and loans are awaiting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s approval under her controversial policy of personally reviewing major expenditures, an agency source told The Hill."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [60]
Economy & Business [57]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [42]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [61], 12/22/2025
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N. Carolina's Lumbee Tribe Wins Full Federal Recognition After 137-Year Push [62]

"After a 137-year struggle, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition from the U.S. government."

Environmental Justice [37]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: NPR [63], 12/22/2025
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"Groups Express Alarm About Mike Lee Lands Amendment" [64]

"The Senate may vote on an amendment to spending legislation that critics say could lead to public lands sales."

Agriculture [65]
Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [66], 12/22/2025
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"Georgia’s Lame-Duck Utility Commission OKs Massive, Pricey Gas Buildout" [67]

"Critics fear Georgia Power’s $16.3 billion investment in fossil-gas plants and batteries will jack up customers’ bills if data centers don’t show up as forecasted."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [68]
Economy & Business [57]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [42]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: Canary Media [69], 12/22/2025
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