EJToday: Top Headlines

"Used EV Batteries Could Upend The Race For Long-Duration Storage" [9]

"Redwood Materials says second-life batteries are the cheapest form of long-duration storage. If true, battery startups are in trouble — and renewables are in luck."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: Canary Media [20], 08/07/2025
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"Burgum Nixes ‘Thoughtless’ Biden Approval Of Idaho Wind Farm" [21]

"The Interior Department reversed the Biden-era approval of a contentious wind project in southern Idaho on Wednesday, part of a broader Trump administration effort to shift development on public lands away from renewable energy."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 08/07/2025
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Pakistan’s Deadly Monsoon Floods Were Worsened By Global Warming: Study [26]

"Heavy rainfall that triggered floods in Pakistan in recent weeks, killing hundreds of people, was worsened by human-caused climate change, according to a new study."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [17]
Asia [30]
Source: AP [31], 08/07/2025
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Class-Action Suit Would Force EPA To Reinstate $3bn Climate Justice Program [32]

"Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants"

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [35], 08/07/2025
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NIH Details Options For Limiting Its Payments For Open-Access Publishing Fees [36]

"In a move that could shake up scientific publishing, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) last week proposed specific limits on how much it would reimburse grantees who pay publishers to make their articles open access, or free to read. The suggested limits, which include possible caps of $2000 to $6000 per paper, may block scientists from publishing in top-tier journals with much higher fees, unless they or their institution come up with the difference."

Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Studies [37]
Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Science [39]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Science [40], 08/07/2025
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Nations Gather In Geneva To Again Confront The World’s Plastic Crisis [41]

"Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet."

Chemicals [42]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [17]
International [19]
Source: AP [45], 08/06/2025
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"E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy" [46]

"The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [47], 08/06/2025
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"Air Quality Alerts In Place For 10 States Due To Canadian Wildfires" [48]

"The National Weather Service announced air quality alerts in 10 states Tuesday as smoke from the Canadian wildfires continues to spread across the U.S. border."

Air [49]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [33]
Forests [50]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Canada [51]
Source: The Hill [52], 08/06/2025
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"As EPA Weakens Rules On ‘Forever Chemicals,’ States Are Moving Forward" [53]

"At least 250 bills to regulate the hazardous chemicals have been introduced this year in more than two dozen states."

Chemicals [42]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [54], 08/06/2025
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"Another Burgum Order Coldcocks Solar And Wind" [55]

"An order issued late Friday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that targets wind and solar development has left renewable energy developers and industry observers scrambling to determine whether green energy has any future in the Trump administration."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [56], 08/06/2025
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Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site and Protected Forest [57]

"To offset Resolution Copper’s impacts on the hallowed ground of Oak Flat, the federal government will take possession of a rare old-growth mesquite forest. But it already approved exploratory drilling for another mine nearby."

Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [58]
People & Population [28]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [59]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 08/06/2025
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Trump Reshaped Climate Program To Extract More Oil. Occidental Could Profit [62]

"Occidental Petroleum could benefit from bigger subsidies for using carbon dioxide to squeeze more crude from sputtering wells."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [63], 08/06/2025
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Alabama Power Gets OK to Buy $622 Million Natural Gas Plant For Data Centers [64]

"Alabama state regulators have cleared the way for Alabama Power to purchase an 895-megawatt gas-fired power plant, further tying Alabama’s largest electric utility to climate-polluting natural gas for decades to come."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 08/06/2025
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Court Temporarily Blocks Trump From Reallocating FEMA Preparedness Funds [67]

"A federal court on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from reallocating funds used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help communities prevent future storm damage."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [68], 08/06/2025
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Photos Of Mexican Ranchers Struggling As Screwworm Ravages Their Cattle [69]

"The U.S. has suspended live cattle imports from Mexico due to concerns about the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite found in southern Mexico. This suspension has severely impacted ranchers in Sonora, who are already struggling with drought."

Agriculture [70]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [33]
People & Population [28]
Wildlife [71]
Public [17]
Mexico [72]
Source: AP [73], 08/06/2025
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