EJToday: Top Headlines

"Maha v Maga: Feud Grows As Trump EPA Rolls Back Rules On Toxic Chemicals" [9]

"“Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement leaders have put out a petition calling for Donald Trump to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin, who, since being appointed in late January, has quickly moved to undo toxic chemical regulations and fast-track pesticide approvals."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Food [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 12/08/2025
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Trump Climate Policies Are Driving Up Insurance Costs for Homeowners: Experts [24]

"Tariffs, extreme weather events and the president’s funding cuts are contributing to increasing rates, sometimes by double digits."

Climate Change [25]
Consumer [12]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Studies [28]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Capital & Main [30], 12/08/2025
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"Plastic Pollution Could More Than Double By 2040, Report Finds" [31]

"Failure to address a worldwide plastic pollution crisis could trigger a surge in greenhouse gas emissions and human health problems tied to the industry, according to a new report."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [28]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Technology [32]
Waste [33]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [21]
International [34]
Source: The New Lede [35], 12/08/2025
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"Alaska Republicans Push Back On Trump Offshore Drilling Plan" [36]

"Alaska’s Republican senators are splitting with the Trump administration over an expansive offshore lease plan that would open large swaths of the state’s waters to drilling."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: E&E News [39], 12/08/2025
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"Corn’s Clean-Energy Promise Is Clashing With Its Climate Footprint" [40]

"Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [41]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [25]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Food [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Waste [33]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [42]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Floodlight [43], 12/08/2025
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"Democrats Slam Trump’s Rollback Of Fuel Economy Rules" [44]

"Congressional Democrats slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed rollback of auto efficiency standards Wednesday, while Republicans wholeheartedly supported the move."

Air [45]
Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [46]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [47], 12/08/2025
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"‘Hail Mary Pass’: EPA Faces High Bar In Bid To Ditch Soot Rule" [48]

"The Trump administration faces steep odds in persuading a federal court to throw out landmark EPA regulations targeting a pollutant that claims thousands of lives each year, according to specialists in environmental law."

Air [45]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [49], 12/08/2025
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Pesticide Drift Catches Schools Off Guard. Lawmakers Want Spraying Notice [50]

"More than 700 Illinois schools are within a quarter-mile of crop fields, yet state law doesn’t require pesticide applicators to notify them before spraying. Advocates say a new notification proposal would give educators and park staff time to move children indoors and reduce exposure."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Source: Investgate Midwest [52], 12/08/2025
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France's Tap Water Is Widely Polluted With TFA, The Most Common PFAS [53]

"A French state health agency analyzed over 600 samples of drinking water. 92% of them contained traces of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), the smallest PFAS molecule, which is suspected to be toxic. "

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [28]
Food [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [21]
Europe [54]
Source: Le Monde [55], 12/08/2025
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"Trump Admin Invests $800M In Latest Move To Bolster US Nuclear Industry" [56]

"Two designs each get $400 million to prove that smaller, cheaper reactors can work, but the funds will cover only a fraction of the development costs."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [57]
Technology [32]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Canary Media [58], 12/08/2025
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"New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights" [59]

"The New York Times accused the Pentagon in a lawsuit on Thursday of infringing on the constitutional rights of journalists by imposing a set of new restrictions on reporting about the military."

Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [60]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Military [61]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [62], 12/05/2025
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"US Congress Repeals Biden-Era Limits On Oil And Gas In Alaska Refuge" [63]

"Congressional lawmakers on Thursday voted to repeal a Biden-era policy that limited the amount of land in an Alaska wildlife refuge that could be leased for oil and gas development. The U.S. Senate voted 49-45 to approve a resolution that revokes the Interior Department's 2024 rule governing energy development on the 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge."

Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [64]
Wildlife [42]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: Reuters [65], 12/05/2025
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Chesapeake Bay Leaders Agree on Longer Timeline and Tribal Role in Cleanup [66]

"The revised watershed agreement extends pollution-reduction targets and bets on voluntary measures to achieve cleanup goals that have remained elusive for decades."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [41]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Food [17]
Government [67]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [68]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 12/05/2025
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"The Grid Storage Industry Set A Wild Goal For 2025 — And Then Crushed It" [70]

"In 2017, U.S. grid storage developers promised they could deliver 35 gigawatts by 2025. They beat their target and made batteries a key power-sector player."

Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [71]
Technology [32]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Canary Media [72], 12/05/2025
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"New Report Warns of Critical Climate Risks in Arab Region" [73]

"As global warming accelerates, about 480 million people in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula face intensifying and in some places unsurvivable heat, as well as drought, famine and the risk of mass displacement, the World Meteorological Organization warned Thursday."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [14]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [21]
Africa [74]
Middle East [75]
Source: Inside Climate News [76], 12/05/2025
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