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What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Environmental Justice? [1]

An incoming Trump administration hostile to the very idea of environmental justice likely means the rollback of numerous policies and regulations designed to protect disadvantaged communities, cuts to an important “whole-of-government” initiative and downsizing of key federal environmental justice offices. The latest EJ TransitionWatch examines what’s at stake. And for more, see our Topics on the Beat page on environmental justice [2].

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EJ TransitionWatch [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Policy [13]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Visibility: 
Public [18]
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"Trump Readies Day One Energy Offensive" [19]

"The incoming president has detailed plans to quickly reverse Biden’s policies, expand fossil fuel production and declare a national energy emergency."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [21], 01/03/2025
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EPA Warns Toxic Formaldehyde Presents An Unreasonable Risk Of Injury [22]

"The agency’s final risk assessment for formaldehyde jump-starts the process to address the risk posed by the cancer-causing chemical"

Chemicals [23]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Science [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Independent [27], 01/03/2025
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Oil And Gas Firms In Colorado Falsified Environmental Impact Reports [28]

"State’s energy and carbon management commission said fraudulent pollution data was reported for at least 344 wells"

Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [25]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [29], 01/02/2025
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Florida Debates Where To Build The Nation’s Largest Trash Incinerator [30]

"Residents argue the project will disproportionately impact majority-Black and -Hispanic communities in the Miami-Dade area."

Activism [31]
Air [4]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: KFF Health News [33], 01/02/2025
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Toxic Benzene Plagued Channelview, Tex. Regulators Never Told Residents. [34]

"The highest levels exceed even Texas’ benzene guideline — the weakest in the nation — but aren’t being recorded by a state monitor. That means the community’s cancer risk could be higher than previously thought."

Air [4]
Chemicals [23]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [6]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Source: Public Health Watch [37], 01/02/2025
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"Big Oil Backtracks On Renewables Push As Climate Agenda Falters" [38]

"Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down - and at times reversing - climate commitments in a shift that they are likely to stick with in 2025."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
International [39]
Europe [40]
Source: Reuters [41], 01/02/2025
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"The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago." [42]

"The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”"

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [44]
Chemicals [23]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [45]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [46], 01/02/2025
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Oil Industry Playbook: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public [47]

"Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry."

Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [25]
Infrastructure [10]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ProPublica [49], 01/02/2025
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Gas Leaks Must Be Fixed By Utilities In New Proposed PHMSA Rule [50]

"Melissa Ostroff finds gas leaks for a living, so it was surprising to hear someone say they smelled gas in her own home."

Climate Change [5]
Consumer [24]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [25]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NPR [51], 12/23/2024
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