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August 21, 2025

SciLine Media Briefing: EPA Climate Regulations Under Threat [1]

SciLine’s next briefing will cover the state of evidence leading to the adoption of the EPA’s “endangerment finding” in 2009 and how it has evolved since, implications of rolling back the finding for federal and state regulations and climate goals, and what these changes could mean at the local level. 1 p.m. ET.

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Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]

"These Crabs Probably Saved Your Life. Can We Save Theirs?" [11]

"The medical world relies on horseshoe crab blood in the production of vaccines and equipment. A synthetic is available, but companies have been slow to adopt it."

Biodiversity [12]
Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Studies [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Health [16]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [9]
Technology [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [21], 08/19/2025
  • Read more about "These Crabs Probably Saved Your Life. Can We Save Theirs?" [11]

Restoring Marshes, Dunes, Reefs To Protect Against Rising Seas, Storm Surges [22]

"Coastal communities nationwide are ramping up efforts to fend off rising seas, higher tides and stronger storm surges that are chewing away at coastlines, pushing saltwater farther inland and threatening ecosystems and communities."

Climate Change [4]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [24]
Technology [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [25], 08/19/2025
  • Read more about Restoring Marshes, Dunes, Reefs To Protect Against Rising Seas, Storm Surges [22]

"The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door" [26]

"L.A. County’s Chiquita Canyon Landfill has spewed high levels of toxic gases and climate super-pollutants for years. Yet local residents’ pleas for help from state officials remain unanswered."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [28]
Waste [29]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
California [30]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 08/19/2025
  • Read more about "The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door" [26]

GOP Looks To Make A U-Turn On Electric Vehicles For The Postal Service [32]

"A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [34]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [35], 08/19/2025
  • Read more about GOP Looks To Make A U-Turn On Electric Vehicles For The Postal Service [32]

White House Draft Suggests Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations [36]

"A highly anticipated White House report on the health of American children would stop short of proposing direct restrictions on ultraprocessed foods and pesticides that the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has called major threats, according to a draft of the document that was reviewed by The New York Times."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [14]
Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [37]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [38], 08/19/2025
  • Read more about White House Draft Suggests Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations [36]

"Trump’s Mineral Megadeal Is Bypassing US Laws" [39]

"The Trump administration is quietly taking steps to circumvent federal laws in its quest to bolster U.S. mineral production." "The Pentagon used a little-known legal provision to shield a multibillion-dollar rare earths deal from procurement and contracting laws."

Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [41], 08/19/2025
  • Read more about "Trump’s Mineral Megadeal Is Bypassing US Laws" [39]

"Feds Won’t Confirm Safety Findings On Mountain Valley Pipeline" [42]

"Federal pipeline safety regulators are refusing to release information about their handling of a safety inspector’s complaint that the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline was built unsafely."

Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [43]
Source: E&E News [44], 08/19/2025
  • Read more about "Feds Won’t Confirm Safety Findings On Mountain Valley Pipeline" [42]

"Trump Admin Redacts Entire Empire Wind Study" [45]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he halted construction of a wind project off the coast of New York earlier this year because scientists revealed that the Biden administration “rushed approval” of the development based on “flawed science. But Burgum himself won’t reveal what those scientists said — or present the flaws."

Climate Change [4]
Consumer [46]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [23]
Journalism & Media [47]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Source: E&E News [49], 08/19/2025
  • Read more about "Trump Admin Redacts Entire Empire Wind Study" [45]

"Texas Judge Removes ESA Protections From Lesser Prairie Chicken" [50]

"A Texas-based federal judge assented to a Trump administration request Tuesday and ended Endangered Species Act protections for the lesser prairie chicken."

Agriculture [51]
Biodiversity [12]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [17]
Wildlife [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [52]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [53]
Source: E&E News [54], 08/19/2025
  • Read more about "Texas Judge Removes ESA Protections From Lesser Prairie Chicken" [50]

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