EPA Takes Unprecedented Step To Remove Uranium Waste From Navajo Nation
"The decision opens the door for new ways to manage uranium pollution on tribal land"
Source: High Country News, 01/27/2025
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US Is Trying To Unravel A Hacking Plot That Targeted Climate Activists
"A yearslong U.S. Justice Department investigation of a global hacking campaign that targeted prominent American climate activists took a turn in a London court this week amid an allegation that the hacking was ordered by a lobbying firm working for ExxonMobil. Both the lobbying firm and ExxonMobil have denied any awareness of or involvement with alleged hacking."
Source: NPR, 01/27/2025
Trump Quietly Withdraws Proposed Limits On PFAS In Industrial Wastewater
"Amid a flurry of actions curtailing Biden’s environmental policies, the administration of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump this week withdrew a plan to set limits on toxic PFAS chemicals in industrial wastewater."
Source: The New Lede, 01/27/2025
"How Big Insurance’s Investment in Fossil Fuels Came Back to Bite It"
"In a vicious cycle, the sector’s financing of oil and gas is having an impact on its bottom line."
Source: Capital & Main, 01/27/2025
Mass Firing: Trump Removes Independent Inspectors General At 17+ Agencies
"The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversight laws." EPA, Energy Dept., Interior, Commerce, Agriculture are included in the list.
Source: AP, 01/27/2025
"Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists"
"President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections."
Source: NYTimes, 01/27/2025
EPA Nominee Heads for Approval, Despite Inexperience
Former Congressman Lee Zeldin, the Trump administration nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has scant expertise in the field and little appeal to environmental groups. But at a Senate hearing earlier this month, the Trump loyalist aimed to score points by confirming the existence of climate change and deflating rumors of an agency move out of the Capital. The latest EJ TransitionWatch takes a look at Zeldin's prospects.
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Telling the Stories of the Silent Sentinels
To many, plants are a merely green backdrop, indistinguishable and inconsequential. But, freelancer Karen Mockler says that such “plant blindness” belies an urgent need for our notice. More than a third of the world’s trees and thousands of other plant species face extinction. Their plight — and their many blessings — offer perceptive journalists a wealth of reporting and storytelling opportunities. Mockler on why to write about plants.
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"Amid Raging Fires, House Passes Contentious Forestry Bill"
"The House on Thursday passed legislation that supporters say will improve how the nation manages its forests to prevent fires but opponents argue will undercut environmental safeguards."
Source: The Hill, 01/24/2025
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