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Environmental Justice

"Tohono O’odham Nation Signs Co-Stewardship With BLM Over Sacred Lands"

"The Tohono O’odham Nation signed a co-stewardship agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for federal lands with deep cultural and religious ties for the tribal nation."

Source: States Newsroom, 01/23/2025

"Trump Reverses Biden On Natural Resource Protections In Alaska"

"The partisan divide over natural resource protections took a hard shift to the right with the inauguration of President Trump, who reversed moves the Biden administration took to protect natural resources in Alaska from mining and energy development and hunting bears with baits."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 01/23/2025

"Two Industry Officials Expected to Help Oversee E.P.A. Chemical Rules"

"A former chemical-industry executive who fought against stronger regulations under the first Trump administration is returning to take a critical role at the Environmental Protection Agency, two people with knowledge of the appointment said, raising concerns of corporate influence on chemical safety regulations."

Source: NYTimes, 01/23/2025

Fossil Fuel Companies Use Twitter/X Social Media To Block Climate Progress

"To the extent that X ever was the “public square” of the internet, it is clearly no longer such a place. The platform — known as Twitter until it was rechristened in 2023 by Elon Musk — has become an echo chamber for extremist conspiracy theories and hate speech — or, depending on what you’re looking for, a porn site."

Source: Grist, 01/23/2025

"MLK Jr.’s Fight for Civil Rights Was an Environmental Battle as Well"

"Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis on April 4, 1968."

Source: Mother Jones, 01/21/2025

"Zeldin Appears Poised To Carry Out Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda At EPA"

"President-elect Trump’s pick for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Lee Zeldin, appears poised to be able to carry out the significant level of climate and environmental deregulation Trump has indicated he plans to pursue after a Thursday hearing moved him toward his likely confirmation."

Source: The Hill, 01/17/2025

12 Texas Counties Exceed Soot Standards. Only Four May Face Consequences.

"Twelve Texas counties have recently exceeded federal air quality standards for particulate matter, commonly known as soot. But Texas environmental regulators are proposing that only four of them be required to take action to improve their air quality."

Source: Texas Tribune, 01/16/2025

UNC Could Burn Polluting Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic

"While burning the pellets would reduce greenhouse gases from the university’s physical plant, it would increase harmful levels of nitrogen oxides, lead, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds."

Source: Inside Climate News, 01/16/2025

"Biden Approved LA Wildfire Aid. But Trump Will Control Spending."

"President-elect Donald Trump will have wide authority over Los Angeles’ recovery from the wildfires that have decimated areas of the city — even though President Joe Biden approved disaster aid in the final days of his term."

Source: E&E News, 01/16/2025

"World’s Record Heat Is Worsening Air Pollution And Health In Global South"

"2024 was the hottest year on record, producing intense, long-lasting heat waves. Climate change-intensified extreme events last year included the formation of vast heat domes — areas of high pressure that stalled and persisted above continental land masses in Asia, Africa, South and North America, and Europe."

Source: Mongabay, 01/14/2025

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