EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Trump Funding Freeze Could Leave Communities On Their Own To Face Climate [9]

"Removing lead paint and pipes. Cleaning up contaminated land. Monitoring pollution. Making houses more energy efficient. Installing solar panels in low-income neighborhoods. Those are some of the projects across the country that were cut off from federal funding when the Trump administration paused spending approved earlier by Congress."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NPR [20], 02/13/2025
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"Fired Inspectors General Sue Trump Over Their 'Unlawful' Termination" [21]

"Eight inspectors general who were fired by President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Wednesday charging their terminations were unlawful and seeking their immediate reinstatement."

Environmental Politics [14]
Government [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NBC News [24], 02/13/2025
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"Will Trump Cut The Oil Industry’s Favorite Climate Subsidies?" [25]

"President Donald Trump’s promises to bolster the fossil fuel industry while dismantling federal climate programs are on a collision course when it comes to carbon removal subsidies."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [29], 02/13/2025
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"EPA Removes EJScreen From Its Website" (But Not From the Web) [30]

"On February 5th, EPA removed from its website the environmental justice mapping and screening tool, EJScreen, as well as several related web pages. ... Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP) released a reconstruction of Version 2.3 of EPA’s EJScreen."

Activism [31]
Chemicals [32]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [33]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [34]
Technology [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: EDGI [36], 02/13/2025
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"NOAA Is Told to Make List of Climate-Related Grants, Setting Off Fears" [37]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the world’s leading climate science agencies, has been ordered to identify grants related to global warming and other topics targeted by President Trump’s executive orders, raising fears that those grants are at risk of being canceled."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [33]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Science [39]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [40], 02/12/2025
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"How Trump’s Canadian Oil Tariff Would Hit America’s Heartland" [41]

"The 10 percent tariff the president said he might impose in March could cause U.S. refineries to cut production and lead to higher prices."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [42]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Transportation [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Canada [44]
Mexico [45]
Source: NYTimes [46], 02/12/2025
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"S.E.C. Moves to Kill Climate Disclosure Rule" [47]

"The acting chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mark Uyeda, took the first step on Tuesday to rolling back a rule that would require thousands of publicly traded companies to provide investors with detailed information about the impact of their businesses on climate and the environment."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [28]
Transportation [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [48], 02/12/2025
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Forget Saving The Planet. Clean Energy Backers Pitch Money And Jobs [49]

"Saving the planet is so 2024. Clean energy leaders across the globe are now tailoring their messages to emphasize the greener side of green: wealth-building. It’s an idea that sells far better in the new world of nationalism and tycoon leaders."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [50], 02/12/2025
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"Will Trump’s Diminished Data Sharing at CDC Hamper Bird Flu Preparedness?" [51]

"In the U.S., bird flu is spreading rapidly on poultry and dairy farms—and data censorship could pose risks to combating it, experts say."

Diversity [52]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [53]
Journalism & Media [23]
Science [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 02/12/2025
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"Endangered Species Emerge as Trump’s Latest Takedown Target" [55]

"Environmental law groups are hiring a cadre of attorneys in a bid to block President Donald Trump’s deregulatory efforts, which they assert will dismantle endangered species protections."

Activism [31]
Biodiversity [56]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Wildlife [57]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [58], 02/12/2025
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White House Bars AP Reporter From Oval Over AP Style On ‘Gulf of America’ [59]

"The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America."

Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [60], 02/12/2025
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Trump Trying To Halt EV Charger Buildout. Experts Say It’s Not That Easy [61]

"Experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s latest effort to slow the electric vehicle charging buildout in the U.S. ... The administration may need an act of Congress for this, and it’s unclear there will be one. Industry leaders say customer demand will continue to drive growth in the charging network, regardless of federal funding."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [42]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [62], 02/11/2025
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"Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway." [63]

"The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”"

Biodiversity [56]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [33]
Forests [64]
Journalism & Media [23]
Natural Resources [65]
Science [39]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [57]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [66], 02/11/2025
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US-Funded Group Attacking Pesticide Critics Shuts Down After Guardian Probe [67]

"A US company that was secretly profiling hundreds of food and environmental health advocates in a private web portal has said it has halted the operations in the face of widespread backlash, after its actions were revealed by the Guardian and other reporting partners."

Activism [31]
Agriculture [68]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [23]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [69], 02/11/2025
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"Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Red States Have the Most to Lose." [70]

"About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [71], 02/11/2025
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