EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"E.P.A. Demotes Career Employees Overseeing Science, Enforcement and More" [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is demoting career employees who oversee scientific research, the enforcement of pollution laws, hazardous waste cleanup and the agency’s human resources department and will replace them with political appointees, according to two people familiar with the approach."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 02/05/2025
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"Mountain Valley Pipeline Files Application To Build Southgate Extension" [17]

"Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC filed with regulators Monday official requests to build its revised Southgate extension project from Southwest Virginia into North Carolina." "The company’s proposal to build more than 30 miles of natural gas pipeline has worried environmental advocates, who believe it could harm nearby residents."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 02/05/2025
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"Senate Confirms Fracking CEO Chris Wright To Lead Energy Department" [23]

"The Senate on Monday confirmed Chris Wright, the CEO of fracking company Liberty Energy, to lead the Energy Department. The vote was 59-38."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [25], 02/04/2025
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"Elon Musk’s Pet U.S. Attorney Threatens Anyone Reporting on DOGE" [26]

"The shadow president wants total secrecy around his seizure of government agencies."

Activism [27]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: American Prospect [31], 02/04/2025
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"Inside The Energy Department’s Partnership With The Plastics Industry" [32]

"Nearly five years ago, the United States Department of Energy, or DOE, began an unusual partnership with the country’s largest lobbying group for the plastics industry." "Critics argue that the agency’s work with a lobbying group is a conflict of interest."

Chemicals [33]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [35]
Waste [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist/ExxonKnews [38], 02/04/2025
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Advisers Push CDC To Explain Data Removal, Say When Info Will Be Restored [39]

"Top advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are asking the agency’s acting director to explain the abrupt removal of information and data from CDC websites, and say when it will be restored." "Agencies took down info on topics including gender, vaccines, and climate change"

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [35]
Science [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: STAT News [41], 02/04/2025
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EPA Tells Staff To Pause Most External Communications And Meetings [42]

"The agency joins several across government at which the Trump administration has issued at least a partial gag order. An agency spokesperson has denied that a pause is in place."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [43]
Science [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Government Executive [44], 02/03/2025
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"Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday" [45]

"More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found, as federal agencies rush to heed President Trump’s orders targeting diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”"

Climate Change [10]
Diversity [46]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [48], 02/03/2025
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"EPA Workers Receive Emails Warning Their Employment Could Be Terminated" [49]

"More than 1,100 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency received notice this week that they were deemed to be on probationary status and warning they could be fired immediately, according to an email obtained by CNN."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [29]
People & Population [43]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: CNN [50], 02/03/2025
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"Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects" [51]

"The pause affects billions of dollars and is delaying home repairs, factory construction and other projects, many in states that voted Republican."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [34]
Disasters [52]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [53], 02/03/2025
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"Trump Tariffs Could Hurt Oil Companies and Increase Gas Prices" [54]

"Some oil refineries will probably struggle to replace imported crude oil if President Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico."

Agriculture [55]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Canada [56]
Mexico [57]
Source: NYTimes [58], 02/03/2025
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In Win For Trump, Shell Walks Away From Major New Jersey Offshore Wind Farm [59]

"In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [60]
Source: AP [61], 02/03/2025
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Cenovus Funded ‘Grassroots’ Groups That Oppose Climate Laws: Document [62]

"Internal record shows Canada’s second largest oil and gas producer donated to organizations that deny climate change is an emergency and question emissions goals."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [30]
Pollution [35]
Public [14]
Canada [56]
Source: DeSmog [63], 02/03/2025
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"US Treasury Dept. Withdraws From Global Regulatory Climate Change Group" [64]

"The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it was withdrawing from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial system."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [65], 02/03/2025
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"Why Trump Picked a Science Adviser Who Isn’t a Scientist" [66]

"President Trump last week formally nominated Michael Kratsios, a member of the first Trump administration with no degrees in science or engineering, to be his science adviser."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [29]
Science [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [67], 02/03/2025
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