EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Climate Change, New Mining May Push Alaska’s Arctic Past The Brink [9]

"Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by every measure of history and memory, thousands should have crossed by now. But the tundra is empty, save for the mountains looming on the horizon — the Gates of the Arctic National Park."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Transportation [17]
Wildlife [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [21]
Source: AP [22], 12/15/2025
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"Colorado River Water Is Too Cheap, Particularly for Agricultural Users" [23]

"A new report from UCLA and the Natural Resources Defense Council found nearly a quarter of Colorado River water is basically provided for free by the federal government."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Planning & Growth [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 12/15/2025
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"FirstEnergy Bribery Scheme Sank Lake Erie Offshore Wind, Lawsuit Says" [31]

"The corruption that led to Ohio’s infamous HB 6 also torpedoed what would have been the Great Lakes’ first wind farm, the suit alleges. FirstEnergy is pushing back."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Source: Canary Media [34], 12/15/2025
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"Green California’s Big Oil Problem" [35]

"While Gov. Newsom touted the state’s environmental efforts at the UN climate summit, toxic spills and a new law speeding drilling tarnished its reputation at home."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 12/15/2025
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"Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants" [39]

"A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Thursday that the Trump administration could not unilaterally cancel a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant program that states used for disaster preparation, imposing a potential hurdle in the administration’s efforts to tighten FEMA’s purse strings."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [40]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [41], 12/12/2025
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"Vote To Overhaul FEMA Canceled After Leaked Report" [42]

"An expert panel advising President Donald Trump about overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency canceled a meeting scheduled for 1 p.m. EST Thursday at which members were set to release a report recommending their changes to the disaster agency."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [44], 12/12/2025
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EPA Was Considering Massive Omaha Lead Cleanup. Then Trump Shifted Guidance. [45]

"For over a century, a smelter and other plants polluted Omaha with 400 million pounds of lead. The city now has the largest residential lead cleanup site in the U.S."

Chemicals [46]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [48]
Source: Flatwater Free Press [49], 12/12/2025
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"Trump Says The US Has Seized An Oil Tanker Off The Coast Of Venezuela" [50]

"President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro."

Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [51]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Central America & the Caribbean [52]
South America [53]
Source: AP [54], 12/11/2025
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Top Trump Official Has Financial Ties To Controversial Nevada Lithium Mine [55]

"Karen Budd-Falen, a top official at the Department of the Interior, has financial ties to the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada — a project that the Trump administration worked to fast-track during its first term. In recent months, the administration took an equity stake in the mine and the mine’s parent company."

Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [56]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [57]
Source: Public Domain [58], 12/11/2025
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"Trump EPA Preaches ‘Compliance First.’ Does That Mean Enforcement Last?" [59]

"EPA has set out new guidelines for its staff interacting with polluters, championing quick compliance for violators of the law before turning to tough enforcement."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [60], 12/11/2025
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"USDA Reorganization Fight Tests Congressional Backbone" [61]

"Lawmakers’ bid to slow the closure of the department’s largest research facility rests on iffy legal ground but waves a yellow flag at the Trump administration."

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [62]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [63], 12/11/2025
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Chemicals In Food System Creating Health Burden Of $2.2Tn A Year: Report [64]

"Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture."

Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [46]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [65]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [66]
Source: Guardian [67], 12/11/2025
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"Roadmap For Trump’s FEMA Reforms Set For Release Thursday" [68]

"The Trump administration is set to unveil its plan this week to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a proposal that is sure to be contentious but is not expected to go as far as earlier calls to eliminate the agency completely."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [27]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [69], 12/11/2025
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Greenpeace Scrutinizes Environmental Record of the Company That Sued Them [70]

"The nonprofit said in a new report that pipeline company Energy Transfer reported hundreds of oil spills to federal regulators in recent years, among other incidents."

Activism [71]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Journalism & Media [72]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [73], 12/11/2025
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"A New Report Describes Deep Environmental Cuts, State by State" [74]

"Fewer inspections, weaker enforcement and less oversight: Deep cuts to state budgets and at the Environmental Protection Agency are preventing regulators from fully protecting the public from pollution, according to a report released today by the Environmental Integrity Project."

Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [75], 12/11/2025
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