EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Washington, D.C.: "The View From The Militarized Zone" [9]

"Bobbi Stevenson Bauer loves her flowers. The Arlington, Virginia, resident often travels to downtown Washington, D.C., to visit the Enid A. Haupt Garden at the Smithsonian and the U.S. Botanic Garden, two of the many tourist destinations that are situated along the National Mall. ... “I haven’t seen it this empty since Covid,” she reported during a recent visit."

Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [15]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Source: National Parks Traveler [21], 09/04/2025
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Despite Trump's Brags, New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells [22]

"Hakim Dermish moved to the small South Texas town of Catarina in 2002 in search of a rural lifestyle on a budget. The property where he lived with his wife didn’t have electricity or sewer lines at first, but that didn’t bother him."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: ICN/ProPublica [28], 09/04/2025
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"How Mass Emails Eroded Support For A North Carolina Pipeline" [29]

"Williams Cos. went online to seek local backing for its Transco expansion project, but the effort may have backfired."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [13]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [26]
Transportation [31]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: E&E News [33], 09/04/2025
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"Dem NRC Members Warn They Could Be Fired Over Safety Decisions" [34]

"Democratic members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told lawmakers Wednesday that it’s a possibility they could be fired by President Donald Trump at any moment for their regulatory decisions, while questioning recent White House executive orders to accelerate reactor design approvals."

Disasters [35]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [36]
Technology [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [38], 09/04/2025
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"Dozens of Scientists Call DOE Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’" [39]

"More than 85 climate scientists declared the Department of Energy’s new climate report unfit for policymaking in a comprehensive review released Tuesday. The DOE’s report cherry-picked evidence, lacked peer-reviewed studies to support its questioning of the detrimental effects of climate change in the U.S. and is “fundamentally incorrect,” the authors concluded."

Climate Change [40]
Environmental Politics [11]
Science [41]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 09/03/2025
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"Judges Say EPA Can Take Back Billions In Climate Grants" [43]

"A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that EPA can terminate $20 billion in climate grants that was awarded to nonprofit groups last year."

Climate Change [40]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [44], 09/03/2025
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"EPA Plans To Dramatically Reduce Wetland Protection" [45]

"The Trump administration will soon propose a new Clean Water Act rule that could eliminate federal protections for many wetlands across the U.S., according to an internal EPA presentation obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."

Agriculture [46]
Biodiversity [47]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [48]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [50]
Wildlife [51]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [52], 09/03/2025
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Weather Service Union Sues Trump Over Order Ending Collective Bargaining [53]

"Unions representing employees of the National Weather Service and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sued President Trump on Tuesday over an executive order that sought to end employee rights to collectively bargain with the government."

Climate Change [40]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [54], 09/03/2025
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"EPA Fires Some Staffers Who Signed Letter Critical of Leadership" [55]

"The EPA on Friday terminated at least five of the roughly 140 employees who signed a public letter in June critical of the agency’s political leadership, according to the staffers’ union. At least 10 other tenured employees have gotten a notice of proposed removal, said Nicole Cantello, an EPA lawyer and president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 704."

Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [56], 09/03/2025
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Despite Trump, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports [57]

"Even as the U.S. federal government rapidly retreats from science-based decision-making, adopts climate-damaging energy policies and disengages from international climate efforts, 46 American researchers have been chosen as authors for the upcoming three main global climate reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."

Climate Change [40]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [48]
Natural Resources [16]
Science [41]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 09/03/2025
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"Former CDC Leaders Slam RFK Jr For Endangering Americans’ Health" [59]

"Nine former officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s leadership of the US health and human services department is “unlike anything our country has ever experienced” and “unacceptable”.

Chemicals [60]
Climate Change [40]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [61]
Science [41]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [62], 09/02/2025
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Trump Cuts To Climate Satellites Will Make Weather Prediction Harder [63]

"The Trump administration is scrapping satellite observations of Earth that officials say go beyond the essential task of predicting the weather."

Climate Change [40]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Science [41]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [64], 09/02/2025
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Trump DOT Cancels $679 Million For Offshore Wind Projects As Industry Reels [65]

"The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry."

Climate Change [40]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [66], 09/02/2025
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"Internal Emails Reveal Interior’s Empire Wind Deliberations" [67]

"The messages show the Trump administration included offshore wind foes in the push to cancel permitted projects."

Climate Change [40]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [13]
Technology [37]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [68], 09/02/2025
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National Weather Service Applicants Must Explain How They Agree With Trump [69]

"As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired."

Climate Change [40]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Politics [11]
Science [41]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [70], 09/02/2025
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