EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Pushes Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals [9]

"President Trump is not only working to stop a transition away from fossil fuels in the United States, he is pressuring other countries to relax their pledges to fight climate change and instead burn more oil, gas and coal."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Science [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 08/28/2025
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FEMA Employees Put On Leave After Letter Criticizing Trump Administration [21]

"The Trump administration placed more than 30 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees on leave Tuesday after they signed an open letter of dissent about the agency’s leadership, according to people familiar with the situation and documents reviewed by The Washington Post."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [25], 08/28/2025
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"Trump Administration Presses Rollback Of ‘Roadless Rule’ On Wild Lands" [26]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday took formal steps to rescind a decades-old rule that protects 58.5 million acres of wild areas in national forests, including 4.4 million acres in California."

Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: LA Times [31], 08/28/2025
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"Proposed NASA Cuts Could Affect Public Health Research" [32]

"From space, NASA collects data that’s crucial for public health. Potential cuts could threaten that work."

Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [33]
Forests [28]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [14]
Science [15]
Technology [35]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Undark [36], 08/28/2025
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"Parks And Museums Emerge As New Culture War Battlegrounds" [37]

"U.S. parks and museums are becoming the latest battleground in the nation’s culture wars as President Trump seeks changes to the way national parks and the Smithsonian tell the story of America."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [34]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [40], 08/28/2025
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"Hurricane Science Has Come Far Since Katrina. That Progress Is Now At Risk" [41]

"In the 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, hurricane scientists have made great strides toward understanding how climate change influences tropical cyclones, at the same time as they have vastly improved hurricane forecasting. Better forecasts, in turn, save the country billions every time a storm makes landfall, according to a 2024 analysis published in the National Bureau of Economic Research."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [33]
Government [24]
Infrastructure [42]
People & Population [34]
Transportation [43]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Source: NPR [45], 08/28/2025
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"Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups" [46]

"A law firm representing opponents of offshore wind farms is demanding that Brown University retract research that details links between the fossil fuel industry and anti-wind groups."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [33]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [15]
Technology [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [48], 08/27/2025
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Scientists Flunk Trump Reports Aimed At Undoing A Key Climate Finding [49]

"Two key documents from the Trump administration aimed at revoking the long-standing finding that climate change is dangerous were filled with errors, bias and distortions, according to dozens of scientists surveyed by The Associated Press."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Science [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: AP [50], 08/27/2025
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"Trump Plans To Cancel Another Offshore Wind Project" [51]

"On the heels of its move to block a major project off the coast of Rhode Island, court filings indicate the Interior Department plans to block another off the coast of Maryland."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [52]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [35]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Source: The Hill [54], 08/27/2025
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"Environmental Laws Waived to Build Border Wall in Texas Wildlife Refuge" [55]

"The Rio Grande Valley is home to ocelots and other endangered species. Now, the federal government will not have to follow the Endangered Species Act and more than two dozen other federal laws to build the border wall through a national wildlife refuge."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [33]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 08/27/2025
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Tribes Want To Give Colorado River the Same Legal Rights as a Person [58]

"The move by the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California would give rights of nature to the water, marking a historic first."

Activism [59]
Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [34]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [60]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Source: KUNC [61], 08/27/2025
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Inside the Memphis Chamber of Commerce Push for Elon Musk’s xAI Data Center [62]

"Misleading Mailer: Despite locals’ health concerns, the Chamber of Commerce has gone to unusual lengths to promote a data center, including sending a mailer with inaccurate information. 'Concierge Service': The chamber has a five-member operations team dedicated to xAI, one of Musk’s companies, as it tries to transform Memphis into a global hub of technological innovation."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [24]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [14]
Technology [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Source: ProPublica [63], 08/27/2025
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FEMA Staff Warn Trump Cuts Could Expose US To Another Hurricane Katrina [64]

"Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina, staff at the agency have warned Congress in a withering critique that also takes aim at its current leadership."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [28]
Infrastructure [42]
People & Population [34]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [65], 08/26/2025
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"Trump Administration Pushes Ahead With NOAA Climate And Weather Cuts" [66]

"President Donald Trump’s administration is set to spend nearly $100 million, or 14% less, on the research arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) than the level mandated by Congress for this year, according to a budget document seen by Science."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Science [67], 08/26/2025
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"US Oil And Gas Air Pollution Is Causing Unequal Health Impacts: Study" [68]

"Air pollutants from U.S. oil and gas operations are causing 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues each year — with racial and ethnic minority populations bearing the biggest burden, a new study has found."

Air [69]
Chemicals [70]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [71], 08/26/2025
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