EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Unlikely Coalition Fighting To Keep Energy Star Labels On Your Appliances [9]

"The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy-efficiency program, but bakers, builders, hot tub lobbyists, and chemical companies are trying to save it."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Grist [22], 08/11/2025
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"National Academies Will Review Endangerment Finding Science" [23]

"The nation’s premier group of scientific advisers announced Thursday that it will conduct an independent, fast-track review of the latest climate science. It will do so with an eye to weighing in on the Trump administration’s planned repeal of the government’s 2009 determination that greenhouse gas emissions harm human health and the environment."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Science [25]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 08/08/2025
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DOE Boss Says Trump Admin May Alter Past National Climate Assessments [27]

"Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright said officials are reviewing previously published National Climate Assessments and may update them. Earlier this year, the Trump administration fired more than 400 scientists working on the next federal climate report and removed the website that housed the previous ones."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Laws & Regulations [28]
People & Population [17]
Science [25]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: LA Times [29], 08/08/2025
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"RFK Jr. Announces End To Some mRNA Contracts, Including For Flu, Covid" [30]

"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday a crackdown on mRNA vaccine technology and research to develop it, following months of pressure from anti-vaccine activists."

Consumer [11]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [32]
Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [28]
People & Population [17]
Science [25]
Technology [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [34], 08/08/2025
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After Deep Cuts, National Weather Service Gets OK To Fill Up To 450 Jobs [35]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hire as many as 450 people to shore up the National Weather Service after deep cuts this spring raised concern about dangerous understaffing, the Trump administration confirmed Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [32]
People & Population [17]
Science [25]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [37], 08/08/2025
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"Ohio Finally Ends Subsidies For Two Scandal-Linked Coal Plants" [38]

"After six years and more than a half billion dollars in consumer costs, Ohio utility customers will no longer have to subsidize two 1950s-era coal plants in the state."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: Canary Media [41], 08/08/2025
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"Judge Stops Hazardous Waste Shipments To Michigan Landfill From Five States" [42]

"A judge has stopped government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill after a year of legal challenges by Detroit-area communities concerned about possible environmental impacts."

Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [18]
Waste [44]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: AP [45], 08/08/2025
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Trump Admin Memo Urges Nations To Reject Plastic Production Caps In Treaty [46]

"The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives at the start of U.N. plastic treaty talks in Geneva, according to a memo and communications seen by Reuters."

Chemicals [43]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [47]
Source: Reuters [48], 08/07/2025
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Document Shows Plastics Industry Knew Recycling Was False Solution in 1974 [49]

"Exclusive finding by DeSmog shows high-level industry awareness that recycling plastic ‘not feasible’ as companies face lawsuits over alleged public deception campaign."

Chemicals [43]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Pollution [18]
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [47]
Source: DeSmog [50], 08/07/2025
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Denial Of Gray Wolf Protections Violated Endangered Species Act, Judge Rules [51]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service will have to reconsider whether gray wolves in the western United States merit Endangered Species Act protections in light of Republican-backed efforts to aggressively cull the animals in the Northern Rockies, a federal judge ruled Tuesday."

Agriculture [52]
Biodiversity [53]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [54]
Wildlife [55]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Public Domain [56], 08/07/2025
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"At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Biggest Risk Isn’t Alligators" [57]

"The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by a number of environmental hazards like hurricanes, intense heat and even wildfires."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [54]
People & Population [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [59]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: NYTimes [61], 08/07/2025
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"Burgum Nixes ‘Thoughtless’ Biden Approval Of Idaho Wind Farm" [62]

"The Interior Department reversed the Biden-era approval of a contentious wind project in southern Idaho on Wednesday, part of a broader Trump administration effort to shift development on public lands away from renewable energy."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [63]
Source: E&E News [64], 08/07/2025
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Class-Action Suit Would Force EPA To Reinstate $3bn Climate Justice Program [65]

"Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants"

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [28]
People & Population [17]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Guardian [66], 08/07/2025
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Nations Gather In Geneva To Again Confront The World’s Plastic Crisis [67]

"Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet."

Chemicals [43]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [68]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [18]
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [20]
International [47]
Source: AP [69], 08/06/2025
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"E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy" [70]

"The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [71], 08/06/2025
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