EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

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"Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen" [9]

"The Trump administration, with DOGE, is pulling the rug from under growers and producers across the country"

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Sierra [20], 03/17/2025
- Read more about "Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen" [9]
"Confusion Clouds The Fate Of Two New California Monuments" [21]

"The Trump administration touched off consternation and confusion over the weekend, issuing, and then apparently rolling back, an announcement implying the president had rescinded his predecessor’s order creating two popular national monuments in California."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [23], 03/17/2025
- Read more about "Confusion Clouds The Fate Of Two New California Monuments" [21]
"The Great British Sewage Dump" [24]

"Widespread sewage spills contaminate Britain’s waterways and hit the broader economy"

Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Europe [31]
Source: Reuters [32], 03/17/2025
- Read more about "The Great British Sewage Dump" [24]
"White House Abruptly Pulls Dave Weldon’s CDC Nomination Before Hearing" [33]

"The former congressman who drew scrutiny for anti-vaccine views did not appear to have the votes for confirmation amid a measles outbreak, according to people familiar."

Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [34]
Food [35]
Government [27]
Health [36]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [30]
Science [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [38], 03/14/2025
- Read more about "White House Abruptly Pulls Dave Weldon’s CDC Nomination Before Hearing" [33]
"EPA To Steer Environmental Enforcement Officers Away From Energy Companies" [39]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated this week that it will steer its environmental enforcement officers away from energy companies."

Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [42], 03/14/2025
- Read more about "EPA To Steer Environmental Enforcement Officers Away From Energy Companies" [39]
"EPA to Redefine Protected Wetlands, Reversing Biden Rule" [43]

"The EPA will redefine waters of the US, or WOTUS, to comply with the US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, which lifted Clean Water Act jurisdiction on many wetlands, Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [46], 03/14/2025
- Read more about "EPA to Redefine Protected Wetlands, Reversing Biden Rule" [43]
"Criminal Targeting Of Environmental Groups ‘Scary,’ Advocates Say" [47]

"Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump"

Activism [48]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Floodlight [50], 03/14/2025
- Read more about "Criminal Targeting Of Environmental Groups ‘Scary,’ Advocates Say" [47]
"Trump Administration Plans To Give Dirty US Coal Plants A Reprieve On Soot" [51]

"President Donald Trump's administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants in a move intended to help keep some of the nation's dirtiest plants operational."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [52], 03/14/2025
- Read more about "Trump Administration Plans To Give Dirty US Coal Plants A Reprieve On Soot" [51]
"E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose" [53]

"Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses."

Air [54]
Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [34]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [30]
Waste [55]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [56], 03/13/2025
- Read more about "E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose" [53]
The US Agency That Monitors Weather Will Cut Another 1,000 Jobs: AP Sources [57]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday began plans to lay off 10% of its current workforce, people inside and outside the agency said, with some of them requesting anonymity due to fear of retribution."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [34]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [30]
Science [37]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [58], 03/13/2025
- Read more about The US Agency That Monitors Weather Will Cut Another 1,000 Jobs: AP Sources [57]
"EPA Likely To Move To Further Limit Federal Protections For Wetlands" [59]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and likely further limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for significant areas."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [34]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [60], 03/13/2025
- Read more about "EPA Likely To Move To Further Limit Federal Protections For Wetlands" [59]
"RFK Jr. Seeks To Tighten Loophole Allowing Chemicals In U.S. Food Supply" [61]

"The practice Kennedy is targeting, known as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS), can occur when companies self-certify the safety of a food additive."

Chemicals [40]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [35]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [30]
Science [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [62], 03/13/2025
- Read more about "RFK Jr. Seeks To Tighten Loophole Allowing Chemicals In U.S. Food Supply" [61]
Trump Admin Slams Brakes On Government's Adoption Of Electric Vehicles [63]

"The Trump administration has halted much of the federal government's adoption of electric vehicles into its massive fleet of cars and trucks."

Air [54]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [25]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [30]
Technology [64]
Transportation [65]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NPR [66], 03/13/2025
- Read more about Trump Admin Slams Brakes On Government's Adoption Of Electric Vehicles [63]
Plastic Pollution Leaves Seabirds With Brain Damage Similar To Alzheimer’s [67]

"Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage “akin to Alzheimer’s disease”, according to a new study – adding to growing evidence of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on marine wildlife."

Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [40]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [34]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [30]
Waste [55]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [68]
Australia & Oceania [69]
Source: Guardian [70], 03/13/2025
- Read more about Plastic Pollution Leaves Seabirds With Brain Damage Similar To Alzheimer’s [67]
"Trump Just Weakened One Of The Nation’s Oldest Environmental Laws" [71]

"The Interior Department has suspended a legal opinion that held companies liable for accidentally killing ducks, cranes, pelicans, owls and hundreds of other bird species."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Wildlife [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [68]
Source: Washington Post [72], 03/12/2025
- Read more about "Trump Just Weakened One Of The Nation’s Oldest Environmental Laws" [71]

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