EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Some US Scientists Stick with the IPCC Despite Trump Pullout [9]

"Despite a series of directives from the Trump administration aimed at disengaging the U.S. government from international climate collaboration, five U.S. scientists are part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s team of 100 experts from 50 countries who met in Osaka, Japan, this week to start writing a report about global warming and cities that is due in 2027."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Science [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 03/17/2025
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Trump Admin Voids Permit for New Jersey Wind Farm Trump Opposes [17]

"A critical permit for an offshore wind farm planned near the New Jersey Shore has been invalidated by an administrative appeals board, seven weeks after President Donald Trump declared he hoped the project was “dead and gone.”

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Source: Bloomberg [22], 03/17/2025
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"Decision To Axe Advisory Groups Could Spell Trouble For US Food Safety" [23]

"A Trump administration move to axe key food safety advisory committees could leave the public more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses, critics fear, particularly alongside current legislative efforts to undermine proposed safety regulations on food processors."

Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [25]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [28]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Science [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The New Lede [29], 03/17/2025
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"Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen" [30]

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

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [32]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Sierra [34], 03/17/2025
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"Confusion Clouds The Fate Of Two New California Monuments" [35]

"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 [11]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [36]
Source: LA Times [37], 03/17/2025
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"The Great British Sewage Dump" [38]

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

Consumer [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [39]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
Europe [43]
Source: Reuters [44], 03/17/2025
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"White House Abruptly Pulls Dave Weldon’s CDC Nomination Before Hearing" [45]

"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 [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Food [28]
Government [39]
Health [46]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [42]
Science [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [47], 03/14/2025
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"EPA To Steer Environmental Enforcement Officers Away From Energy Companies" [48]

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

Chemicals [25]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [49], 03/14/2025
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"EPA to Redefine Protected Wetlands, Reversing Biden Rule" [50]

"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 [31]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [52]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [53], 03/14/2025
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"Criminal Targeting Of Environmental Groups ‘Scary,’ Advocates Say" [54]

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

Activism [55]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Floodlight [57], 03/14/2025
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"Trump Administration Plans To Give Dirty US Coal Plants A Reprieve On Soot" [58]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [59], 03/14/2025
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"E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose" [60]

"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 [61]
Chemicals [25]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [42]
Waste [62]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [63], 03/13/2025
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The US Agency That Monitors Weather Will Cut Another 1,000 Jobs: AP Sources [64]

"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 [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [42]
Science [13]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [65], 03/13/2025
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"EPA Likely To Move To Further Limit Federal Protections For Wetlands" [66]

"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 [24]
Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [67], 03/13/2025
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"RFK Jr. Seeks To Tighten Loophole Allowing Chemicals In U.S. Food Supply" [68]

"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 [25]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [28]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [42]
Science [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [69], 03/13/2025
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