EJToday: Top Headlines

"Dangerous Heat Wave To Envelop 170 Million Americans Through Late June" [9]

"Record-smashing daytime temperatures near 100 degrees are expected for millions from the Plains to the East Coast this week, while nighttime temperatures may stay above 80 in some metropolitan areas."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AccuWeather [17], 06/23/2025
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"What To Know As The Senate Tries To Pass Trump’s Agenda Bill Next Week" [18]

"After months of negotiations, Senate Republicans are gearing up for a potential vote next week on Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill. It will be a major test for Republican Leader John Thune and Trump’s own hold on the upper chamber that aides say will be cast as a binary choice for the rank-and-file: you either are with the president or you aren’t."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: CNN [28], 06/23/2025
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"Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech" [29]

"Oil companies are employing an unusual tactic in some of their biggest court battles. They’re alleging that their critics are infringing on their free-speech rights, invoking laws designed to protect people who challenge the powerful."

Activism [30]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [32], 06/23/2025
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"Trump and GOP’s Tax Bill Would Sell Off USPS’s Brand-New EVs" [33]

"A little-noticed provision of President Donald Trump and Republicans’ massive tax and immigration legislation would force the government to undo billions of dollars in electric-vehicle investments made by the U.S. Postal Service, unwinding much of the Biden administration’s climate push at the mail agency while dealing it a sharp financial setback."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [34]
Transportation [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [36], 06/23/2025
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"Land Deal Ends Controversial Mining Fight Near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp" [37]

"A contentious, years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places ended abruptly Friday, when a nonprofit group announced it would spend nearly $60 million to acquire thousands of acres of land near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in rural Georgia."

Biodiversity [38]
Environmental Politics [22]
Forests [39]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [40]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: Washington Post [42], 06/23/2025
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"Supreme Court Allows Challenge On EPA Pollution Waiver" [43]

"The Supreme Court cleared the way for fuel producers to pursue their lawsuit over California’s vehicle emission rules in a lower court."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [34]
Transportation [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [44]
Source: E&E News [45], 06/23/2025
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"There Might Not Be a Map for That: Budget Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys" [46]

"Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key geologic mapping work."

Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [47]
Government [23]
Natural Resources [26]
Science [48]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [49], 06/23/2025
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Calif. Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Advances [50]

"In Richmond, California, Zenaida Gomez is ready to say goodbye to the gas stove in the apartment she has rented for over a decade. She has a hunch that the pollution it emits is exacerbating her 10-year-old son’s asthma attacks, and she has heard from public health experts and doctors who’ve said it probably is."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [51]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Infrastructure [24]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [44]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 06/23/2025
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"Putting Western Lands Up For Sale Highly Unpopular" [53]

"U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah single-handedly appears to have produced what just might be the most unified, and broadly dispersed, opposition to anti-conservation legislation ever considered by Congress."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [38]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: National Parks Traveler [54], 06/23/2025
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"Can You Choose an A.I. Model That Harms the Planet Less?" [55]

"When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [24]
Pollution [34]
Science [48]
Technology [56]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [57], 06/23/2025
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Heat Dome Will Blanket Much of US, With Worrisome Temperatures In Midwest [58]

"Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling temperatures and uncomfortable humidity to millions."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [59]
Source: AP [60], 06/20/2025
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"US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms" [61]

"Ahead of a hotter than normal summer, activists call for immediate action to protect workers from deadly temperatures. “We shouldn’t be waiting for Donald Trump,” one said."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Health [62]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 06/20/2025
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"The World’s Banks are Still Betting on Fossil Fuel Industry Growth" [64]

"The world’s biggest banks continue to bankroll the expansion of the fossil fuel industry and have largely retreated from their climate commitments, even as the world heads toward breaching thresholds for a livable planet."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Pollution [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 06/20/2025
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Trees To Offset Fossil Fuels Would Take All Of North And Central America [67]

"Planting trees has plenty of benefits, but this popular carbon-removal method alone can’t possibly counteract the planet-warming emissions caused by the world’s largest fossil-fuel companies. To do that, trees would have to cover the entire land mass of North and Central America, according to a study out Thursday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Studies [47]
Forests [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [65]
Source: AP [68], 06/20/2025
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"Court Blocks EPA From Axing Environmental Justice Grants" [69]

"A federal judge this week barred the Trump administration from axing grants that were part of a $600 million program that aimed to tackle pollution in underserved communities."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [70], 06/20/2025
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