EJToday: Top Headlines

"US Proposes Looser Interpretation Of Law That Protects Threatened Species" [9]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a major change to how threatened species are considered in agency actions by removing regulatory language that seeks to prevent their habitats from being degraded."

Agriculture [10]
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Source: Reuters [21], 04/17/2025
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"Weather Service Prepares for ‘Degraded Operations’ Amid Trump Cuts" [22]

"The National Weather Service is preparing for the probability that fewer forecast updates will be fine-tuned by specialists, among other cutbacks, because of “severe shortages” of meteorologists and other employees, according to an internal agency document."

Climate Change [23]
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Government [26]
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Science [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [28], 04/17/2025
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"EPA Appeals Judge’s Ruling Requiring It To Unfreeze Climate Dollars" [29]

"EPA appealed Wednesday a federal judge’s order that prevents the agency from blocking $20 billion in climate grants, escalating a legal squabble over the frozen Biden-era money."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [27]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [32], 04/17/2025
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"White House Moves To Cut BLM Lands Rule, Alaska Protections" [33]

"The Trump administration is moving to rescind two key Biden-era rules finalized by the Bureau of Land Management last year that advanced protections for millions of acres across the West and Alaska’s North Slope."

Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [35]
Source: E&E News [36], 04/17/2025
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"Groups Move For Disclosure Of Chemours’ Sealed Documents" [37]

"The chemical manufacturing company that has publicly touted its products, business strategies and chemistries in ad campaigns aimed at polishing its image will further harm North Carolinians if it is successful in keeping thousands of pages of documents sealed in court, environmental organizations argue."

Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [39]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Source: Coastal Review [41], 04/17/2025
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"An Albany Neighborhood At The Heart Of New York's Lead Poisoning Epidemic" [42]

"The 12206 ZIP code, which encompasses West Hill, Beverwyck and Upper Washington Avenue, has one of the state's highest concentrations of childhood lead poisoning."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [39]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Source: Albany Times Union [45], 04/17/2025
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Climate Activists Were Hacked. Exxon PR Firm Hired The Alleged Attacker [46]

"For years, the U.S. Justice Department has worked to unravel a global hacking campaign that targeted prominent American climate activists. Now, public tax filings reviewed by NPR reveal an unexpected link between the company that allegedly commissioned the attacks and some of the victims."

Activism [47]
Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [48]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [49]
Source: NPR [50], 04/17/2025
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"Cement Is A Climate Menace. Under Trump, Fixing It Just Got Harder." [51]

"The cement industry has set ambitious goals to cut its carbon footprint. But as federal funding dries up, its path to a greener future is less clear."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [31]
Pollution [39]
Technology [52]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Floodlight [53], 04/17/2025
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RFK Jr. Claims Research Will Find Cause Of ‘Autism Epidemic’ By September [54]

"The US Department of Health and Human Services has launched a “massive testing and research effort” involving hundreds of scientists worldwide that will determine “what has caused the autism epidemic” by September, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday. But experts expressed doubt that the research would be done in good faith, given Kennedy’s history of linking autism and vaccines despite strong evidence that the two are not connected."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
People & Population [27]
Science [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: CNN [55], 04/17/2025
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Group Names Mississippi River ‘Most Endangered,’ Cites Proposed FEMA Cuts [56]

"A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi River the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in federal flood management."

Activism [47]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [58], 04/17/2025
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"Inside Trump’s Plan to Halt Hundreds of Regulations" [59]

"The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more."

Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [23]
Consumer [43]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [39]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [60], 04/16/2025
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"Researchers Identify US Counties With Worst Drinking Water Violations" [61]

"The U.S. counties with the most egregious water quality violations are concentrated in four states: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oklahoma, a new study has found."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [62], 04/16/2025
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Trump Ends Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Black Alabama Communities [63]

"The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Alabamians in majority-Black communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”

Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 04/16/2025
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Burgum Visits, Touts Alabama Coal Mine With Thousands of Safety Violations [65]

"Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited two Warrior Met mines to emphasize the administration’s commitment to lifting regulations on the extraction of ‘clean beautiful coal.’ He did not mention the company’s checkered safety and environmental record."

Air [66]
Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [39]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 04/16/2025
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Judge Orders Agencies To Release Billions From Two Biden-Era Initiatives [68]

"A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [39]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [69], 04/16/2025
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