EJTodayNews

@EJTodayNews

Latest news on environment, energy & press freedom for environmental journalists. Independently curated by Editor Joseph A. Davis.

Washington, D.C.

Joined August 2021

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EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 24

White House Unveils Sweeping AI Action Plan To Remake Grid @Christa_Mars reports for @EENewsUpdates eenews.net/articles/white…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. The recommendations include new exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act for activities related to data centers that “normally do not have a

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Kathiann M. Kowalski@KMKowalski · Jul 22

Carbon capture is touted as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions driving human-caused climate change. But public records shared by @fldnotes_ show oil & gas interests are in the driver's seat shaping Ohio #HB170. @CanaryMediaInc @EJTodayNews canarymedia.com/articles/carbo…

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EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 17

Trump Axes NOAA Tool To Help Communities Prepare For Future Rainfall @sarahkaplan48 reports for @washingtonpost #news #environment #climatechange EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ejtoda… washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. The tool would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity in communities across the nation.

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · 18 h

‘Total Infiltration’: How Plastics Industry Swamped Global Treaty Talks @dpcarrington reports for @guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · 18 h

#PFAS Chemicals Are Contaminating Great Lakes Drinking Water @jbernstien reports for @CBCNews newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2025/…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. Toxic chemicals are flowing into the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River — and they’re showing up in drinking water.

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · 18 h

For Millions In US Mobile Home Parks, Clean And Safe Tap Water Isn’t A Given Michael Phillis @travisloller @mkwildeman report for @AP apnews.com/article/mobile…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. Millions of people living in mobile home parks don't enjoy the same drinking water protections that Americans are accustomed to.

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · 18 h

Senate Committee Advances Bipartisan Interior-Environment Spending Bill @KevinBogardus @_garrettdowns @andpicon reports for @EENewsUpdates eenews.net/articles/a-tru…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. The bill's spending would be higher than a House Republican proposal and the Trump administration's budget request.

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EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · 18 h

US, Mexico Sign Accord To Combat Tijuana River Sewage Flowing Across Border @watson_julie reports for @AP apnews.com/article/tijuan…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. The United States and Mexico have signed an agreement outlining specific steps, funds and a timetable to clean up the longstanding problem of the Tijuana River pouring sewage across the border and...

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 24

Activists Opposing #Nevada #Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show Mike Olalde reports for @propublica, copublished with @TheNVIndy propublica.org/article/thacke…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of...

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 24

Gutting Chemical Safety Board Endangers Millions Of Americans, Groups Warn @careygillam reports for @thenewledenews thenewlede.org/2025/07/guttin…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. By Carey Gillam A coalition of environmental, labor and public safety groups are calling on US lawmakers to reject the Trump administration’s move to eliminate a federal unit that investigates...

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Civil Eats@CivilEats · Jul 23

From solar-powered greenhouses to wild rice initiatives, the Trump administration cut funding for nearly two dozen farm and food resilience projects. Civil Eats Intern @rileyramirez02 reports. ⬇️ civileats.com/2025/07/23/the…

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EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 24

Courts Banned This Herbicide Twice. The #EPA Wants To Bring It Back @AmudalatAjasa reports for @washingtonpost wapo.st/3H3d0n3

EJTodayNews's tweet card. The EPA announced Wednesday its plan to re-register dicamba, a herbicide widely used on soybean and cotton farms that has been banned twice by federal courts.

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 24

E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change @LFFriedman reports for @nytimes nytimes.com/2025/07/22/cli…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

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EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 22

#Weather Extremes Caused by Climate Change Are Driving Up Food Prices: Report @georgina_gustin reports for @insideclimate #news #environment #climatechange EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ejtoda… insideclimatenews.org/news/21072025/…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. The research shows how droughts, heat and floods raised prices of consumables like chocolate and cocoa and warns that future spikes could lead to political and economic upheaval.

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 22

Dismantling of #EPA’s Scientific Arm Fulfills Key #Chemical Industry Goal @mlavelles reports for @insideclimate #news #environment #climatechange EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ejtoda… insideclimatenews.org/news/21072025/…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on the Office of Research and Development’s assessments of the dangers of formaldehyde, ethylene oxide and other substances.

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 22

Trump Radically Overhauls #EPA Mission, Scope in First Six Months @sklee_ca reports for @environment #news #environment #climatechange EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ejtoda… news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. Just six months into his second term, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to reshape the Environmental Protection Agency in ways not seen over its 55-year history, drastically restructuring...

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 22

Seabed-Mining Firm Faces Legal Questions Over Controversial Trump Policy @maxbearak reports for @nytimes #news #environment #climatechange EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ejtoda… nytimes.com/2025/07/21/cli…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. After Trump pledged to open international waters to mining, The Metals Company sought U.S. permits. But other countries are raising legal concerns.

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 22

As #Wildfires Rage, Trump Cuts Force Firefighters To Clean Toilets: Critics Andrew Hay reports for @Reuters #news #environment #climatechange EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ejtoda… yahoo.com/news/us-wildfi…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. (Reuters) -The U.S. Forest Service faced criticism from current and former employees who say federal workforce reductions under the Trump administration have left fire teams understaffed, as the...

EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 22

#Texas Flood Protest Goes To DC: ‘No More Kids Lost To Climate Disasters’ @SmithInAmerica reports for @guardian #news #environment #climatechange EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ejtoda… theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. Twenty-seven trunks symbolise child flood victims: ‘They died as a result of choices – terrible and deadly choices’

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EJTodayNews@EJTodayNews · Jul 17

Just 9 Percent Think FEMA Should Be Eliminated: Survey @sfortinsky reports for @thehill #news #environment #climatechange EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ejtoda… thehill.com/policy/energy-…

EJTodayNews's tweet card. Very few Americans say in a new poll that it’s a good idea to scrap the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) entirely, a position President Trump has embraced in recent months. In the latest …