National (U.S.)

EPA Proposal For Pesticide Tied To Reproductive Harm Lands Back With Trump

"US environmental regulators are planning to change allowable levels of a weedkiller linked with reproductive health problems to a concentration critics say discounts years of documented health and environmental risks — potentially marking a new battlefront within the Trump administration."

Source: The New Lede, 01/27/2025

134M Poultry And Counting: Charts Show Counties Hardest-Hit By Bird Flu

"The latest data from the CDC and USDA show the continued devastating effects of bird flu outbreaks across the United States – with Iowa, the nation's leading egg producer, suffering substantial losses."

Source: Investigate Midwest, 01/27/2025

US Is Trying To Unravel A Hacking Plot That Targeted Climate Activists

"A yearslong U.S. Justice Department investigation of a global hacking campaign that targeted prominent American climate activists took a turn in a London court this week amid an allegation that the hacking was ordered by a lobbying firm working for ExxonMobil. Both the lobbying firm and ExxonMobil have denied any awareness of or involvement with alleged hacking."

Source: NPR, 01/27/2025

Trump Quietly Withdraws Proposed Limits On PFAS In Industrial Wastewater

"Amid a flurry of actions curtailing Biden’s environmental policies, the administration of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump this week withdrew a plan to set limits on toxic PFAS chemicals in industrial wastewater."

Source: The New Lede, 01/27/2025

Mass Firing: Trump Removes Independent Inspectors General At 17+ Agencies

"The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversight laws." EPA, Energy Dept., Interior, Commerce, Agriculture are included in the list.

Source: AP, 01/27/2025

"Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists"

"President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections."

Source: NYTimes, 01/27/2025

EPA Nominee Heads for Approval, Despite Inexperience

Former Congressman Lee Zeldin, the Trump administration nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has scant expertise in the field and little appeal to environmental groups. But at a Senate hearing earlier this month, the Trump loyalist aimed to score points by confirming the existence of climate change and deflating rumors of an agency move out of the Capital. The latest EJ TransitionWatch takes a look at Zeldin's prospects.

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