EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Indiana Governor Suspends State Gas Tax For 30 Days" [9]

"Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) on Wednesday suspended the Hoosier State’s sales tax on gas for 30 days, as prices at the pump have increased since the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran began."

Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [16]
Transportation [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Source: The Hill [21], 04/10/2026
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Mega Manure Digester Project In Wash. State Meets Community Resistance [22]

"A proposal to build a mega-manure digester in a small Washington state community is sparking uproar among citizens who say the project to convert waste from dairy cows into fuel will add to the region’s already significant pollution problems."

Activism [23]
Agriculture [24]
Air [25]
Climate Change [26]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [30]
Source: The New Lede [31], 04/10/2026
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"Food Companies Backslide on Promises to Reduce Pesticides" [32]

"As evidence of pesticide risks increases, a new report finds that the food industry is ‘actively reversing progress’ on lowering their use in supply chains."

Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [33]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [34]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Civil Eats [36], 04/10/2026
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"Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance" [37]

"Consumers remain vulnerable to price spikes despite record domestic oil and gas production. But experts doubt the crisis will boost clean energy, absent strong policy."

Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Military [16]
People & Population [35]
Transportation [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Middle East [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 04/10/2026
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"CDC Delays Publishing Report Showing Covid Vaccine Benefits" [40]

"The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists familiar with the decision. The scientists spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation."

Activism [23]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [41]
Health [42]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [35]
Science [44]
Technology [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [46], 04/10/2026
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"US Senators Investigate $370 Million IRS Payout to Cheniere Energy" [47]

"Seven Democratic U.S. senators have launched a probe into a $370 million “alternative fuel” payout to Cheniere Energy, made earlier this year by the IRS, that critics say the liquefied natural gas export company never should have received."

Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 04/09/2026
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"Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers" [50]

"Dwindling levels in this region’s main reservoirs have triggered a rush on local aquifers as cities, towns, chemical plants and ranchers drill for water."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [26]
Consumer [10]
Disasters [51]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [35]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 04/09/2026
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Alabama Enacts Utility Regulation Bill Many Say Is a Win For Alabama Power [54]

"The legislation was weakened so significantly its original sponsor ultimately voted against it. Alabamians say they’ll continue to push for real reform."

Activism [23]
Climate Change [26]
Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [35]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 04/09/2026
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"EPA Chief Praises Group For Opposing Government Action On Climate Change" [56]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin delivered the keynote speech at a Wednesday meeting of the Heartland Institute, a group that challenges the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change’s harmful impacts and the need to curb greenhouse gas emissions that cause it."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [57], 04/09/2026
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Endangered Salmon Returned To Calif. Far North — Then The Money Dried Up [58]

"Newsom promised to help a Native tribe restore sacred salmon to their ancestral river. Now California is ending the funding. The fish made it back to their ancestral waters for the first time in 80 years — so why is California walking away now?"

Biodiversity [59]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
People & Population [35]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [61]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [18]
California [62]
Source: CalMatters [63], 04/09/2026
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"Renewable Developers Locked Out Of FWS Online Tool" [64]

"Since last summer, developers are no longer allowed to use a government website that helps with a basic preliminary task for projects: identifying what endangered species are found in a particular area."

Biodiversity [59]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [65]
Technology [45]
Wildlife [66]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [67], 04/09/2026
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"Suspect in Hacking of Climate Activists Is Extradited to New York" [68]

"Prosecutors say Amit Forlit ran a global hacking operation on behalf of a Washington lobbying group that aimed to thwart environmental lawsuits against oil companies."

Activism [23]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [69], 04/08/2026
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"States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability" [70]

"Across the country, Republican-led state legislatures are passing a slate of laws that effectively shield oil and gas companies from legal claims that they are responsible for the destruction and mounting toll caused by climate change. Fifteen laws have either been passed or are currently being debated in 11 states. Together, they threaten to remove long-standing tools for the public to hold corporations accountable."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: ProPublica [71], 04/08/2026
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"Nuclear Energy Regulators Roll Back Security Drill Requirements" [72]

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has voted to no longer lead security drills at power plants, instead allowing companies to lead their own drills in the coming years."

Disasters [51]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [73]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [74], 04/08/2026
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"Interior Department Offering Another Round Of Staff Buyouts" [75]

"The Interior Department is offering its staff another round of buyouts and early retirements in an effort to slim down the federal department that’s in charge of the nation’s natural resources."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [41]
Infrastructure [76]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [65]
People & Population [35]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [66]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [77], 04/08/2026
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