EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

'Climate Gaslighting': Fossil Giants Have Abandoned Their Net Zero Pledges [9]

"A new analysis warns that some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have entered a ‘gaslighting’ phase to bolster their profits."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: Euronews [18], 03/24/2026
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Border Communities Remain in Dark About DHS' Billion-Dollar Buoy Project [19]

"The industrial-grade buoys, already being installed in Brownsville, Texas, are meant to prevent unauthorized crossings. But experts warn the buoys could intensify flooding and change the river’s course."

Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [22]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: E&E News [26], 03/24/2026
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Replacing Toxic Lead Pipes Could Drive Job Creation in Illinois: Report [27]

"Illinois has nearly 1.5 million lead service lines. A new report estimates replacing the unsafe plumbing has the potential to create 90,000 jobs."

Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Source: Grist/WBEZ [32], 03/24/2026
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"Hochul Proposes Weakening New York’s Climate Law" [33]

"Gov. Kathy Hochul is backing measures that would weaken the strict deadlines for implementing New York’s landmark climate law and make the targets easier to meet."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Source: Politico [35], 03/23/2026
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Trump DOI Issues Sudden Waiver Allowing Budd-Falen To Work On Grazing [36]

"Ethics officials at President Donald Trump’s Interior Department granted Karen Budd-Falen, the agency’s No. 3 official, a waiver on March 11 — the very day that Public Domain inquired about her recent work on grazing issues — that provides her wide latitude to work on grazing policy and permitting, despite her family’s vast personal holdings in the public lands grazing industry."

Agriculture [37]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Public Domain [39], 03/23/2026
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"The First US Coal Plant In A Decade Is On Shaky Ground" [40]

"Trump officials are heralding a potential new coal plant in Alaska, but the project faces mounting opposition and tricky data center politics."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [22]
Pollution [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Source: E&E News [42], 03/23/2026
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"EPA Chief to Headline Event by Group That Says There’s No Climate Crisis" [43]

"Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be the opening speaker at a conference next month sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a group that rejects the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, the organization has announced."

Activism [44]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Science [45]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [46], 03/23/2026
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"Trump’s Latest Attempt To Derail EV-Charger Construction" [47]

"States are fighting a requirement that chargers getting federal funding be made with 100% American components — a standard no manufacturers currently meet."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Transportation [48]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [49], 03/23/2026
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Trump EPA Is Paving The Way For Haze To Return To National Parks, Conservationists Warn [50]

"A year ago, federal environmental regulators told West Virginia officials that their plan to clear sulfur and smog from skies over the state’s national wilderness areas wasn’t good enough because a dozen coal plants didn’t analyze whether they needed better pollution controls."

Air [51]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [52], 03/23/2026
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"Trump Admin Details Enviro Agency Exodus" [53]

"More than 10,700 staffers left EPA and the Interior and Energy departments under a Trump program that incentivized resignations."

Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [54]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [55], 03/20/2026
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"Endangered Species ‘God Squad’ Convening Accused of Breaking Law" [56]

"The Interior Department was hit with a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the agency of illegally convening the Endangered Species Committee to waive protections for animals in the Gulf of Mexico in order to allow for more offshore drilling there."

Biodiversity [57]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [58], 03/20/2026
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"NRC Considers Eliminating Half-Century-Old Radiation Standard" [59]

"Under the draft proposal, the principle that exposure should be “as low as reasonably achievable” will be replaced with hard limits and special exceptions."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [60]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [61], 03/19/2026
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EPA Rolled Back Mercury Regs And Left This Community In Pollution's Path [62]

"Rainbow trout is a prized catch for fisherman on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, in the high plains of southeastern Montana."

Agriculture [37]
Air [51]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [63]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [64]
Source: CNN [65], 03/19/2026
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Iran War Has US Farmers Worried About Cost And Availability Of Fertilizer [66]

"Tennessee farmer Todd Littleton expects to pay $100,000 more for fertilizer this season, a 40% spike from his bill last year thanks to the war in Iran — and he is scrambling to cover that extra cost."

Agriculture [37]
Chemicals [28]
Economy & Business [67]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [68]
People & Population [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Middle East [69]
Source: AP [70], 03/19/2026
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California Will Get $540 Million For Water Projects, Trump Admin Announces [71]

"Trump administration announced it will spent $540 million on California water infrastructure, focusing on deteriorating Central Valley canals damaged by sinking ground"

Agriculture [37]
Economy & Business [67]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [22]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [72]
Source: LA Times [73], 03/19/2026
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