EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Environmental Protest Group Says FBI Is Investigating It For Terrorism" [9]

"Environmental group Extinction Rebellion said on Wednesday it was under federal US investigation and that some of its members had been visited by FBI agents, including from the agency’s taskforce on extremism, in the last year."

Activism [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 02/19/2026
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"How The NRC Lost Its Independence" [17]

"One year ago, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was an independent agency, setting safety standards without White House interference. Those days are over."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [19]
Technology [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [21], 02/19/2026
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"FDA Reverses Course And Will Review Moderna’s mRNA-Based Flu Shot" [22]

"The Food and Drug Administration has reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine under a revised approach, company and federal officials said Wednesday."

Consumer [23]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [26]
People & Population [27]
Science [28]
Technology [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [29], 02/19/2026
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"Groups Sue Over Trump Effort To ‘Erase’ History, Science In National Parks" [30]

"A coalition of scientific, preservation and historical groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration, arguing that the removal of information about civil rights, climate change and other topics at multiple national parks amounts to illegal censorship."

Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [32]
Government [33]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [27]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [37], 02/18/2026
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"Bayer Proposes $7.25 Billion Class Action Settlement In Roundup Litigation" [38]

"In a bold bid to put costly US Roundup litigation behind it, Bayer on Tuesday announced a $7.25 billion proposed class action settlement for users of its glyphosate-based weed killing products who have cancer now or develop cancer in the next several years, with average awards ranging from $10,000 to $165,000."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [40]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [41]
Science [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The New Lede [42], 02/18/2026
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Overshadowed by PFAS, PCBs Remain A Toxic Threat To Chesapeake Waters [43]

"Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, haven’t been produced since 1979, after studies found that exposure to them could cause a variety of harmful health effects, including cancer. But they were so widely used before then and so long-lasting that they still impair water quality in much of the tidal Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [40]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [41]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
Source: Bay Journal [46], 02/18/2026
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"States Push Climate Superfund Bills Despite Trump’s Opposition" [47]

"The legislation would make oil and gas firms pay for climate damages from burning their products. Trump has referred to such laws as 'extortion.'"

Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [49], 02/18/2026
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Senate Dems Say Trump EPA Curries Corporate Favor By Weakening Air Rules [50]

"Ozone and particulate matter air pollutants cause over 100,000 premature deaths per year and affect the health of millions of Americans. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said last month that his agency would stop considering those costs when drafting new regulations."

Air [51]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [41]
Public [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 02/18/2026
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"House Agriculture Panel Releases Farm Bill Text And Sets Markup" [53]

"Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee on Friday released text for the farm bill and announced they will mark up the bill on Feb. 23 — with the framework drawing immediate criticism from the top Democrat on the panel who accused Republicans of filling the package with poison pills."

Agriculture [39]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [54]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [55], 02/18/2026
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Dem Senators Launch Inquiry Into EPA’s Repeal Of Endangerment Finding [56]

"More than three dozen Democratic senators have begun an independent inquiry into the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following a huge change in how the agency measures the health benefits of reducing air pollution that is widely seen as a major setback to US efforts to combat the climate crisis."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [57], 02/17/2026
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Trump EPA Dropped Controversial DOE Report From Endangerment Finding Repeal [58]

"When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rescinded its bedrock endangerment finding Thursday, it explicitly excluded a controversial report issued last year by the U.S. Department of Energy that argued the dangers of human-induced climate change were being overstated."

Climate Change [31]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [41]
Science [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 02/17/2026
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"With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules" [60]

"The United States will essentially have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient America’s passenger cars and trucks should be."

Climate Change [31]
Consumer [23]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [41]
Transportation [61]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [62], 02/17/2026
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"Trash Piles Up In Havana As US Oil Chokehold Halts Garbage Trucks" [63]

"Garbage has begun to pile up on street corners in the Cuban capital of Havana, attracting hordes of flies and reeking of rotten food, in one of the most visible impacts of the U.S. bid to prevent oil from reaching the Caribbean's largest island."

Consumer [23]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [27]
Transportation [61]
Waste [64]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [65]
Source: Reuters [66], 02/17/2026
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"'We Will Not Be Erased': Stonewall Pride Flag Raised In Defiance" [67]

"In defiance of a Trump administration edict, New York City officials and activists have raised the rainbow pride flag again at the Stonewall National Monument, the birthplace of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, after it was removed by the National Park Service."

Activism [10]
Diversity [68]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [69]
Source: USA TODAY [70], 02/17/2026
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"Trump Guts Basis For Climate Regulation, Setting Up A Courtroom Clash" [71]

"President Donald Trump’s campaign to quash climate change policies notched its biggest win yet Thursday, as EPA eliminated the legal basis for regulations aimed at restricting greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes and smokestacks that are heating the planet."

Climate Change [31]
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [41]
Science [28]
Transportation [61]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [72], 02/13/2026
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