EJToday: Top Headlines

"Judge Tosses Kash Patel's Defamation Suit Against Former MSNBC Contributor" [9]

"A federal judge in Texas has tossed a defamation suit brought by FBI Director Kash Patel against former FBI assistant director-turned-MSNBC contributor Frank Figliuzzi."

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Source: NBC News [14], 04/23/2026
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"What a 5,000-Mile-Long Marine Heat Wave Means For Summer In The U.S. [15]

"It could worsen heat and humidity in the West this summer, and also boost the risks of Pacific hurricanes as well as wildfires in the region."

Climate Change [16]
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Environmental Studies [19]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
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National (U.S.) [13]
International [23]
Source: Washington Post [24], 04/23/2026
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"Trump Vets Exit EPA’s Press Office" [25]

"Two veteran officials from the first Trump administration — Michael Abboud and Molly Vaseliou — have left EPA’s Office of External Affairs."

Environmental Politics [26]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [29], 04/23/2026
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"It’s A Terrible Year Along The Colorado River — Except For These Fish" [30]

"Four endangered fish species could see a big boon from the Bureau of Reclamation’s emergency plans for the stressed waterway this year."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [16]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Infrastructure [32]
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Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [33], 04/23/2026
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"Trump Invokes War Powers To Juice Fossil Energy, Grid" [34]

"President Donald Trump invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act on Monday to shore up federal funding for a host of energy projects — involving oil, gas, coal and the grid — as the White House moved to buffer climbing electricity and fuel costs."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [26]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [36]
Pollution [37]
Technology [38]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [39], 04/23/2026
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EPA Ignored Plea To Tighten Limits On Glyphphosate Weed Killer, Lawsuit Claims [40]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is putting public health at risk by continuing to let farmers spray glyphosate, a weed killer linked to cancer, directly on top of oats before harvest, a practice that commonly results in residues of the pesticide remaining on popular foods made with oats, according to a new lawsuit."

Agriculture [41]
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Science [21]
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National (U.S.) [13]
Source: 8 [43], 04/23/2026
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"EPA Adds More Pesticide Industry Reps to Science Board" [44]

"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin appointed four chemical industry representatives to the agency’s Science Advisory Board last week, including employees of pesticide companies and of a leading manufacturer of the forever chemicals that now contaminate U.S. farm soils, waterways, and food."

Agriculture [41]
Chemicals [42]
Consumer [45]
Environmental Health [18]
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Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [37]
Science [21]
Technology [38]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Civil Eats [47], 04/23/2026
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"Spain's Wild Horses In Peril, Despite Key Role In Wildfire Prevention" [48]

"The wildfires that used to burn each summer in the woods above the Spanish village of Barro have diminished to almost none since Lucia Perez started grazing wild horses there."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [16]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Forests [49]
Wildlife [50]
Public [12]
Europe [51]
Source: Reuters [52], 04/23/2026
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"Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Actions Targeting Wind And Solar" [53]

"A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday sided with renewable energy developers in their challenge to the Trump administration’s actions targeting wind and solar projects, blocking the administration from enforcing decisions that advocates say have slowed the development of projects across the country."

Climate Change [16]
Economy & Business [54]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [26]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [37]
Technology [38]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [55], 04/22/2026
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"Leaked Memos Show Supreme Court Ignored Climate Dangers In Obama Regs Fight" [56]

"When the Supreme Court blocked President Barack Obama’s signature climate regulation a decade ago, conservative justices were worried about the cost to industry, according to private memos reported by The New York Times."

Climate Change [16]
Economy & Business [54]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [57]
Pollution [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [58], 04/22/2026
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Facing Drought, Low Snowpack, Rio Grande States Expect a ‘Challenging’ Year [59]

'“Severe.“ “Critical.” “Dire.” “Challenging.” “Record-low.” Officials at the Rio Grande Compact Commission annual meeting Friday worked through the thesaurus to describe the conditions on the river that flows out of southwestern Colorado.'

Agriculture [41]
Climate Change [16]
Consumer [45]
Disasters [17]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [50]
Public [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 04/22/2026
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"Interview: Christopher Borgert on an Infamous Glyphosate Paper" [62]

"The pharmacologist gathered more than 60 researchers to push back on the retraction of a Monsanto-linked research paper."

Agriculture [41]
Chemicals [42]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [37]
Science [21]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Undark [63], 04/22/2026
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Tests of Tesla’s Lithium Refinery Wastewater Discharges Find Toxic Metals [64]

"After Texas regulators said Tesla’s lithium refinery near Corpus Christi wasn’t violating its permits by discharging what local officials reported as black wastewater into a drainage ditch, independent water testing there this month found two toxic metals and other contaminants."

Chemicals [42]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [26]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [37]
Waste [65]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 04/22/2026
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As Wildfires Worsen, Exposure To Smoke May Increase Risk Of Several Cancers [67]

"With cigarette smoking declining and fire frequency on the rise, wildfire smoke may emerge as a key driver of cancers in the United States, new research finds."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [18]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [37]
Science [21]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [68], 04/22/2026
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"Moderna Launches mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine Trial After HHS Cancels Funding" [69]

"The Department of Health and Human Services had canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in funding previously committed to help develop mRNA vaccines."

"Moderna is launching a large-scale clinical trial of a shot to combat bird flu in humans after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department had canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in funding previously committed to aid in vaccine development.
Agriculture [41]
Biodiversity [31]
Consumer [45]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [26]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Science [21]
Technology [38]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [70], 04/22/2026
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