EJToday: Top Headlines

"After a Lawsuit, USDA Agrees To Share Climate Risk Data With Farmers" [9]

"Shortly after President Donald Trump took office last January, employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture were reportedly instructed to flag and delete any webpages that mentioned climate change — including resources used by farmers to prepare for extreme weather. In response, a group of environmental and agricultural nonprofits sued the agency over the loss of critical information. In May, just days before a scheduled hearing, the USDA announced it would restore its climate webpages."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
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Food [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
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Water & Oceans [17]
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National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Grist [20], 03/05/2026
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Dayton Sues Airbase To Pay More Than $300M To Remove PFAS From City Water [21]

"The city of Dayton anticipates spending hundreds of millions of dollars to remove PFAS from its drinking water. The city recently filed a new lawsuit claiming Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is liable for the costs."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Source: 7 [29], 03/05/2026
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Chemical Giant's Violations Threaten Drinking Water in Durham, N.C. [30]

"Brenntag Mid-South continues to amass serious environmental violations related to its chemical repackaging plant in East Durham, where state inspectors cited the company in November for failing to clean up leaking barrels on the property."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
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Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
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People & Population [26]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [17]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 03/05/2026
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Bill Gates–Backed Nuclear Power Plant Just Got Cleared To Start Building [34]

"TerraPower, a Bill Gates–backed nuclear power start-up, received the federal green light to start building a power plant in Wyoming. The approval paves the way for the first new commercial nuclear reactor in the U.S. in nearly a decade."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [38]
Source: Scientific American [39], 03/05/2026
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Va. Passes Bill Mandating Ingredient Labels On Menstrual Products [40]

"House Bill 998 by Del. Holly Seibold, D-Fairfax, would require ingredient labels be listed on all menstrual products sold in Virginia, an effort to better inform consumers about possibly toxic substances in the reproductive health items." "As concerns over toxic metals and ‘forever chemicals’ flare, bill would offer consumers more clarity on products if signed into law."

Chemicals [22]
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Environmental Health [24]
Health [41]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [27]
Public [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Source: Virginia Mercury [43], 03/05/2026
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"Trump Bets That ‘Energy Dominance’ Will Make War in Iran Less Costly" [44]

"The Trump administration has said that it has more leeway to act aggressively in the Middle East because the world is flush with oil and gas, thanks in part to record U.S. production, and has less to fear than it once did from energy price shocks."

Economy & Business [35]
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Military [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [46]
Middle East [47]
Source: NYTimes [48], 03/04/2026
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Is Your Data Center Getting A Big Discount On Electricity? That’s Redacted [49]

"The surge of new data center development is making people worried. How much energy and water will these resource-hungry centers consume? Will they drive new fossil fuel pollution? How much will household electricity prices go up? These questions have answers, but in many cases, the details of new data centers are blocked from public view."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [50], 03/04/2026
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Probe Finds ‘Secretly’ Added Chemicals Of Unknown Safety In US Food Supply [51]

"At least 111 substances of unknown safety have been added to foods, drinks and supplements sold in the United States without alerting the US Food and Drug Administration, a new investigation found."

Agriculture [10]
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Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [13]
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People & Population [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: CNN [52], 03/04/2026
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AK Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Fight Water Pollution From Cruise Ships [53]

"Two state lawmakers introduced legislation this month that aims to crack down on a major source of water pollution from cruise ships in Alaska waters."

Energy & Fuel [36]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [27]
Transportation [55]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [56]
Source: KHNS/NPR [57], 03/04/2026
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Trump NMFS Considers Looser Protections For North Atlantic Right Whale [58]

"The Trump administration on Tuesday took the first step toward loosening regulations ‌that protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes."

Biodiversity [59]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [55]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [60]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [61], 03/04/2026
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"Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump" [62]

"As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states."

Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [25]
People & Population [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 03/04/2026
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Experts Condemn Partisan Attack on Scientific Reference Manual for Judges [64]

"Scientists, engineers, lawyers, statisticians and other experts sounded the alarm Monday about the recent decision to remove a chapter on climate science from an influential reference manual designed to help judges understand complex scientific evidence."

Climate Change [11]
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Science [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 03/04/2026
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"Tiny Texas School District Rejects Tax Deal with $6 Billion LNG Project" [66]

"The Point Isabel Independent School District on Monday rejected a multi-million dollar tax break for a proposed $5.7 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on the Texas Gulf Coast, finding the facility would not “align” with the community’s values or finances."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [67]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [68]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [69]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 03/04/2026
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Park Service Saw Major Job Losses in the Last Year. More Changes Loom. [71]

"President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes at the National Park Service have destabilized the agency and its core missions, critics say."

Biodiversity [59]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [72]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [73]
People & Population [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [74], 03/04/2026
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Birth Brings Hope To Amazon Tribe Facing Extinction With Only 3 Women Left [75]

"Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest. As they advanced in age without a child to carry on the line, many expected the Akuntsu to vanish when the women died."

People & Population [26]
Public [18]
South America [76]
Source: AP [77], 03/04/2026
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