EJToday: Top Headlines

Trump DOJ Killed Criminal Probe of GOP Senator’s Coal Firms [9]

“EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them ‘pencils down.’”

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Source: ProPublica [26], 06/10/2026
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Senator Pushed to Cut Fire Aircraft Inspections His Firm Flunked [27]

“U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy previously ran an aerial firefighting company. After joining Congress, he proposed ending Forest Service inspections of those aircraft. The same month a draft of his plan to end Forest Service inspections leaked, an aircraft at his former company failed an inspection because of a crack in its wing.”

Air [28]
Disasters [29]
Government [16]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: ProPublica [31], 06/10/2026
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Debate Over Preservation Law Tripping Up Permitting Talks [32]

“Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee wants to overhaul the National Historic Preservation Act. That may be a step too far for many Democrats.”

Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Planning & Growth [33]
Policy [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [34], 06/10/2026
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Climate Cost Of Expanded World Cup Feared As Emissions To Soar [35]

“The World Cup kicks off on Thursday as a celebration of goals, drama and global fandom, but it is also expected to carry a climate cost more than double that of Qatar 2022, throwing a harsh spotlight on the environmental price of football's expanding showpiece.”

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [11]
Pollution [21]
Waste [37]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [38]
Source: Reuters [39], 06/10/2026
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Brussels Presses Albania As Kushner Resort Flouts EU Green Law [40]

“On Monday, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama told Reuters in an interview that his country will press ahead with ⁠a luxury resort planned by U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his daughter Ivanka Trump on a remote stretch of Balkan coast despite protests over its environmental impact.”

Environmental Politics [15]
Government [16]
Planning & Growth [33]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [41]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [38]
Europe [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 06/10/2026
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MegaBanks Pledged $906bn To Fossil Fuel Firms In 2025: Report [44]

“JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say.”

Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Studies [45]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Policy [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [38]
Source: The Guardian [46], 06/10/2026
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There's Something Special About Kangaroo Island's Koalas [47]

“Inside the island colony being tapped to help save Australia's koalas from deadly chlamydia.”

Activism [48]
Wildlife [41]
Public [23]
International [38]
Australia & Oceania [49]
Source: BBC News [50], 06/10/2026
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US Drought Tests Trump Strategy of Logging to Fight Wildfire [51]

“Extreme drought and rising temperatures in the US are poised to overwhelm the Trump administration’s plans to control wildfire by logging federal forests, scientists say."

Disasters [29]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [52]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Other or All [53]
Policy [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [54], 06/10/2026
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Deep Sea Secrets: Ping-Pong Sponges And ‘Black Smokers’ [55]

“The bottom of the ocean has barely been explored, but every journey to the deep reveals wondrous new lifeforms. As underwater mining gains momentum, we risk destroying one of the Earth’s last great wildernesses.”

Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
International [38]
Source: The Guardian [56], 06/10/2026
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Hannah Natanson’s Advice to Journalists [57]

“A Lecture To The Columbia Journalism School Class Of 2026.”

Journalism & Media [58]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [38]
Source: Columbia Journalism Review [59], 06/10/2026
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‘Severe’ Stress on Oceans as Rate of Sea Level Rise Doubles in 10 Years, UN Warns [60]

“Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says.”

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Food [62]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [20]
Pollution [21]
Science [63]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [41]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [38]
Source: The Guardian [64], 06/09/2026
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Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats — and Has Determined Protectors [65]

“Groups work to identify, save and reseed areas to help the culturally significant resource thrive as climate change portends more strains.”

Agriculture [66]
Climate Change [10]
Food [62]
Health [17]
Planning & Growth [33]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [67]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 06/09/2026
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Why Are Blue States Scapegoating Energy Efficiency? [69]

“A handful of Democratic-led states are targeting energy-efficiency programs in an attempt to provide relief on soaring utility bills. It’s surprising, given the broad support energy-efficiency programs have among Democrats — and the fact that these incentives produce energy savings that benefit both the climate and all consumers. The short-term savings may be tempting, advocates say, but chasing them is misguided."

Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Canary Media [70], 06/09/2026
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MAHA’s CAFO Conundrum [71]

“While the movement has long railed against harmful pesticides — such as glyphosate and paraquat — that are sprayed on crops and linked to cancers and other health ills, there is mounting evidence that CAFOs, which generate massive amounts of manure, are linked to some of these same health problems, including increased cancer rates.”

Agriculture [66]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [62]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Policy [20]
Wildlife [41]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The New Lede [72], 06/09/2026
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Hot Weather Hurts Asian Crops as Powerful El Nino Takes Shape [73]

“Dry weather is disrupting crop planting across Asia, raising concerns about food supplies in the world's most populous region, and an expected severe El Nino weather pattern could inflict more damage.”

Agriculture [66]
Climate Change [10]
Food [62]
Health [17]
People & Population [74]
Public [23]
International [38]
Asia [75]
Source: Reuters [76], 06/09/2026
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