EJToday: Top Headlines

"Is The US Headed Toward An Electricity Crisis Of Its Own Making?" [9]

"Trump administration policies and AI needs are fueling a growing mismatch between energy supply and demand. That’s a huge problem, but there may be a way out."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [16], 01/07/2026
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"Ten Million Corals Are in the Path of a Federal Dredging Project in Florida" [17]

"Scientists warn that a proposed expansion of Port Everglades could cause unprecedented damage to corals in the U.S., including some of the only remaining endangered staghorn corals that survived a record-breaking heat wave."

Biodiversity [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 01/07/2026
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Loosely Regulated Petrochemical Barge Industry Commandeers a Texas River [23]

"Over the past 30 years, federal and state agencies in Texas have allowed hundreds of oil and chemical barges to amass in a once-tranquil section of the San Jacinto River, just east of Houston." "People who live on the San Jacinto fear chemical releases and explosions from the vessels. It’s unclear who’s policing the buildup."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: Public Health Watch [28], 01/07/2026
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Rare Whale Is Having Good Season For Births, But Might Still Go Extinct [29]

"One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction. The North Atlantic right whale’s population numbers an estimated 384 animals and is slowly rising after several years of decline."

Biodiversity [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [30], 01/07/2026
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Lansing Could Get A "Bubble Barrier" To Clean Grand River Plastic Pollution [31]

"Researchers at Grand Valley State University and Michigan State University are collaborating to find out if a “bubble barrier” would effectively collect trash in the Grand River."

Fish & Fisheries [32]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Source: WKAR [34], 01/07/2026
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"U.S. Overhauls Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Recommends Fewer Shots" [35]

"The Trump administration is overhauling the list of routine shots recommended for all babies and children in the United States, bypassing the government’s typical process for recommending vaccines and delivering on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-standing goals to upend the nation’s pediatric vaccine schedule."

Activism [36]
Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [38]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [39]
Science [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [41], 01/06/2026
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"Donald Trump Says He Spoke to Oil Companies Before Venezuela Action" [42]

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he had spoken to 'all' of the oil firms before the raid took place, without specifying what these conversations involved.

Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Military [44]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
South America [45]
Source: Newsweek [46], 01/06/2026
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"Trump Has Left The US Less Prepared For Natural Disasters, Experts Say" [47]

"Donald Trump has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, according to emergency management experts."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [49]
People & Population [39]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [50], 01/06/2026
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"AI Data Boom In Mexico Fuels Rise In Dirty Energy" [51]

"A boom in U.S. data centres is devouring fossil fuels in Mexico - and hitting locals with power cuts and pollution."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [39]
Pollution [26]
Technology [52]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mexico [53]
Source: Context [54], 01/06/2026
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"Critical Mineral Bauxite Boom Pollutes Water And Crops In Guinea" [55]

"In West Africa's Guinea, villagers say mining for the critical mineral bauxite has polluted water and decreased crop yields."

Chemicals [56]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Natural Resources [57]
Pollution [26]
Waste [58]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
International [59]
Africa [60]
Source: Context [61], 01/06/2026
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"Exclusive: Soy Trading Firms To Abandon Amazon Protection Pact In Brazil" [62]

"Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon rainforest to preserve tax benefits in Brazil's top farm state, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters."

Agriculture [63]
Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [64]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
South America [45]
Source: Reuters [65], 01/06/2026
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Trump Says Cost Drove Water Pipeline Veto, But Some Say It's Retribution [66]

"President Trump vetoed a bill this week to help finish a water pipeline project in Colorado. The bill had overwhelmingly passed Congress with bipartisan support. The president says his veto is about "fiscal sanity." Some say the president is retaliating against the state for political reasons."

Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [67], 01/06/2026
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"The Biggest Climate Migration Problem May Be That There’s Not Enough Of It" [68]

"In his new book, Julian Hattem explores how migration can be a climate solution — not just for those who are able to move, but for their home communities as well."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [59]
Source: Grist [69], 01/06/2026
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"‘Not About Special Treatment,’ Miccosukee Tribe Responds To Trump Veto" [70]

"The Miccosukee Tribe is rejecting President Donald Trump’s claim that the tribe worked against his administration’s immigration efforts, the basis he used to veto a flood protection project in the Everglades."

Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [57]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: States Newsroom [71], 01/06/2026
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Butterfly Town USA Is Scrambling To Save Disappearing Monarchs [72]

"Pacific Grove is known as ‘Butterfly Town USA’ for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect’s population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue"

Agriculture [63]
Biodiversity [18]
Wildlife [73]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [74]
Source: Guardian [75], 01/06/2026
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