EJToday: Top Headlines

One Year On And The Global Plastics Treaty 'Is Going Backwards' [9]

"A new Aid to Negotiations document for the Global Plastics Treaty has been released a year after Geneva's collapse, but campaigners warn it dilutes key measures and retreats from the ambition needed to end plastic pollution."

Activism [10]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [27]
Source: Oceanographic [28], 08/12/2026
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"On These Motorcycles, the Thrill Is Truly Electric" [29]

"The frenzy started on a single street in Lahore, Pakistan, where a half-dozen showrooms sprang up selling the same thing — electric motorcycles — and still couldn’t keep up with demand." "With gas prices high, people in developing countries are lining up to buy battery-powered bikes. The Iran war has made Trump “salesman of the year,” one executive in Pakistan said."

Climate Change [30]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Transportation [31]
Public [25]
International [27]
Asia [32]
Source: New York Times [33], 08/12/2026
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FDA Tightens Oversight On Foods “Generally Recognized As Safe” [34]

"The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making it harder for manufacturers to deem their own chemical ingredients as safe."

Agriculture [35]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Food [36]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The New Lede [37], 08/12/2026
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‘When You Kill It, It Doesn’t Die’: Jellyfish Cracks Code Of Immortality [38]

"Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again".

Biodiversity [39]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Studies [41]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Science [43]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [27]
Source: Guardian [44], 08/12/2026
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Summer’s Strongest Meteor Shower Is Peaking. Here’s How to Watch. [45]

"The moon’s shadow will descend upon Earth on Wednesday, and some will bear witness to a total solar eclipse. But the universe won’t stop there: At night, nature’s fireworks will accent the sky as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak."

Environmental Studies [41]
People & Population [20]
Science [43]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
International [27]
Canada [47]
Antarctica & Arctic [48]
Source: New York Times [49], 08/12/2026
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Trump Signs Order Attempting To Override CDC Vaccine Schedule [50]

"Donald Trump has signed an executive order with plans for sweeping changes to the childhood vaccination schedule that attempts to override the authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."

Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Health [51]
People & Population [20]
Science [43]
Technology [22]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Guardian [52], 08/11/2026
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Top Science Body Deletes Climate Chapter From Judges’ Manual [53]

"The nation’s top scientific body has removed a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges after an outcry from critics on the right, including President Trump."

Climate Change [30]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [54]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Science [43]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: New York Times [55], 08/11/2026
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Nebraska Feedlot: A Very American Invention, Pushed to an Extreme [56]

"In Nebraska, Blackshirt Feeders LP is building the country’s largest feedlot for 200,000 beef cattle on a square-mile slab of concrete."

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [30]
Food [36]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 08/11/2026
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EPA Moves To Rescind Biden-Era Tribal Water Quality Rule [59]

"The Trump administration plans to rescind an EPA rule requiring states to consider tribes’ rights to fish, hunt and gather wild plants when establishing water quality protections — a policy the administration argues went beyond the agency’s authority."

Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Food [36]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [60]
People & Population [20]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [61]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [62]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [63], 08/11/2026
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Cyberattacks On Water Utilities Renew Dem Calls For Regulations [64]

"Two Senate Democrats introduced a bill Monday to set cybersecurity standards for water utilities — something Republicans and industry have long fought."

Consumer [12]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Infrastructure [65]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [66], 08/11/2026
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Inside Doug Burgum’s Rocky Tenure At Interior [67]

"Interior Department staffers were optimistic after Doug Burgum was confirmed to lead the agency in 2025... . But since he took over at Interior last year, that hope has been replaced by confusion and concern that the agency is poorly run, has devolved into secrecy and has lost thousands of the staff needed to manage the national park systems and millions of acres of public lands."

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [30]
Conflict/Corruption [68]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Natural Resources [60]
People & Population [20]
Wildlife [62]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [69], 08/11/2026
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New Amazon Data Center Could Be Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. [70]

"Amazon is investing in a large-scale natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, the company confirmed on Friday, a facility that could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States."

Climate Change [30]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Planning & Growth [71]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [72]
Source: New York Times [73], 08/11/2026
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Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says [74]

"The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

Climate Change [30]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
People & Population [20]
Planning & Growth [71]
Pollution [21]
Science [43]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AP [75], 08/11/2026
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BC Is Logging Its Last Old Growth. Protesters Are Sleeping In The Road [76]

"The five-car caravan crept down a gravel logging road as the day’s last beams of golden light filtered through the trees. About 20 forest defenders were making a stand in southwest Vancouver Island, at a spot where a logging company was expected to cut old-growth trees the following morning. They made camp in tents and the backs of cars."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [30]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [77]
Natural Resources [60]
Public [25]
Canada [47]
Source: AP [78], 08/11/2026
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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kill At Least 7 Along Gulf: Here's How To Be Safe [79]

"A so-called flesh-eating bacterium that thrives in warm seawater has killed at least seven people this year along the Gulf Coast, officials said."

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [30]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [15]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [25]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: CBS News [80], 08/11/2026
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