EJToday: Top Headlines

"U.S. Tells International Energy Agency to Drop Its Focus on Climate Change" [9]

"The Trump administration this week threatened to pull the United States out of the world’s leading energy agency unless it abandoned its focus on tackling climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 02/20/2026
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"Whale Migration Season To Chile Underscores Threat From Ships And Nets" [16]

"Increased activity by the fin whale - the world's second-largest whale species - along Chile's northern coast during feeding season is highlighting a growing threat of collisions with ships and fishing net entanglements, marine experts and conservationists warned this week."

Biodiversity [17]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
South America [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 02/20/2026
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"Border Wall Closes in on Big Bend" [22]

"Residents and elected officials are speaking out against a proposed border barrier through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system."

Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [25]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mexico [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 02/20/2026
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Trump Climate Rollback Likely To Hit Poor, Minority Areas Hardest: Experts [29]

"In a stretch of Louisiana with about 170 fossil fuel and petrochemical plants, premature death is a fact of life for people living nearby. The air is so polluted and the cancer rates so high it is known as Cancer Alley."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [31], 02/20/2026
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To Fans, Fungi Are Freaky, Mystical, Overlooked. They Help Scientists Learn [32]

"Jessica Allen crunched through fallen leaves among Manzanita trees hunting for something few have spotted before: the Manzanita butter clump — a rare and little-known yellow mushroom found, so far, only along North America’s Western coastlines."

Biodiversity [17]
Science [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
California [34]
Source: AP [35], 02/20/2026
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Environmental Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Repeal Of Landmark Climate Finding [36]

"More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations."

Activism [37]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [38]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [39], 02/19/2026
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NIH’s Bhattacharya Will Also Run CDC While Trump Seeks Permanent Director [40]

"National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya will also temporarily become acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an administration official said Wednesday."

Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [41]
Health [42]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [38]
Science [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [43], 02/19/2026
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"Trump Taps Ex-RFK Jr. Aide To Lead National Science Foundation" [44]

"President Donald Trump plans to nominate a former senior aide to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as director of the National Science Foundation."

Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [41]
Science [33]
Technology [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [46], 02/19/2026
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"Environmental Protest Group Says FBI Is Investigating It For Terrorism" [47]

"Environmental group Extinction Rebellion said on Wednesday it was under federal US investigation and that some of its members had been visited by FBI agents, including from the agency’s taskforce on extremism, in the last year."

Activism [37]
Environmental Justice [48]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [49], 02/19/2026
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"How The NRC Lost Its Independence" [50]

"One year ago, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was an independent agency, setting safety standards without White House interference. Those days are over."

Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [52]
Technology [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [53], 02/19/2026
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"Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight" [54]

"A D.C. utility had been working for weeks to repair a collapsed sewer line when the president blamed Maryland’s governor for the contamination on Monday."

Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [55]
Source: NYTimes [56], 02/19/2026
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"FDA Reverses Course And Will Review Moderna’s mRNA-Based Flu Shot" [57]

"The Food and Drug Administration has reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine under a revised approach, company and federal officials said Wednesday."

Consumer [58]
Disasters [59]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [42]
People & Population [25]
Science [33]
Technology [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [60], 02/19/2026
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"The Quest To Warn Everyone On Earth About Deadly Weather" [61]

"In November 2025, a massive storm rolled across the lower Mekong River delta, dumping multiple inches of rain onto the wide, flat river plain that covers much of Cambodia."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [59]
Environmental Health [30]
Journalism & Media [62]
People & Population [25]
Technology [45]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
International [14]
Source: NPR [63], 02/19/2026
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What’s Behind Your Eye-Popping Power Bill? We Broke It Down By Region. [64]

"The culprit depends on where you live — but it’s probably not data centers (yet)."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [65]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Infrastructure [66]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [67]
Technology [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Grist [68], 02/19/2026
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Climate Change Threatens Winter Olympics’ Future – And Snowmaking Has Limits [69]

"Watching the Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace."

Climate Change [10]
People & Population [25]
Technology [45]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
International [14]
Source: The Conversation [70], 02/19/2026
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