EJToday: Top Headlines

"Are ‘Climate Hushers’ Lurking in the Democratic Party?" [9]

"A push to emphasize affordability isn’t climate hushing, its advocates say. But a Democratic think tank has suggested this recalibration is in order — and some in the party are tweaking their messaging."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 03/02/2026
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Facing Its 3rd Data Center, Iowa County Rolls Out Extensive Zoning Rules [18]

"Linn County has adopted some of the nation’s strictest data center zoning rules. Residents say the protections aren’t enough."

Activism [19]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [20]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 03/02/2026
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Army Corps Project Could Wipe Out One Of Florida’s Last Thriving Coral Reefs [25]

"The fate of one of the last thriving coral reefs in Florida may be imperiled by plans to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades."

Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Infrastructure [22]
Transportation [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Washington Post [31], 03/02/2026
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"This Tiny Tracker Monitors Monarch Migration" [32]

"The amazing monarch butterfly is as beautiful as it is mysterious. Every year, monarchs take part in an epic relay, with each generation playing a different but vital role."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [26]
Environmental Studies [34]
Science [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mexico [37]
Source: Living on Earth [38], 03/02/2026
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"An Ohio Newspaper Has A New Star Writer. It Isn’t Human." [39]

"At the 184-year-old Cleveland Plain Dealer, a top editor’s push to let AI draft news articles is boosting traffic — and spooking staffers."

Journalism & Media [13]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: Washington Post [41], 03/02/2026
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"Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds." [42]

"Birds in the United States are not only declining, but they are declining faster, especially in areas with intensive agriculture, according to new research. Overall drops in bird population, measured from 1987 to 2021, were sharpest in warm and warming areas, suggesting that climate change may play a role."

Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Studies [34]
Wildlife [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 02/27/2026
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Enbridge Begins Rerouting Pipeline Around Wisconsin Reservation [46]

"MADISON, Wis. — Energy company Enbridge has finally started work on rerouting an aging oil pipeline around a tribal reservation in northern Wisconsin after seven years of legal wrangling, moving ahead despite two new lawsuits that still could delay the project indefinitely.
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [48]
Source: AP [49], 02/27/2026
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"Trump’s EPA Is Yanking Support For Electric School Buses" [50]

"There’s $2.3 billion left unspent from a Biden-era clean school bus program. The Trump admin wants more of it to go to buses that run on fuels and not batteries."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [20]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [51]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [52]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [53]
Pollution [54]
Technology [23]
Transportation [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 02/27/2026
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Lawyers For Cancer Victims Challenge Bayer’s $7.25B Roundup Settlement [56]

"A group of 14 law firms representing nearly 20,000 plaintiffs is seeking to intervene in Bayer’s $7.25 billion proposed class action settlement of Roundup litigation, citing concerns that the settlement deal will not be fair to cancer victims."

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [57]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [51]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [53]
Pollution [54]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [58], 02/27/2026
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"States Sue to Block Trump’s ‘Anti-Science’ Vaccine Policy" [59]

"Climate change helps spread vaccine-preventable diseases. But the Trump administration’s reduced vaccine schedule 'throws science out the window,' and makes Americans more vulnerable to infections, state attorneys general charge in a new lawsuit."

Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [51]
Environmental Politics [21]
Health [60]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [53]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 02/27/2026
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"Crews In Florida Battle A 25,000-Acre Wildfire Near ‘Alligator Alcatraz’" [62]

"Crews in South Florida were trying to contain a wildfire in Big Cypress National Preserve that had burned more than 25,000 acres (100 square kilometers) near the immigration detention facility known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' as of Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Health [51]
Environmental Justice [47]
Government [52]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [53]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: AP [63], 02/27/2026
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Judge Orders Changes To Columbia and Snake River Dam Operations To Help ‘Disappearing’ Salmon [64]

"A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, saying the Trump administration’s plans for the massive structures would harm salmon runs that are 'disappearing from the landscape.'”

Biodiversity [26]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [65]
Source: AP [66], 02/27/2026
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"Power Plant Pollution Rose Last Year, Green Group Analysis Finds" [67]

"U.S. power plant pollution rose last year, according to a green group’s analysis of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data."

Air [68]
Chemicals [57]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [51]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [54]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [69], 02/27/2026
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"The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year" [70]

"The US added a record-breaking amount of energy storage in 2025, according to a new solar industry report published Monday. The growth of battery storage across the US is a rare success story for clean energy during the renewables-hostile second Trump administration—and also a sign of how utilities may be thinking about reorienting electric grids as demand goes up across the country."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [22]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: WIRED [71], 02/27/2026
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"Illinois Cities Move To Cut Ties With A Massive Coal Plant" [72]

"Two communities seeking cleaner, cheaper energy are resisting pressure to extend deals that bind them to getting power from one of the nation’s dirtiest plants."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [51]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [54]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: Canary Media [73], 02/27/2026
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