EJToday: Top Headlines

"Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight" [9]

"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 [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 02/19/2026
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"FDA Reverses Course And Will Review Moderna’s mRNA-Based Flu Shot" [16]

"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 [17]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Health [21]
People & Population [22]
Science [23]
Technology [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [25], 02/19/2026
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"The Quest To Warn Everyone On Earth About Deadly Weather" [26]

"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 [27]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Journalism & Media [28]
People & Population [22]
Technology [24]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [29]
Source: NPR [30], 02/19/2026
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What’s Behind Your Eye-Popping Power Bill? We Broke It Down By Region. [31]

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

Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Infrastructure [34]
People & Population [22]
Planning & Growth [35]
Technology [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Grist [36], 02/19/2026
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Climate Change Threatens Winter Olympics’ Future – And Snowmaking Has Limits [37]

"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 [27]
People & Population [22]
Technology [24]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [29]
Source: The Conversation [38], 02/19/2026
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"Groups Sue Over Trump Effort To ‘Erase’ History, Science In National Parks" [39]

"A coalition of scientific, preservation and historical groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration, arguing that the removal of information about civil rights, climate change and other topics at multiple national parks amounts to illegal censorship."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Studies [40]
Government [41]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [22]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [44]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [45], 02/18/2026
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"Bayer Proposes $7.25 Billion Class Action Settlement In Roundup Litigation" [46]

"In a bold bid to put costly US Roundup litigation behind it, Bayer on Tuesday announced a $7.25 billion proposed class action settlement for users of its glyphosate-based weed killing products who have cancer now or develop cancer in the next several years, with average awards ranging from $10,000 to $165,000."

Agriculture [47]
Chemicals [48]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [42]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [10]
Science [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The New Lede [49], 02/18/2026
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Overshadowed by PFAS, PCBs Remain A Toxic Threat To Chesapeake Waters [50]

"Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, haven’t been produced since 1979, after studies found that exposure to them could cause a variety of harmful health effects, including cancer. But they were so widely used before then and so long-lasting that they still impair water quality in much of the tidal Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries."

Agriculture [47]
Chemicals [48]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: Bay Journal [52], 02/18/2026
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"States Push Climate Superfund Bills Despite Trump’s Opposition" [53]

"The legislation would make oil and gas firms pay for climate damages from burning their products. Trump has referred to such laws as 'extortion.'"

Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Pollution [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Canary Media [54], 02/18/2026
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Senate Dems Say Trump EPA Curries Corporate Favor By Weakening Air Rules [55]

"Ozone and particulate matter air pollutants cause over 100,000 premature deaths per year and affect the health of millions of Americans. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said last month that his agency would stop considering those costs when drafting new regulations."

Air [56]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Pollution [10]
Public [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 02/18/2026
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Texas Alleges ‘Habitual Non-Compliance’ of Water Rules at Dow Chemical [58]

"The Texas Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon against Dow Chemical Co., North America’s largest chemical manufacturer, describing hundreds of water pollution violations from its industrial complex on the rural Gulf Coast in Seadrift."

Chemicals [48]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [42]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [59]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 02/18/2026
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"House Agriculture Panel Releases Farm Bill Text And Sets Markup" [61]

"Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee on Friday released text for the farm bill and announced they will mark up the bill on Feb. 23 — with the framework drawing immediate criticism from the top Democrat on the panel who accused Republicans of filling the package with poison pills."

Agriculture [47]
Environmental Politics [20]
Forests [62]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [63], 02/18/2026
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Thermal Drone Footage Shows Musk's AI Power Plant Flouting Clean Air Rules [64]

"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a Floodlight visual investigation. Thermal drone footage shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven, Miss., despite a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling reiterating that doing so requires a state permit in advance."

Air [56]
Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Pollution [10]
Technology [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: Floodlight [66], 02/18/2026
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"What Are The Biggest Climate Polluters Near You?" [67]

"[D]o you know if there are major climate polluters near you? Thanks to several publicly available mapping tools, it’s never been easier to find out."

Climate Change [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Pollution [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [68], 02/18/2026
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"Elegy For The Washington Post Climate Team" [69]

"The Washington Post produced high-quality and wide-ranging climate coverage. Then it fired most of its climate reporters."

Climate Change [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [70], 02/18/2026
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