EJToday: Top Headlines

Owner of Polluting Plastic Waste Plant Seeks To Build Another [9]

"Belching smoke from a new plastic waste processing plant in central Ohio has stirred opposition to an even larger “chemical recycling” factory planned for Arizona by the same company."

Air [10]
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National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 04/21/2026
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DOJ Files Complaint Against DC And Its Sewage Authority For Massive Spill [22]

"The Justice Department filed a complaint Monday in federal court against the city of Washington, D.C., and its water and sewer authority, seeking financial penalties for their role in a leak that led to millions of gallons of raw sewage spilling into the Potomac River."

Consumer [12]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Source: AP [27], 04/21/2026
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"Environmental Groups Sue to Block BP’s Plan to Drill in Deep Gulf Waters" [28]

"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday to stop the British oil giant BP, which operated the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform that exploded in 2010, from starting a new $5 billion drilling project in ultra-deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico."

Biodiversity [29]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Health [32]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: NYTimes [36], 04/21/2026
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Green Group Warns Potomac Is Nation's Most Endangered River [37]

"The Potomac River, otherwise known as “the nation’s river,” has been named the most endangered river in the country, following a massive sewage spill earlier this year and the ongoing buildout of thirsty data centers across the watershed."

Biodiversity [29]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [38]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Infrastructure [24]
Pollution [17]
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Water & Oceans [25]
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National (U.S.) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Source: Virginia Mercury [39], 04/21/2026
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Trump Interior Dept. Unveils Emergency Plans For Colorado River [40]

"The Trump administration will pull its emergency levers to head off a major water and power crisis." "Interior said it will cut releases out of one of the river’s two main reservoirs, Lake Powell, to the minimum amount legally allowed — 6 million acre-feet — between now and October."

Agriculture [41]
Biodiversity [29]
Climate Change [38]
Consumer [12]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [42]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [33]
Planning & Growth [43]
Technology [44]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [45], 04/21/2026
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"‘The Absolute Edge Of Precedent’: FERC Prepares To Take On Data Centers" [46]

"The commission is pushing to get data centers onto the grid, and fast. The high-stakes move could tip the balance of regulatory power against the states."

Climate Change [38]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [42]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Planning & Growth [43]
Pollution [17]
Technology [44]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [47], 04/21/2026
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Asia’s Longest Free-Flowing River Polluted By Arsenic From Myanmar Mines [48]

"Independent testing of the Salween River began in September 2025 after researchers found alarming levels of toxic contaminants in the nearby Kok, Sai and Ruak rivers in Thailand, much of it linked to unregulated mining in Myanmar."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Natural Resources [49]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [19]
Asia [50]
Source: Mongabay [51], 04/21/2026
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Maine Tightens Limits On PFAS In Drinking Water. Are Communities Ready? [52]

"Nearly four dozen water systems that provide drinking water across Maine would be at risk of violating new limits on “forever chemicals” if the state began enforcing updated rules on the toxic substances today, showing how much work they have left to do to meet new requirements."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
Source: Maine Monitor [54], 04/21/2026
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"Record US Drought Sparks Worries About Fires, Water Supply And Food Prices" [55]

"Drought in the contiguous United States has reached record levels for this time of year, weather data shows. Meteorologists said it’s a bad sign for the upcoming wildfire season, food prices and western water issues."

Agriculture [41]
Biodiversity [29]
Climate Change [38]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [56], 04/21/2026
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Wildfires Used To ‘Sleep’ At Night. Climate Now Makes Them Burn Overtime [57]

"Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is extending the hotter and drier conditions that feed fires, a new study found."

Climate Change [38]
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Forests [58]
People & Population [33]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [59]
California [60]
Source: AP [61], 04/21/2026
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"Supreme Court Sides With Oil Industry In Louisiana Coastal Erosion Fight" [62]

"The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the oil and gas industry’s efforts to move a long-standing legal battle over Louisiana’s eroding coastline out of the Bayou State’s courts." "Industry lawyers convinced the justices to move lawsuits against oil companies from state to federal courts."

Energy & Fuel [30]
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Pollution [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [63], 04/20/2026
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Judge Dismisses Trump DOJ’s Bid to Block Hawaii Climate Lawsuit [64]

"In a setback to the Trump administration’s extraordinary legal campaign against state climate action, a federal judge threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to prevent the state of Hawaii from suing oil companies for damages."

Climate Change [38]
Economy & Business [65]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [59]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 04/20/2026
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New Oil And Gas Lease Sale Set For Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [67]

"The U.S. government plans another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — following two prior sales that saw no interest from major oil companies and amid ongoing litigation aimed at blocking drilling in a region seen as sacred by the indigenous Gwich’in."

Climate Change [38]
Economy & Business [65]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [49]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [68]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [59]
Source: AP [69], 04/20/2026
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Water Systems Struggle With Costs And Timelines For Cleaning Up PFAS [70]

"Communities across the US are struggling to cope with impending federal requirements for eradicating two toxic PFAS chemicals from their drinking water systems, utility leaders said at a water policy conference this week."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [44]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [71], 04/20/2026
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Pollution Persists in Florida Everglades Despite 40-Year Effort: Report [72]

"Florida’s fragile Everglades are not on track to meet a new water quality standard set to take effect next month, even after nearly 40 years of costly restoration work aimed at addressing pollution in the river of grass, according to a new report."

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [73]
Planning & Growth [43]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [68]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [74], 04/20/2026
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