EJToday: Top Headlines

"Are Faked Public Comments About To Tank An Ohio Solar Farm?" [9]

"Dozens of public comments opposing the $98 million Crossroads Solar project appear to be fabricated. Ohio’s siting board may block the project anyway."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [17]
Public [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Canary Media [20], 02/09/2026
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Texas Law Against Firms Boycotting Fossil Fuels Declared Unconstitutional [21]

"A federal district judge on Wednesday declared a 2021 law restricting state investments in companies boycotting the fossil fuel industry unconstitutional, calling it “facially overbroad” and citing First and Fourteenth Amendment concerns."

Activism [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: Texas Tribune [24], 02/06/2026
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Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of U.S. Wind and Solar Projects [25]

"Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [28]
Technology [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [29], 02/06/2026
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"Florida Farm Bill Favors Big Ag Over Free Speech, Opponents Say" [30]

"Advocates for human health and the environment are pushing back against a Florida farm bill that would punish the spread of “false information” about agriculture, decrying a measure they say violates free speech rights and silences public debate about harmful farming practices."

Agriculture [31]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [33]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: The New Lede [35], 02/06/2026
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"How ‘Pink Slime’ Publishers Are Weaponizing FOIA" [36]

"Metric Media filed more than nine thousand public records requests last year. It used the data to target Democratic politicians and private citizens."

Activism [10]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Columbia Journalism Review [37], 02/06/2026
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"Measles Continues To Spread In The US, But With Some Letup" [38]

"South Carolina's measles outbreak continues to grow, with a total of 876 confirmed cases, which is the biggest outbreak the U.S. has seen in decades. But there are some positive signs in this current outbreak."

Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Health [39]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [40]
Technology [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NPR [41], 02/06/2026
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"U.S. Push for Greenland’s Minerals Faces Harsh Arctic Realities" [42]

"President Trump has made access to Greenland’s vast reserves of critical minerals a focus of ongoing negotiations. But experts say the U.S. is underestimating the difficulties of mining in a rapidly changing Arctic region that is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Europe [44]
Source: YaleE360 [45], 02/06/2026
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Michigan Accuses Big Oil Of Fueling Climate Crisis And High Energy Costs [46]

"In first-of-its-kind complaint, state accused four fossil fuel majors and US oil lobbying group of climate disinformation"

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Journalism & Media [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Guardian [47], 02/06/2026
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Contradict RFK Jr’s MAHA Promise: Report [48]

"Donald Trump’s aggressive rollback of environmental protections directly contradicts the promises of his “make America healthy again” campaign, according to new research."

Chemicals [49]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [13]
Health [39]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [51], 02/06/2026
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"Study Offers Best Picture Yet Of Sinking Land In Chesapeake Bay Region" [52]

"Scientists have known for years that water levels are rising faster in the Chesapeake Bay region than just about anywhere else in the world — because water is only part of the problem here. The land is also sinking."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Studies [53]
Water & Oceans [54]
Public [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [55]
Source: Bay Journal [56], 02/06/2026
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Olympics Ditch PFAS Waxes — And The ‘Ridiculous’ Speed They Gave Skiers [57]

"After years of concern over so-called “fluoro” waxes, the Milan Cortina Games will be the first Olympics without them."

Chemicals [49]
Public [18]
International [58]
Source: Grist [59], 02/06/2026
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Trump's EPA Issues Record Low Legal Actions Against Polluters: Watchdog [60]

"The Environmental Protection Agency enforces the country's environmental laws. But a new report shows the Trump EPA has initiated a record low number of actions against polluters, compared to past administrations."

Chemicals [49]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [40]
Pollution [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NPR [61], 02/05/2026
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"A Dismantling of the Washington Post" [62]

"In a staffwide call with employees Wednesday morning, Matt Murray, the executive editor of the Washington Post, and Wayne Connell, the paper’s chief human resources officer, announced sweeping staff cuts."

Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Columbia Journalism Review [63], 02/05/2026
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Study Ties Pollution From Wildfire Smoke To 24,100 US Deaths Per Year [64]

"Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study."

Air [65]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [66]
Environmental Health [27]
Forests [67]
Pollution [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [68], 02/05/2026
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Trouble on the Elwha: Trump’s Budget Cuts Undermine Salmon Restoration [69]

"A staffing exodus at Olympic National Park has put salmon recovery efforts in jeopardy."

Biodiversity [70]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [71]
Government [72]
Water & Oceans [54]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [22]
Northwest (OR WA) [73]
Source: The Revelator [74], 02/05/2026
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