EJToday: Top Headlines

"Democrats Hammer Trump on ‘Energy Affordability’ as Iran War Continues" [9]

"Democrats are dialing up their rhetorical attacks against President Trump over energy affordability as the war against Iran drags into its third week and oil prices remain elevated." "A new Senate report argues the Trump administration has also pushed costs up by stifling clean energy."

Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
People & Population [14]
Transportation [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 03/18/2026
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Study Finds “Hot Spots” For Glyphosate And Cancer In Iowa, Midwest States [19]

"A new analysis links high use of the weed killer glyphosate to elevated rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), particularly in the Midwest, reinforcing years of research linking cancer to the weed killer made popular by Monsanto."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [25]
Science [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
Source: The New Lede [29], 03/18/2026
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Iran War Pushes Nations To Triage As They Conserve Power To Curb Prices [30]

"The escalating war with Iran is pushing parts of the world into energy triage, forcing governments to choose where to cut demand or absorb costs, while prioritizing dwindling supplies. Asia is the most exposed since it relies heavily on imported fuel, much of it shipped through the now-blocked Strait of Hormuz."

Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Military [31]
People & Population [14]
Public [16]
International [32]
Source: AP [33], 03/18/2026
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Wisc. Senate Sends Gov. $133 Million Package To Combat ‘Forever Chemicals’ [34]

"The Wisconsin Legislature sent a $133 million plan to combat contamination from so-called forever chemicals to Gov. Tony Evers for his approval Tuesday, promising an end to years of squabbling between the Democratic governor and Republican lawmakers over the issue."

Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: AP [36], 03/18/2026
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As Winters Warm, Deadly Falls Through The Ice Become More Common [37]

"Elmer Brown was following two friends on his four-wheeler last November, hunting caribou across a frozen channel in northern Alaska when the ice gave way. All three plunged into the frigid water. One friend drowned, and Brown, 45, later died of hypothermia, leaving behind five children."

Climate Change [38]
Environmental Health [22]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Source: AP [42], 03/18/2026
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Okla. Found 100s Of Waste Wells Violating Rules. Then It Ignored Findings. [43]

"Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking water pollution, the state chose not to act."

Chemicals [21]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Studies [44]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Technology [46]
Waste [47]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Source: The Frontier [49], 03/18/2026
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"Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms" [50]

"Proposed settlements would block wind farms off New York State and North Carolina, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [38]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Technology [46]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [51], 03/18/2026
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Iran War Shows Relying on Fossil Fuels Is ‘Delusional’: UN Climate Chief [52]

"Price spikes from the war highlight the necessity of the renewable energy transition for stability and national security, the U.N. official says."

"The Iran war’s disruption to the global energy market should be a wake-up call for countries that continue to rely on fossil fuels, said United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell in a speech on Monday.
Climate Change [38]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Technology [46]
Public [16]
International [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 03/18/2026
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Ten Million Tons of Manure In California Are Unaccounted for: New Report [54]

"Factory farms in California routinely avoid pollution regulations intended to protect the state’s water, finds a new white paper out of Stanford. Ten million tons of animal manure in the Golden State are unaccounted for, the report finds, thanks to a combination of non-compliance, non-enforcement and opaque disclosure rules."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [38]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Technology [46]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
California [55]
Source: Sentient [56], 03/18/2026
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"Ruling The Night: Bat Species At Risk" [57]

"On a recent afternoon, deep in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and less than an hour’s drive from Shenandoah National Park, a tricolored bat was moving its mouth rapidly, as if it was trying to chew something. In fact, it was echolocating, using its mouth to shape and direct pulses of ultrasonic sound as a way to survey its surroundings."

Biodiversity [58]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Wildlife [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [59]
Source: National Parks Traveler [60], 03/18/2026
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Admin Targeted NCAR Climate Lab in Effort to Free Trump Ally: Suit [61]

"The Trump administration has targeted a climate and weather research lab as retribution against Colorado officials for imprisoning a county clerk backed by the president who was convicted of helping election deniers meddle with voting equipment in 2020, a lawsuit filed Monday by the lab’s leadership alleged."

Climate Change [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Science [26]
Technology [46]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [62], 03/17/2026
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"Group Says “God Squad” Meeting Ignores Procedures Set By Law" [63]

"As the Trump administration prepares to convene the Endangered Species Committee, also known as... the “God Squad,” conservation groups are expressing anger over what they call an “illegal end-run around” that doesn’t seem to be following clear procedures set forth in the law. The committee is planning to discuss exemptions for Gulf of Mexico oil and gas activities from the requirements of the Endangered Species Act."

Biodiversity [58]
Climate Change [38]
Disasters [64]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [44]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Government [65]
Journalism & Media [66]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Technology [46]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: National Parks Traveler [67], 03/17/2026
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Top US Lobbying Firms Working Both Sides Of The Pfas Issue At The Same Time [68]

"Some top US lobbying firms are simultaneously working both sides of the Pfas “forever chemicals” issue, raising serious conflict of interest questions and concerns that their activity is slowing states’ efforts to rein in the public health threat."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [32]
Source: Guardian [69], 03/17/2026
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Mining Made Tar Creek A Toxic Wasteland. Quapaw Nation Brought It Back. [70]

"The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination"

Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [71]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [72]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [25]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [73], 03/17/2026
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Inside The Deadly Silicosis Epidemic Killing Countertop Stonecutters [74]

"A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough."

Air [75]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [71]
Environmental Politics [13]
Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [25]
Technology [46]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [55]
Source: Capital & Main [76], 03/17/2026
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