EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict" [9]

"The United States on Thursday temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil that is currently at sea, allowing it to be shipped to buyers around the world as the Trump administration scrambles to contain energy prices that have been soaring because of the war in Iran."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Middle East [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 03/13/2026
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"Eye Doctor Named to Air Pollution Advisory Board Draws Pushback" [22]

"The Trump administration has tapped an eye doctor with no background in air pollution science to advise the Environmental Protection Agency on what levels of air pollutants are safe to breathe."

Air [23]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [28], 03/13/2026
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"Trump Admin Fires New Shot in Fight Over California Clean Car Rules" [29]

"The Trump administration on Thursday filed a new lawsuit against California over its strict limits on planet-warming pollution from cars, arguing that the restrictions would unlawfully force a rapid transition to electric vehicles in the state."

Air [23]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [27]
Technology [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 03/13/2026
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"Can Hydropower Ride the Wave of the Energy Boom?" [33]

"The International Energy Agency’s executive director has called hydropower a “forgotten giant,” and has urged governments to do more to remember it. U.S. President Donald Trump has said hydropower is “fantastic,” a sharp contrast to his disdain for wind and solar."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Infrastructure [14]
Pollution [27]
Technology [30]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 03/13/2026
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"Iran War Could Spark The Next Global Food Crisis" [37]

"The Iran conflict is driving up energy and fertilizer costs, raising alarms over a return of food inflation. Farmers are bracing for resource shortages that could drag down harvests."

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [39]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Food [40]
People & Population [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Middle East [20]
Source: DW [42], 03/13/2026
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"Big Bend Wall Opponents Ask Congress To Block Funds" [43]

"In a map update posted last month to U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s website, the agency charted a major expansion of the border wall. It included terrain belonging to one of America’s most iconic wild areas, Big Bend National Park, an 800,000-acre desert landscape that includes the entire Chisos mountain range and more than 100 miles of the Rio Grande."

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [14]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Source: Public Domain [47], 03/13/2026
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"Illinois To Data Centers: Bring Your Own Renewables And Skip The Line" [48]

"Proposed legislation offers perks for data centers that invest in clean energy. A broad coalition supports the bill, but details still need to be hammered out."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [49]
Source: Canary Media [50], 03/13/2026
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"Warming Waters Threaten Seafood Supply" [51]

"Fish are evolving ever smaller in order to survive temperature increases, new research warns. It’s a biological shift that will rob billions of meals from those who rely on fish for protein."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Food [40]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [17]
International [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 03/13/2026
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As Iran War Shakes Energy System, Some See Strong Case For Renewable Energy [53]

"World leaders have tried and failed to curb climate change by appealing to nations to act for the common good. Now, the Iran war and its costly energy crunch have some experts wondering if selfishness and nationalism may be a more likely way to save the planet, by boosting support for homegrown renewables over imported fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [25]
Pollution [27]
Technology [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: AP [54], 03/13/2026
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"Ruling The Night: Bat Species At Risk" [55]

"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 [44]
Wildlife [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: National Parks Traveler [57], 03/13/2026
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Wealthy Nations Pledge Record Release Of Oil Reserves To Calm Surging Prices [58]

"A group representing many of the world’s wealthiest countries agreed Wednesday to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, in a bid to counter the effects of the Iran war on energy markets and the halt of cargo shipping through the Strait of Hormuz."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Military [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Middle East [20]
Source: AP [59], 03/12/2026
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EPA Chief Met With Bayer CEO Over Supreme Court Fight, Agency Records Show [60]

"Top US regulators met with Bayer’s CEO last year to discuss “litigation” issues – including “Supreme Court Action” over its glyphosate weed killer – just months before the Trump administration took a series of steps to boost Bayer’s case at the high court, internal government records show."

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [61], 03/12/2026
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"EPA Axes Union Contract" [62]

"EPA is canceling its collective bargaining agreement with its second-biggest union, a fierce critic of the Trump administration."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [63]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [64]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [65], 03/12/2026
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"Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution" [66]

"A major environmental justice case tying slavery’s legacy to Cancer Alley reached a new phase after a judge rejected defendants’ motion to dismiss last month."

Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [63]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [67]
Source: DeSmog [68], 03/12/2026
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40% Of Produce From Nation’s Largest Supplier Contains ‘Forever’ Pesticides [69]

"Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” according to a new investigation."

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [39]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [24]
Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [31]
Source: CNN [70], 03/12/2026
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