EJToday: Top Headlines

Nevada Utility Seeks Ratepayer Funds For Wildfire Insurance [9]

“As the West enters a high-risk wildfire season, Nevada’s largest utility is asking state regulators to OK a $500 million insurance policy funded by its ratepayers."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 06/11/2026
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GM Plans to Develop Grid Storage Batteries as EV Sales Flag [21]

“The carmaker will follow Tesla in making components for large batteries used by electric utilities, data centers and other businesses to handle fluctuations in power supply and demand.”

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [23]
Technology [24]
Transportation [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: New York Times [27], 06/11/2026
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Union Warns Of Safety Issues After EPA Cuts Desk Phones [28]

“The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) replaced employee desk phones with calling software used on their laptops, something the union says poses safety issues, including during a recent medical emergency.”

Consumer [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [30]
People & Population [16]
Technology [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: The Hill [32], 06/11/2026
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Judge Axes Trump Guidance Restricting Green Energy Credits [33]

“A federal judge over the weekend struck down a Trump administration effort to restrict tax credits for wind and solar energy.”

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [34]
People & Population [16]
Technology [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [35], 06/11/2026
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Deepest, Biggest Whale Graveyard Discovered In Indian Ocean [36]

“Some remains found in Diamantina fracture zone date back more than 5m years and reveal species and ecosystems unknown to science.”

Biodiversity [37]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Science [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Wildlife [41]
Public [18]
International [42]
Source: Guardian [43], 06/11/2026
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Analysis: News Corp Misrepresents Good Climate News As Bad [44]

“In a world where people accept global heating is bad, news that we had avoided a boiling-in-our-own-juices version of the planet’s future might have been welcomed. Instead, the news that a group of climate scientists had officially retired their very worst scenario for the future of the planet was proof – according to Donald Trump – that the scientists had been (in all caps) WRONG! WRONG! WRONG."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [45]
Science [39]
Public [18]
International [42]
Source: Guardian [46], 06/11/2026
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“A Land Artist Asks: What Will Be Left When I’m Not Here?” [47]

“You can hear and smell Meg Webster’s latest exhibition before you see it. Walking up the stairs of Paula Cooper Gallery in Chelsea, there’s a chorus of birds chirps. Then comes the smell: a dusky, dense scent reminiscent of wet earth. Finally, you walk into the main space and encounter “Thicket,” the show’s titular artwork, a beckoning spiral made of local branches, leaves and flowers."

Activism [48]
Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Studies [49]
Journalism & Media [45]
People & Population [16]
Wildlife [41]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [42]
Source: New York Times [50], 06/11/2026
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Trump DOJ Killed Criminal Probe of GOP Senator’s Coal Firms [51]

“EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them ‘pencils down.’”

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [30]
Health [53]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Natural Resources [54]
Policy [55]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: ProPublica [56], 06/10/2026
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Senator Pushed to Cut Fire Aircraft Inspections His Firm Flunked [57]

“U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy previously ran an aerial firefighting company. After joining Congress, he proposed ending Forest Service inspections of those aircraft. The same month a draft of his plan to end Forest Service inspections leaked, an aircraft at his former company failed an inspection because of a crack in its wing.”

Air [58]
Disasters [12]
Government [30]
Transportation [25]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: ProPublica [59], 06/10/2026
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Debate Over Preservation Law Tripping Up Permitting Talks [60]

“Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee wants to overhaul the National Historic Preservation Act. That may be a step too far for many Democrats.”

Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Planning & Growth [61]
Policy [55]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [62], 06/10/2026
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Climate Cost Of Expanded World Cup Feared As Emissions To Soar [63]

“The World Cup kicks off on Thursday as a celebration of goals, drama and global fandom, but it is also expected to carry a climate cost more than double that of Qatar 2022, throwing a harsh spotlight on the environmental price of football's expanding showpiece.”

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [22]
Pollution [17]
Waste [64]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [42]
Source: Reuters [65], 06/10/2026
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Brussels Presses Albania As Kushner Resort Flouts EU Green Law [66]

“On Monday, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama told Reuters in an interview that his country will press ahead with ⁠a luxury resort planned by U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his daughter Ivanka Trump on a remote stretch of Balkan coast despite protests over its environmental impact.”

Environmental Politics [14]
Government [30]
Planning & Growth [61]
Water & Oceans [40]
Wildlife [41]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [42]
Europe [67]
Source: Reuters [68], 06/10/2026
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MegaBanks Pledged $906bn To Fossil Fuel Firms In 2025: Report [69]

“JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say.”

Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Studies [49]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Policy [55]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [42]
Source: The Guardian [70], 06/10/2026
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There's Something Special About Kangaroo Island's Koalas [71]

“Inside the island colony being tapped to help save Australia's koalas from deadly chlamydia.”

Activism [48]
Wildlife [41]
Public [18]
International [42]
Australia & Oceania [72]
Source: BBC News [73], 06/10/2026
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US Drought Tests Trump Strategy of Logging to Fight Wildfire [74]

“Extreme drought and rising temperatures in the US are poised to overwhelm the Trump administration’s plans to control wildfire by logging federal forests, scientists say."

Disasters [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [15]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Other or All [75]
Policy [55]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [76], 06/10/2026
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