EJToday: Top Headlines

"Feds Order Immediate Inspection Of Cheboygan Dam Powerhouse" [9]

"Federal energy regulators have ordered immediate inspections of the Cheboygan Dam powerhouse and other Michigan dams that faced the risk of failure in this month’s historic flooding. Separately, state officials said they plan to inspect dams under their oversight to check for damage from the high waters that nearly overtook several impoundments last week amid spring snowmelt and heavy rains."

Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Government [12]
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Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Source: Bridge Michigan [19], 04/29/2026
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"The World Needs Natural Gas Now, but the U.S. Is Exporting All It Can" [20]

"The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has cut off a significant source of liquefied natural gas, but the United States, the biggest exporter of the fuel, is unlikely to pick up that slack because it has no spare capacity."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Infrastructure [13]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [25]
Middle East [26]
Source: New York Times [27], 04/29/2026
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"United Arab Emirates Says It Will Leave OPEC, A Blow To The Oil Cartel" [28]

"The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it will leave OPEC effective May 1, stripping the oil cartel of its third-largest producer and further weakening its leverage over global oil supplies and prices."

Economy & Business [22]
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Environmental Politics [29]
Public [17]
International [25]
Middle East [26]
Source: AP [30], 04/29/2026
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Wind Farms Bloom Along Rhode Island Coast, As Trump Wants To Stop Them [31]

"Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning far off the coast of Rhode Island on Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region. Wind farms are taking shape and operating along the East Coast, even as President Donald Trump seeks to end the U.S. offshore wind industry. He often talks about his hatred of wind power and calls turbines ugly."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [33], 04/29/2026
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"The Iran War Is Impacting the Environment in Unseen Ways" [34]

"War had already darkened Tehran’s skies by March 8. When rain began to fall, residents said it was thick, foul-smelling and dark in color. Some described it as black rain, coating streets, rooftops, and cars in sootlike residue."

Chemicals [35]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Infrastructure [13]
Military [36]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [37]
Public [17]
International [25]
Middle East [26]
Source: WIRED [38], 04/29/2026
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"Supreme Court Grills Monsanto On Roundup Cancer Warning" [39]

"Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of Monsanto’s argument that federal law prevents state courts from holding the company financially responsible for failing to warn consumers about the risk of cancer from its popular Roundup weedkiller."

Agriculture [40]
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National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [43], 04/28/2026
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Trump DOI To Pay 2 More Companies To Walk Away From Offshore Wind Leases [44]

"The Trump administration announced two more payouts Monday for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [37]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [45], 04/28/2026
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"Shrunken Offshore Energy Regulator Faces An Outsize Challenge" [46]

"A new agency for offshore energy development that’s seen its workforce shrink in recent years — and is targeted for funding cuts next year by the Trump administration — will be taking on a quickly growing portfolio of responsibilities."

Chemicals [35]
Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [47], 04/28/2026
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"ICE Planning Facility For Children And Families On Pfas-Contaminated Site" [48]

"Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a detention facility for children and their families on one the nation’s most Pfas-contaminated sites, which also serves as a hub for the president’s deportation program."

Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [12]
Infrastructure [13]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [37]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Guardian [52], 04/28/2026
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Global Oil Crisis Has Changed Fossil Fuel Industry For Ever: IEA Chief [53]

"The oil crisis triggered by the Iran war has changed the fossil fuel industry for ever, turning countries away from fossil fuels to secure energy supplies, the world’s leading energy economist said."

Climate Change [21]
Consumer [42]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Infrastructure [13]
Military [36]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [54]
Pollution [37]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
International [25]
Source: Guardian [55], 04/28/2026
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"A Town Of 7,000 Planned So Many Data Centers, It’s Like Adding 51 Walmarts" [56]

"Developers plan to build six sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pennsylvania, covering about 14 percent of the town’s land. Residents are fighting back."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [37]
Technology [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [57]
Source: Washington Post [58], 04/28/2026
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"EPA’s Zeldin Tangles With Democrats Over Trump’s Budget Request" [59]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wrestled with House Democrats on Monday in a hostile hearing that culminated in the top Democratic appropriator facetiously suggesting the agency chief drink weed killer."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [37]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [60], 04/28/2026
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"French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate" [61]

"The new investigation by DeSmog and Politico found boutique Paris-based PR firm Digital Tellers is linked to a web of connected Facebook groups and accounts, which regularly share false claims about the cost, noise and reliability of heat pumps."

Climate Change [21]
Consumer [42]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [62]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [37]
Technology [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Europe [63]
Source: DeSmog [64], 04/28/2026
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Lake Superior: Isle Royale’s Wolves Are Thriving As Packs Prey On Moose [65]

"Wolves on a remote island in Lake Superior appear to be thriving, but they’re making deep dents in the moose population that they rely on as a leading food source, according to a report released Monday."

Biodiversity [41]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [66]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Source: AP [67], 04/28/2026
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"Working To Restore Biscayne Bay" [68]

"In one direction, the view from the 65-foot-tall Boca Chita lighthouse in Biscayne National Park is an endless sea of shimmering Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. In another, across Biscayne Bay, stands the Miami skyline, bedazzled with glassy skyscrapers and surrounded by the most densely populated region of the Sunshine State."

Biodiversity [41]
Natural Resources [69]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [70]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [66]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: National Parks Traveler [71], 04/28/2026
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