EJToday: Top Headlines

"How Lee Zeldin Shifted the Mission — And the Message — of the E.P.A." [9]

The job of the E.P.A. chief is to protect human health by safeguarding “the air we breathe, the water we drink and land that grows our food,” as the agency’s founding charter puts it, and most administrators have talked about their work in those terms. Mr. Zeldin, though, speaks more about supporting industry and exporting fossil fuels than about protecting the environment."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [23], 04/13/2026
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Forecasters Predict Slightly Below-Average 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season [24]

"Colorado State University’s hurricane forecasting team is expecting El Niño to bring a slightly below-average season with 13 named storms, six hurricanes, and two major hurricanes."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [26]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Central America & the Caribbean [28]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [29], 04/13/2026
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New Threatened Landscapes Report Will Focus On Erasure Of American History [30]

"The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), a national Washington, D.C.-based education and advocacy organization, announced “Erasing American History” as the subject of its annual thematic Landslide report about threatened landscapes and landscape features and issued a call for nominations. As the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approaches, the United States is simultaneously also witnessing the erasure of irreplaceable cultural resources that reflect and interpret our shared history."

Consumer [31]
Diversity [32]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [26]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [34]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: National Parks Traveler [35], 04/13/2026
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"A Critical Moment For The Nuclear Safety Policeman" [36]

"The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations is struggling to bring a new wave of nuclear startups into their system." "Several nuclear power startups are balking at joining the industry’s voluntary regulatory body in what could become a major shakeup to plant safety oversight."

Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
People & Population [26]
Technology [39]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [40], 04/13/2026
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"EPA Sets ‘No Surprises’ Science Policy, Reassigns Researchers" [41]

"The Trump administration is tightening its grip over EPA’s scientific enterprise as it prepares to relocate employees from its once esteemed research arm."

Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Technology [39]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [43], 04/13/2026
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AI Boom Derailed Clean-Air Push In One Of America's Most Polluted Cities [44]

"Trump administration rolled back clean-air rules to support AI-driven electricity demand. St. Louis faces poor air quality and high health costs as coal plants remain online."

Air [45]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [19]
Technology [39]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Reuters [46], 04/13/2026
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"Plastic Pollution Is Bad Enough. Burning It Can Be Even Worse." [47]

"In places like Indonesia, plastic refuse is often burned in unregulated low-tech furnaces that pose grave health risks."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Studies [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Waste [48]
Public [21]
International [49]
Source: Undark [50], 04/13/2026
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Communities Wait On Billions In Disaster Funds From Trump Administration [51]

"Placerville, Calif., bears all the markers of a community at risk of a wildfire. The city's rolling hillsides are dense with brush, which dries out during the hot summers. Older homes made of wood, which are more prone to igniting, are dotted throughout."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [25]
Economy & Business [42]
Environmental Health [13]
Forests [52]
Government [53]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [26]
Planning & Growth [54]
Technology [39]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NPR [55], 04/13/2026
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"Deer Test Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease At Catoctin Mountain Park" [56]

"Two deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease at Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland during recent white-tailed deer reduction operations and subsequent disease sampling. This is the first CWD-positive detection at Catoctin Mountain Park."

Biodiversity [57]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [13]
Forests [52]
People & Population [26]
Wildlife [58]
Public [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [59]
Source: National Parks Traveler [60], 04/13/2026
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"Why These Chimps Have Been At War For 8 Years" [61]

"The long-running conflict in a formerly unified community, the second ever observed, adds to Jane Goodall’s studies about a different chimp war in the 1970s."

Biodiversity [57]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Military [62]
Wildlife [58]
Public [21]
International [49]
Africa [63]
Source: National Geographic [64], 04/13/2026
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Trump EPA Wants To Gut Rules On Coal Plant Ash That Threatens Groundwater [65]

"The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater. Those regulations were strengthened under the Biden administration as part of a wider crackdown on pollution from coal-fired power plants."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [31]
Disasters [25]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [66], 04/10/2026
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'Climate Change Is Kicking Our Butts.’ March Smashes US Heat Records [67]

"March’s persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. And the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El Niño will reach superstrength."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [26]
Science [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [49]
Source: AP [68], 04/10/2026
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Photo Essay: Soaring W.Va. Utility Costs Are Surpassing Rents And Mortgages [69]

"WEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. — Eric Pinson is obsessed with stacks of electric bills laid out in neat piles on his desk. He runs a camping trailer park in West Virginia not far from a planned data center — all in the shadow of an enormous coal-powered plant that recently received millions in funding from the Trump administration for upgrades.
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Military [62]
People & Population [26]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [59]
Source: AP [70], 04/10/2026
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"Indiana Governor Suspends State Gas Tax For 30 Days" [71]

"Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) on Wednesday suspended the Hoosier State’s sales tax on gas for 30 days, as prices at the pump have increased since the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran began."

Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Military [62]
Transportation [72]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [73]
Source: The Hill [74], 04/10/2026
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Emperor Penguins Listed As Endangered Species By IUCN As Warming Melts Ice [75]

"The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced Thursday."

Biodiversity [57]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Studies [16]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [58]
Public [21]
International [49]
Antarctica & Arctic [76]
Source: AFP [77], 04/10/2026
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