EJToday: Top Headlines

"The US Is Exporting Huge Amounts Of Natural Gas. Will It Cost Americans?" [9]

"As the Trump administration promotes U.S. natural gas exports, federal analysts warn that shipping massive volumes abroad could raise costs for consumers at home."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Canary Media [19], 02/12/2026
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Louisiana Bets Big On ‘Blue Ammonia.’ Cancer Alley Braces For The Cost. [20]

"Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution."

Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [22]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [25]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Floodlight [27], 02/12/2026
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"Conservation Groups File Appeal Challenging Colorado CAFO Water Permits" [28]

"Colorado officials are failing to require legally mandated water quality monitoring near concentrated animal feeding operations, allowing for widespread water contamination with animal waste, conservation groups allege in a new legal challenge to the state."

Agriculture [21]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [25]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Source: The New Lede [32], 02/12/2026
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Iran’s Shadow Fleet Of Old Tankers A Ticking Bomb For Sea Life: Experts [33]

"Decrepit oil tankers in Iran’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet are a “ticking time bomb”, and it is only a matter of time before there is a catastrophic environmental disaster, maritime intelligence analysts have warned."

Disasters [34]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [35]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
International [36]
Source: Guardian [37], 02/12/2026
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"What Are The Biggest Climate Polluters Near You?" [38]

"Many people already understand that climate-warming pollution is rising globally and that it’s caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels and releasing methane gas. But do you know if there are major climate polluters near you?"

Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [10]
Journalism & Media [39]
Pollution [25]
Technology [40]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [36]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [41], 02/12/2026
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"Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation" [42]

"A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off."

Activism [43]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [25]
Science [44]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [45], 02/11/2026
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"Fears of EPA Enforcement Dip Spurs Groups to Act as Legal Hounds" [46]

"Environmental groups say they’re feeling pressure to file more lawsuits against corporate polluters amid concerns the Trump administration is leaving a gap by not policing violators hard enough."

Activism [43]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [47], 02/11/2026
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US Chemical Giant To Stop Producing Herbicide Critics Call ‘Toxic Cocktail’ [48]

"The chemical giant Corteva will stop producing Enlist Duo, a herbicide considered to be among the most dangerous still used in the US by environmentalists because it contains a mix of Agent Orange and glyphosate, which have both been linked to cancer and widespread ecological damage."

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [49]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [50], 02/11/2026
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"The GOP Goes Scorched Earth in Boundary Waters Battle" [51]

"House Republicans slash conservation protections for beloved wilderness while targeting green groups for investigation."

Biodiversity [49]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Canada [53]
Source: Public Domain [54], 02/11/2026
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"Trump Will Order Defense Department to Buy Coal Power" [55]

"President Donald Trump plans to announce an executive order on Wednesday directing the U.S. Department of Defense to buy electricity from coal-fired power plants." "Climate and security experts say the plan is outdated and could place the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [56]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [57]
Pollution [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 02/11/2026
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Illegal Cannabis Farms Poison California’s Forests. Who’s Cleaning Them Up? [59]

"Even after legalization, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute California’s public lands. And the contamination, new research shows, lingers."

Forests [60]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [25]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
California [61]
Source: CalMatters [62], 02/11/2026
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TVA Says It Now Doesn’t Want To Close Two Coal-Fired Plants [63]

"The nation’s largest public utility says it now would prefer to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it had planned to shutter, changing course before a meeting of its board, which has a majority of members picked by the coal-friendly Trump administration."

Air [64]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [56]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [25]
Technology [40]
Waste [29]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: AP [65], 02/11/2026
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Geopolitical Tensions Cloud Major Climate Threat Of Black Carbon In Arctic [66]

"The increase in marine Arctic traffic, which received increased attention as U.S. President Donald Trump pushed for the United States to take over Greenland, has come with a heavy environmental cost: black carbon, or soot, that spews from ships and makes the ice melt even faster. "

Air [64]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
International [36]
Antarctica & Arctic [67]
Source: AP [68], 02/11/2026
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Giant Snails And Tiny Insects Threaten The South’s Rice And Crawfish Farms [69]

"Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he’s finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones."

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [49]
Fish & Fisheries [70]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [71]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [72]
Source: AP [73], 02/11/2026
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National Park Service Removes Pride Flag From Stonewall After Trump Order [74]

"A Pride flag has been removed from New York’s historic Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, following a memorandum issued by the federal National Park Service (NPS)."

Diversity [75]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [76]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [77]
Source: WPIX/The Hill [78], 02/11/2026
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