EJToday: Top Headlines

"EPA Chief to Headline Event by Group That Says There’s No Climate Crisis" [9]

"Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be the opening speaker at a conference next month sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a group that rejects the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, the organization has announced."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Science [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 03/23/2026
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"Trump’s Latest Attempt To Derail EV-Charger Construction" [21]

"States are fighting a requirement that chargers getting federal funding be made with 100% American components — a standard no manufacturers currently meet."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [23]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [24], 03/23/2026
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Trump EPA Is Paving The Way For Haze To Return To National Parks, Conservationists Warn [25]

"A year ago, federal environmental regulators told West Virginia officials that their plan to clear sulfur and smog from skies over the state’s national wilderness areas wasn’t good enough because a dozen coal plants didn’t analyze whether they needed better pollution controls."

Air [26]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [28], 03/23/2026
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"Record-Torching March Heat ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Climate Change" [29]

"On Friday, March 20, eight states set an all-time March heat record, and the U.S. national March heat record was set or tied for the third consecutive day"

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Studies [30]
People & Population [31]
Science [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [32], 03/23/2026
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"12 Climate Reads For Women’s History Month" [33]

"These books and reports explore climate change through historical, scientific, social, and political lenses."

Climate Change [11]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [31]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [34]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [35], 03/23/2026
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"24 States Sue the E.P.A. for Renouncing Its Power to Fight Climate Change" [36]

"A coalition of 24 states, along with a dozen cities and counties, sued the Trump administration on Thursday over its decision to relinquish the government’s legal authority to fight climate change."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [37], 03/20/2026
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"Contentious Alaska Oil, Gas Drilling Rights Sale Generates Record Revenue" [38]

"The Trump administration said this week that its recent sale of the rights to drill in a contentious area of Alaska generated record revenue for federal oil and gas lease sales."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [39]
Source: The Hill [40], 03/20/2026
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Sewage Sludge Battle Heats Up As Greens Appeal Move To Dismiss EPA Lawsuit [41]

"A federal court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit alleging US regulators failed to prevent widespread contamination of farmland with toxic PFAS chemicals was based on a “flawed interpretation” of the Clean Water Act, creating “dangerous real-world consequences for public health,” a watchdog group argued in a new court filing."

Agriculture [42]
Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [44]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [45], 03/20/2026
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"AI Power Demand Creates ‘High Likelihood, High Impact’ Grid Risks" [46]

"The North American transmission watchdog warns of cascading outages if the largest data centers aren’t regulated."

Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Technology [48]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [49], 03/20/2026
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"Trump Admin Details Enviro Agency Exodus" [50]

"More than 10,700 staffers left EPA and the Interior and Energy departments under a Trump program that incentivized resignations."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [51]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [52], 03/20/2026
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"Balcony Solar Bill Gains Momentum In Illinois" [53]

"More than two dozen states are considering bills that would make it easier for households to adopt plug-in solar arrays. Illinois could be next to pass one."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [54]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Technology [48]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [55], 03/20/2026
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"Get Ready for a Year of Chaotic Weather in the US" [56]

"A massive Western heat wave and a potential El Niño event raise concerns about a long stretch of unpredictable and extreme weather."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: WIRED [58], 03/20/2026
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"Endangered Species ‘God Squad’ Convening Accused of Breaking Law" [59]

"The Interior Department was hit with a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the agency of illegally convening the Endangered Species Committee to waive protections for animals in the Gulf of Mexico in order to allow for more offshore drilling there."

Biodiversity [60]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [61], 03/20/2026
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"Revealed: The World’s Worst Mega-Leaks Of Methane Driving Global Heating" [62]

"The world’s worst mega-leaks of the potent greenhouse gas methane in 2025 have been revealed by an analysis of satellite data."

Infrastructure [54]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [34]
Source: Guardian [63], 03/20/2026
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Insect Migrations: Butterflies Crossing Oceans, Moths Navigating By The Stars [64]

"Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tracking their movements"

Biodiversity [60]
Transportation [23]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [34]
Source: Guardian [65], 03/20/2026
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