EJToday: Top Headlines

"How Community Solar Turned A Superfund Site Into Savings In Illinois" [9]

"A new 9.1-MW solar array will help residents of Waukegan, Illinois, reduce energy bills. State incentives for low-income solar made the project possible."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [16]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Source: Canary Media [19], 01/12/2026
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"How Chevron Played The Long Game In Venezuela" [20]

"Chevron met with Trump and spent millions lobbying him to let it continue operating in Venezuela. Now it is uniquely positioned to profit from the country’s vast oil reserves."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
South America [22]
Source: Grist [23], 01/12/2026
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"Meta Strikes Deals With Three Nuclear Energy Companies" [24]

"Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced deals Friday with three nuclear energy companies to help power its AI infrastructure, including the tech giant’s forthcoming Prometheus supercluster."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
Technology [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [28], 01/12/2026
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"Conservation Groups Say USFWS Cuts Will Put Wildlife At Risk" [29]

"The House passed a final spending bill on January 8 with deep cuts to the Department of the Interior. While the bill holds steady the budget for the National Park Service, it cuts the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s listing budget by 44 percent, bringing it to 2004 levels. The legislation will now head to the Senate where it is expected to pass."

Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: National Parks Traveler [34], 01/12/2026
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"The War Over a Weedkiller Might Be Headed to the Supreme Court" [35]

"The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether to take up a case involving weedkillers and cancer that could effectively curtail one of the largest waves of tort litigation in American history."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [38], 01/12/2026
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"Trump Withdrawal From Bedrock UN Climate Treaty Raises Legal Questions" [39]

"The Trump administration's decision to withdraw the United States from the foundational U.N. climate treaty, which the U.S. Senate unanimously adopted more than 30 years ago, may be illegal, according to some legal experts who say that Congress would need to approve its exit."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [40]
Source: Reuters [41], 01/09/2026
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Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules [42]

"In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks."

Air [43]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: ProPublica [44], 01/09/2026
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After White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area [45]

"Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are 'overwhelmingly' non-white."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [32]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: Capital B [48], 01/09/2026
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"FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers" [49]

"Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisors are advising their staff to prepare for the elimination of 1,000 jobs this month as part of changes that Kristi Noem, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is overseeing at the agency, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [50]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [51]
Laws & Regulations [32]
People & Population [46]
Water & Oceans [52]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [53], 01/09/2026
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"Here’s Why New EPA Rules On ‘Everywhere Chemicals’ Could Fall Short" [54]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to regulate five types of phthalates, chemicals that are widely used in plastics and other common products."

Chemicals [37]
Consumer [55]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [56], 01/09/2026
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"EPA Delays Enforcement Of Regional Haze Guidelines" [57]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is once again delaying the enforcement of regional haze guidelines. The agency has given states a three-year extension to submit plans to clean up harmful air pollution at national parks and improve public health, according to Sierra Club."

Air [43]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: National Parks Traveler [58], 01/09/2026
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"House GOP Prioritizes Trump’s Changes To Showerheads" [59]

"House Republicans are hoping to soon deliver a win for President Donald Trump’s agenda — or at least his hair — by voting to codify his long-desired showerhead changes into law, one of their top priorities of the new session."

Consumer [55]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Water & Oceans [52]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [60], 01/09/2026
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"Ohio Utility Corruption Defendants To SCOTUS: Bribes Are Free Speech" [61]

"The only two individuals who have stood trial for their role in the largest utility corruption scandal in Ohio’s history have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review their cases and reverse their convictions."

Economy & Business [62]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Source: Canary Media [63], 01/09/2026
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"White House Finalizes Overhaul of Environmental Permitting Rules" [64]

"A White House environmental office will officially strike down its federal permitting rules Thursday, wiping out a set of standards that had been in place nearly 50 years."

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [51]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [65], 01/09/2026
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My Brush With Dengue Was Excruciating. Even Scarier: How Fast It’s Spreading [66]

"When the chills, body shivers, and pounding headache first hijacked my system, I was 30,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean, midway through a 14-hour flight to Manila in the Philippines."

Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [11]
Wildlife [33]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [40]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [67], 01/09/2026
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