EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Officials Break Ground On New Pipeline At Floyd Bennett Field" [9]

"Top White House officials on Tuesday celebrated the start of construction on a controversial gas pipeline in Brooklyn that is backed by both Gov. Kathy Hochul and President Donald Trump."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
Source: Gothamist [19], 04/17/2026
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"Environmental Groups Take Trump Administration’s ‘God Squad’ to Court" [20]

"Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration over its decision to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from complying with the Endangered Species Act, a move they say threatens both the coastline region and the law designed to protect threatened plants and animals."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 04/17/2026
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"Great White Sharks Are Overheating" [28]

"The ocean’s fastest and most formidable predators might also be the most physiologically vulnerable to warming waters, researchers warn." "The evolutionary edge that fueled great white shark dominance for millions of years could soon become its greatest downfall."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
International [30]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 04/17/2026
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"At ‘Sloth World’ in Florida, Wild Sloths Have Died by the Dozens" [32]

"On a busy tourist strip in Orlando, behind noisy bars and souvenir shops, 21 sloths in crates reached the end of a grueling international trip. Soon, they would all be dead."

Biodiversity [21]
Disasters [33]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Health [34]
Health [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
South America [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 04/17/2026
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"The American Chestnut And Its Central Place In The Eastern Landscape" [39]

"In a quiet stretch of western Massachusetts stands a sycamore so old it was around when the Constitution was signed. It’s awe-inspiring, with branches bigger than the entire trunks of most trees. ... In the eastern United States, that rare sense of awe was once supplied in bulk by the American chestnut."

Biodiversity [21]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Studies [41]
Forests [42]
Science [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [44], 04/17/2026
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"The Great Salt Lake Is Dying. Can This $1B Trump Plan Save It?" [45]

"Winter's disastrously low snowfall could further complicate an already audacious plan to refill the dying Great Salt Lake in time for the 2034 Winter Olympics in Utah."

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [47]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Source: USA TODAY [49], 04/16/2026
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Trump DOI Crafted Talking Points For Mike Lee’s Public Land Sell-Off Scheme [50]

"Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee’s committee consulted with the Trump administration the day before Lee introduced his wildly unpopular bill to force a sell-off of up to 3.2 million acres of federal public lands across the West, Public Domain has learned."

Agriculture [46]
Biodiversity [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [51]
People & Population [47]
Planning & Growth [52]
Wildlife [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Source: Public Domain [53], 04/16/2026
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"Oil Company Founded By DOE Chief Wright Paid No US Taxes Last Year" [54]

"The company founded and formerly run by Energy Secretary Chris Wright paid no federal corporate income taxes last year, according to its regulatory filings, and actually got more than $10 million back from the IRS."

Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [55]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [56]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [51]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [57], 04/16/2026
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As Worker Silicosis Deaths Mount, GOP Moves to Shield Firms From Liability [58]

"Public health experts in California are pushing to ban engineered quartz in an effort to protect countertop fabrication workers from a growing epidemic of a deadly lung disease, but Republicans in Congress are trying to protect the industry with a bill that would ban lawsuits against manufacturers."

Air [59]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [55]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Capital & Main [60], 04/16/2026
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MSHA Indefinitely Delays Rule To Protect Coal Miners From Black Lung [61]

"Implementation of a previously approved federal rule meant to help prevent black lung in the nation’s coal miners has been delayed indefinitely, according to an update posted this week in the Federal Register."

Air [59]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [55]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [51]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: W.Va. Watch [62], 04/16/2026
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Most Kids Living Near Omaha Massive Superfund Site Aren’t Tested for Lead [63]

"Public health officials in Omaha, Nebraska, say not enough kids who live near the country’s largest residential lead cleanup site are tested for the metal. Faced with similar crises or concerns, 13 states have passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test for lead early in life."

Chemicals [64]
Consumer [40]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [55]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [65]
Source: Flatwater Free Press [66], 04/16/2026
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Trump FDA Considers Physician, A Fox News Regular, For Top Vaccine Post [67]

"The Trump administration is considering Houman Hemmati, an ophthalmologist, entrepreneur and frequent Fox News guest, to serve as the nation’s next top regulator of vaccines and treatments for complex diseases, according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal conversations."

Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [56]
Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [47]
Science [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [68], 04/16/2026
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Gray Whales, Once Rare In San Francisco Bay, Dying There At Alarming Rates [69]

"Researchers find increase in whale deaths in the bay, largely because of collisions with vessels on busy shipping route"

Biodiversity [21]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [70]
Source: Guardian [71], 04/16/2026
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"Americans’ View Of Environment Hits New Low Ahead Of Earth Day: Gallup" [72]

"A new Gallup survey found that a record-low 35 percent of American respondents rated the quality of their country’s environment positively, just more than a week before Earth Day."

Air [59]
Chemicals [64]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [73]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [74], 04/16/2026
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"Congaree, A National Park As Impressive As Its Trees" [75]

"CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK, S.C. — Rising possibly 175 feet above the floodplain, propped up by a trunk 15 feet around at its base, America’s tallest loblolly pine dwarfed the veteran state biologist standing beneath it."

Biodiversity [21]
Consumer [40]
Forests [42]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [51]
People & Population [47]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Source: National Parks Traveler [76], 04/16/2026
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