EJToday: Top Headlines

Shell's Cracker Has Polluted More Than Permitted With No New Fines For 3 Years [9]

"State regulators have allowed the Beaver County ethylene plant to keep exceeding limits on damaging nitrogen oxides while the official permitting process has taken seven times its original timeline."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Source: Public Source [18], 03/24/2026
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Border Communities Remain in Dark About DHS' Billion-Dollar Buoy Project [19]

"The industrial-grade buoys, already being installed in Brownsville, Texas, are meant to prevent unauthorized crossings. But experts warn the buoys could intensify flooding and change the river’s course."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [22]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: E&E News [27], 03/24/2026
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Replacing Toxic Lead Pipes Could Drive Job Creation in Illinois: Report [28]

"Illinois has nearly 1.5 million lead service lines. A new report estimates replacing the unsafe plumbing has the potential to create 90,000 jobs."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: Grist/WBEZ [30], 03/24/2026
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"Nebraska Fires Burn Grazing Lands, Threaten Plans To Grow US Cattle Herd" [31]

"Wildfires burn nearly 775,000 acres in Nebraska. Land is a grazing resource for about 40,000 cows."

Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [33]
Food [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [35]
Source: Reuters [36], 03/24/2026
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Warming Climate Brings Bears Out Of Hibernation, Into Vt. Backyards Earlier [37]

"As bears emerge from their dens in early spring, they’re on the search for food. That can lead them to backyard beehives, birdfeeders, compost piles and even chicken coops."

Climate Change [11]
People & Population [23]
Wildlife [38]
Public [16]
Source: VTDigger [39], 03/24/2026
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US Judge Blocks Pentagon Restrictions On Press In New York Times Lawsuit [40]

"A federal judge has blocked key portions of the Pentagon’s press access policy, siding with the New York Times and ruling that the Trump administration’s controversial policy was unconstitutional." "Lawsuit alleged changes gave DoD free rein to punish reporters and outlets over coverage it did not like"

Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [42]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Guardian [43], 03/23/2026
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"Hochul Proposes Weakening New York’s Climate Law" [44]

"Gov. Kathy Hochul is backing measures that would weaken the strict deadlines for implementing New York’s landmark climate law and make the targets easier to meet."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]
Source: Politico [46], 03/23/2026
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Trump DOI Issues Sudden Waiver Allowing Budd-Falen To Work On Grazing [47]

"Ethics officials at President Donald Trump’s Interior Department granted Karen Budd-Falen, the agency’s No. 3 official, a waiver on March 11 — the very day that Public Domain inquired about her recent work on grazing issues — that provides her wide latitude to work on grazing policy and permitting, despite her family’s vast personal holdings in the public lands grazing industry."

Agriculture [32]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [48]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Public Domain [49], 03/23/2026
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Biogas Project Touted As Climate Fix Emits Thousands Of Tons Of Methane [50]

"A Wisconsin project dubbed the “world’s largest manure biogas project” emits nearly 5,000 metric tons of climate-warming methane annually, roughly equivalent to emissions from 30,000 gasoline-powered vehicles, according to state data that adds to concerns about the impacts of large-scale manure digesters."

Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [51]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: The New Lede [52], 03/23/2026
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"The First US Coal Plant In A Decade Is On Shaky Ground" [53]

"Trump officials are heralding a potential new coal plant in Alaska, but the project faces mounting opposition and tricky data center politics."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Alaska and Hawaii [54]
Source: E&E News [55], 03/23/2026
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"EPA Chief to Headline Event by Group That Says There’s No Climate Crisis" [56]

"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 [57]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [33]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [41]
Science [58]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [59], 03/23/2026
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"Trump’s Latest Attempt To Derail EV-Charger Construction" [60]

"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 [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [61]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Canary Media [62], 03/23/2026
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Trump EPA Is Paving The Way For Haze To Return To National Parks, Conservationists Warn [63]

"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 [64]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: AP [65], 03/23/2026
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"Record-Torching March Heat ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Climate Change" [66]

"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 [33]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Studies [67]
People & Population [23]
Science [58]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [68], 03/23/2026
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"12 Climate Reads For Women’s History Month" [69]

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

Climate Change [11]
Journalism & Media [41]
People & Population [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [70]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [71], 03/23/2026
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