EJToday: Top Headlines

California Sues EPA Over Delayed Climate-Friendly Coolant Rule [9]

"States have joined a growing legal fight against EPA’s May rule pushing back deadlines for the food industry to start buying climate-friendly refrigeration systems."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [18], 07/24/2026
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More Snow Is Falling as Rain in Washington, Bringing Drought To Farms [19]

"Climate models show warmer winters, with precipitation rates staying about the same but producing more rain and less snowpack, which leads to summer drought."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [11]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 07/24/2026
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A $100M Ohio Energy Fund Lacks Transparency — And Excludes Renewables [24]

"Ohio has made $100 million available for new energy projects in the state, but critics are pushing back on the decision to bar renewable energy projects from accessing the funds — and on the lack of transparency around the process."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [28]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: Canary Media [30], 07/24/2026
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Environmental Groups Contest Texas Data Centers’ Air Pollution [31]

"Two data centers in San Antonio face a looming legal challenge from environmental groups over their air pollution."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [28]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 07/24/2026
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Smithsonian American History Exhibits Too Woke, Say House Republicans [34]

"In a subcommittee hearing Tuesday, House Republicans sharply questioned the director of the National Museum of American History, Anthea Hartig. The GOP lawmakers' comments closely mirrored Trump administration's criticisms of the institution she leads as insufficiently patriotic."

Environmental Politics [27]
Government [35]
Journalism & Media [36]
People & Population [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NPR [38], 07/24/2026
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Trump Nuclear Deal Could Let Saudis Enrich Fuel, Make Bombs [39]

"U.S. lawmakers and Israeli officials have expressed opposition to such a plan, to be announced Wednesday, fearing that the kingdom could use a civilian nuclear project to develop nuclear weapons."

Conflict/Corruption [40]
Disasters [41]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [42]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Military [43]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Technology [28]
Waste [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Middle East [46]
Source: New York Times [47], 07/23/2026
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EPA's Zeldin Vows To Fulfill Coal Industry’s ‘Wish List’ [48]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promised to deliver for the coal industry Tuesday, as part of a broader push to reverse the sector’s fate. “Many of the items that were on your wish list are now done,” Zeldin told members of the National Coal Council gathered at the Willard hotel in Washington."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Conflict/Corruption [40]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [50], 07/23/2026
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What the Cyclospora Outbreak Reveals About Global Heating [51]

"The United States is going through the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak on record." "Warming is expected to fuel the spread of food-borne pathogens. We might not be prepared."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [52]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [42]
Food [53]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [54]
Source: New York Times [55], 07/23/2026
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Judge Hits Brakes On BLM Land Sale Near Polluted Nev. Anaconda Site [56]

"A federal court temporarily blocked the sale of more than 2,000 acres of public land in and around a polluted former copper mine to a multi-national petroleum company on Thursday while a lawsuit against the sale is decided in court."

Biodiversity [52]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Studies [57]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [58]
People & Population [37]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [59]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [60]
Source: Nevada Current [61], 07/23/2026
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Pool Chemicals And Corroded Sprinklers Led To Ga. Plant Fire: Report [62]

"More than twice the amount of swimming pool chemicals as planned were improperly stored at a Georgia plant, setting conditions for a fire in 2024 that sent a huge plume of orange and black smoke into the sky and forced residents to shelter in place, a federal agency report concluded."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [42]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [14]
Technology [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [63]
Source: AP [64], 07/23/2026
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France Saw 5,700 More Deaths Than Usual During Historic June Heat Wave [65]

"France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heat wave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [41]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Studies [57]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
International [54]
Europe [66]
Source: AP [67], 07/23/2026
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GOP Would Delay Protection For Endangered Right Whales Until 2035 [68]

"New protections for endangered right whales in the North Atlantic would be postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington last week with the full-throated support of the fishing and lobster industries."

Biodiversity [52]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Politics [27]
Fish & Fisheries [69]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [70]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [71]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [72]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [63]
Source: AP [73], 07/23/2026
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House Panel Narrows Bill To Protect Ratepayers From Data Center Hikes [74]

"The latest Ratepayer Protection Act would apply more specifically to data centers."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [37]
Planning & Growth [75]
Technology [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [76], 07/23/2026
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One Billion Plastic Pellets Spill Into UK River Tyne As Ships Collide [77]

"Approximately a billion tiny plastic nurdles have entered the River Tyne after a “devastating spill”, with the pellets thought to have spread much further than first thought."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [41]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [78]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
Europe [66]
Source: Guardian [79], 07/23/2026
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From Rivers To Mangroves, Microplastics Are Contaminating The Amazon [80]

"Recent studies show that microplastics are already present in a variety of Amazonian environments: Major rivers such as the Amazon, urban streams, floodplain areas and mangroves in the Amazon’s Mouth."

Biodiversity [52]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Studies [57]
Fish & Fisheries [69]
Food [53]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [58]
Pollution [14]
Technology [28]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [70]
Public [16]
South America [81]
Source: Mongabay [82], 07/23/2026
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