EJToday: Top Headlines

"AI-Fueled Cyberattacks Threaten Water Sector, Experts Say" [9]

"Artificial intelligence is making it easier for bad actors to initiate cyberattacks on water infrastructure, yet the water sector remains inadequately prepared, a panel of experts told lawmakers Thursday." "House lawmakers are considering whether more funding or expanded EPA authority could address the problem."

Consumer [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
Source: E&E News [23], 05/27/2026
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"Interior Proposes Opening 95% Of Wildlife Refuges To Hunting" [24]

"The Interior Department plans to expand hunting and fishing access across national parks and wildlife refuges." "The hunting and fishing expansions would occur at refuges in 32 states, while Interior also removed some restrictions on hunting at certain national parks."

Biodiversity [25]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [27]
Wildlife [28]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [29], 05/27/2026
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"U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Start-Ups for Fuel" [30]

"The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to provide Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to companies that want to convert the dangerous material into fuel for nuclear power plants. The plan has generated debate and some unease among nonproliferation experts."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: New York Times [34], 05/27/2026
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Greens Sue To Enforce Marine Mammal Protections for Imported Seafood [35]

"Environmental groups on Thursday sued the United States government to ensure internationally sourced seafood doesn’t threaten whales or dolphins that become entangled or drown due to sometimes lethal fishing techniques."

Biodiversity [25]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 05/27/2026
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"How ‘Sentinel Gardens’ Help Spot Dangerous Bugs Abroad" [38]

"Scientists have planted American trees in China, Korea and elsewhere to attract hungry insects. Their hope is to identify the most damaging bugs before they cross the ocean."

Agriculture [39]
Biodiversity [25]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [40]
Forests [41]
Science [42]
Wildlife [28]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
Source: New York Times [43], 05/27/2026
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"Pope Leo Meets Families Of Youth Lost To Illegal Toxic Waste Dumping" [44]

"Pope Leo XIV on Saturday greeted one by one families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping in an area near Naples, tied to a multi-billion criminal racket run by the mafia."

Chemicals [45]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [48]
Waste [49]
Public [20]
Europe [50]
Source: AP [51], 05/26/2026
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"Court Overturns Landmark Fluoride Ruling, Sides With EPA" [52]

"A federal appeals court said a judge erred in ruling that adding fluoride to water poses an “unreasonable risk” to children’s brain development."

Chemicals [45]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [47]
Science [42]
Technology [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [53], 05/26/2026
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Bayer’s Proposed Roundup Settlement Violates Constitution, Filing Claims [54]

"Bayer’s proposed $7.25 billion class action settlement is a “sweetheart deal” that violates the US Constitution by running “roughshod over basic due process rights, according to a court filing that seeks to undo the nationwide program."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [45]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [55]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [17]
Science [42]
Technology [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The New Lede [56], 05/26/2026
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UN Affirms Responsibility To Mitigate Climate Change; US Votes Against [57]

"The United Nations voted this week to affirm that countries have a responsibility to protect people from climate change, while the U.S. was one of a handful of member states to vote against the resolution."

Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [58]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
Source: The Hill [59], 05/26/2026
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RFK Jr. Fires Leaders Of Group That Sets Guidelines For Health Screenings [60]

"The Trump administration has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies, for millions of Americans."

Activism [61]
Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Health [12]
Health [62]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [47]
Science [42]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [63], 05/26/2026
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Companies Join Deep-Sea Mining Rush After Trump Order Fast-Tracks Permits [64]

"In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock prices have soared and federal regulators have raced to fast-track a permitting process."

Biodiversity [25]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [40]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Government [58]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [17]
Technology [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
Source: AP [65], 05/26/2026
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Parking Lots Get Hot And Pollute Storm Runoff. Groups Test Other Options. [66]

"At the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission headquarters in Virginia, staff knew their crumbling asphalt parking lot was in desperate need of repair. But instead of replacing the lot with more dark blacktop, the group chose an alternative."

Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [17]
Technology [18]
Transportation [67]
Waste [49]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [68], 05/26/2026
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Malnourished Gray Whales of Eastern North Pacific Are in ‘Serious Trouble’ [69]

"Exceptionally skinny gray whales—enfeebled by starvation and mangled by blunt-force trauma—are washing up this spring along the coast of Washington state in numbers that alarm marine-mammal scientists."

Biodiversity [25]
Climate Change [31]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
Canada [70]
Antarctica & Arctic [71]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 05/26/2026
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As Wildfire Grows Near Ex-Nuclear Site, Calif. County Monitors Radiation [73]

"The fire department said “hazardous materials and radiological monitoring teams” continue to track the health of the air in the Ventura County area."

Climate Change [31]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [41]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [17]
Public [20]
California [74]
Source: Inside Climate News [75], 05/26/2026
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"Another First For Renewables: Wind And Solar Outgenerate Gas In April" [76]

"It’s a milestone moment that shows just how much clean energy has matured in a short amount of time — and a lot more growth is on the way."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Technology [18]
Public [20]
International [22]
Source: Canary Media [77], 05/26/2026
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