EJToday: Top Headlines

"Climate ‘Superfund’ Bills Spread Nationwide, Despite Legal Battles" [9]

"Climate “superfund” bills, based on the principle that oil companies should pay costs associated with climate change, are gaining ground in state legislatures around the country."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
Asia [16]
Europe [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 02/09/2026
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"The US Lost $35B In Clean Energy Projects Last Year" [19]

"A new report indicates that Trump administration policies led to billions of dollars in canceled investment and tens of thousands of lost jobs."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [22]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [25]
Source: Grist [26], 02/09/2026
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Torrance Residents Urge Ban Of ‘Flesh-Eating’ Chemical Used At Refinery [27]

"Residents and advocates gathered Saturday to demand the ban of a chemical that’s used at a Torrance oil refinery and that they say has the potential to cause a mass casualty disaster."

Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [22]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [30]
Source: LA Times [31], 02/09/2026
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Outrage After Congress Votes To Slash $125M To Replace Toxic Lead Pipes [32]

"Move will hit Michigan, Illinois, New York and other states with highest levels of lead drinking water pipes the hardest"

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [22]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [35], 02/09/2026
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"EPA Delays Coal Ash and Groundwater Monitoring Requirements" [36]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced a final rule pushing back compliance deadlines for coal ash groundwater monitoring and closure reports."

Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [37], 02/09/2026
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Trump Tried To Gut Science Funding. Courts And Congress Have Rebuffed Him. [38]

"A year ago, federal support for scientific research appeared to be crumbling. But thanks to Congress and several lawsuits, scientists’ worst fears haven’t come to pass."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [39]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NBC News [40], 02/09/2026
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"Are Faked Public Comments About To Tank An Ohio Solar Farm?" [41]

"Dozens of public comments opposing the $98 million Crossroads Solar project appear to be fabricated. Ohio’s siting board may block the project anyway."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [21]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Source: Canary Media [45], 02/09/2026
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Texas Law Against Firms Boycotting Fossil Fuels Declared Unconstitutional [46]

"A federal district judge on Wednesday declared a 2021 law restricting state investments in companies boycotting the fossil fuel industry unconstitutional, calling it “facially overbroad” and citing First and Fourteenth Amendment concerns."

Activism [42]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: Texas Tribune [48], 02/06/2026
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Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of U.S. Wind and Solar Projects [49]

"Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [22]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [51], 02/06/2026
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"Florida Farm Bill Favors Big Ag Over Free Speech, Opponents Say" [52]

"Advocates for human health and the environment are pushing back against a Florida farm bill that would punish the spread of “false information” about agriculture, decrying a measure they say violates free speech rights and silences public debate about harmful farming practices."

Agriculture [53]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [39]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: The New Lede [55], 02/06/2026
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"How ‘Pink Slime’ Publishers Are Weaponizing FOIA" [56]

"Metric Media filed more than nine thousand public records requests last year. It used the data to target Democratic politicians and private citizens."

Activism [42]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Columbia Journalism Review [57], 02/06/2026
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"Measles Continues To Spread In The US, But With Some Letup" [58]

"South Carolina's measles outbreak continues to grow, with a total of 876 confirmed cases, which is the biggest outbreak the U.S. has seen in decades. But there are some positive signs in this current outbreak."

Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [59]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NPR [60], 02/06/2026
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"U.S. Push for Greenland’s Minerals Faces Harsh Arctic Realities" [61]

"President Trump has made access to Greenland’s vast reserves of critical minerals a focus of ongoing negotiations. But experts say the U.S. is underestimating the difficulties of mining in a rapidly changing Arctic region that is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Natural Resources [62]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Europe [17]
Source: YaleE360 [63], 02/06/2026
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Michigan Accuses Big Oil Of Fueling Climate Crisis And High Energy Costs [64]

"In first-of-its-kind complaint, state accused four fossil fuel majors and US oil lobbying group of climate disinformation"

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Journalism & Media [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Source: Guardian [65], 02/06/2026
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Contradict RFK Jr’s MAHA Promise: Report [66]

"Donald Trump’s aggressive rollback of environmental protections directly contradicts the promises of his “make America healthy again” campaign, according to new research."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [59]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [67], 02/06/2026
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