EJToday: Top Headlines

Amid Cuts to Fish & Wildlife Service, Species Like Florida Panther Languish [9]

"Florida conservation groups say they plan to sue after the federal government greenlit another development that threatens the habitat of the panther, the official state animal."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 03/11/2026
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Trump’s EPA Claims Strong Enforcement, But Data Tells a Different Story [17]

"The EPA released its latest enforcement and compliance report and touted the agency’s crackdown on environmental crimes under the Trump administration, yet 75 percent of the criminal cases closed last fiscal year originated before the president took office."

Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 03/11/2026
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"Trump Administration Again Sued Over Alaska Public Lands 'Giveaway'" [24]

"A coalition of organizations has again sued the Trump administration for its 'giveaway' of federal lands in Alaska for industrial purposes. At issue are the steps the administration has taken to allow a 211-mile-long road across a pristine stretch of the state, passing through Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and crossing the Kobuk Wild River, to access the site of a proposed copper mine."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: National Parks Traveler [28], 03/11/2026
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"Report Raises Alarm Over GMO Wheat As It Inches Closer To US Fields" [29]

"A genetically modified wheat under development in the US would increase the use of an herbicide that is linked to soil, water and fetal harm, according to a new report."

Agriculture [25]
Chemicals [30]
Consumer [31]
Food [32]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [21]
Technology [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The New Lede [34], 03/11/2026
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Wildflowers Bloom In The Driest Place In North America — But Not For Long [35]

"Death Valley, known as the driest place in North America, is teeming with life with a once-in-a-decade blossoming of wildflowers known as a superbloom, transforming a normally brown desert landscape into carpets of gold."

Biodiversity [10]
People & Population [36]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
California [37]
Source: AP [38], 03/11/2026
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‘Galapagos of West Africa’ Plundered by Floating Fishmeal Factories [39]

"Off-shore industrial boats illegally harvest thousands of tonnes of small fish vital to the marine food web in Guinea-Bissau, a DeSmog investigation with The Guardian reveals."

Biodiversity [10]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
People & Population [36]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
Africa [41]
Source: DeSmog/Guardian [42], 03/10/2026
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"Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands" [43]

"Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system."

Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [44]
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
Canada [46]
Source: NYTimes [47], 03/10/2026
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After Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe [48]

"Officials in Corpus Christi expect a “water emergency” within months and to fully run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel supplies to Texas airports, trigger a surge in gasoline prices and result in an “economic disaster” without precedent, former officials said."

Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [49]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 03/10/2026
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"Sewer Limits Force Development Moratorium In Baltimore Suburbs" [51]

"A portion of Baltimore’s suburbs, including the region’s busy airport, has been put under a growth moratorium to control the threat of more wet-weather sewage overflows into the Patapsco River. The stoppage could potentially last for years."

Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [49]
People & Population [36]
Planning & Growth [52]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Source: Bay Journal [54], 03/10/2026
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"Judge Rules Kari Lake Unlawfully Ran US Media Agency, Voiding Mass Layoffs" [55]

"A federal judge ruled Saturday that Kari Lake unlawfully led the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for several months last year and voided mass layoffs and other actions taken during that period to dismantle the agency."

Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [49]
Journalism & Media [56]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [57]
Source: Guardian [58], 03/10/2026
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Maine’s Catch Of Lobster Declines Amid High Costs And Climate Change [59]

"Maine’s catch of lobsters declined for the fourth straight year, state fishing regulators said Friday, as the industry continued to grapple with soaring business costs, inflation and a changing ocean."

Climate Change [44]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [60]
Source: AP [61], 03/10/2026
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As Iran War Shakes Energy System, Some See Powerful Argument For Renewables [62]

"World leaders have tried and failed to curb climate change by appealing to nations to act for the common good. Now, the Iran war and its costly energy crunch have some experts wondering if selfishness and nationalism may be a more likely way to save the planet, by boosting support for homegrown renewables over imported fossil fuels."

Climate Change [44]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Military [63]
Technology [33]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
International [57]
Middle East [64]
Source: AP [65], 03/10/2026
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Oil built Persian Gulf. Desalinated Water Keeps It Alive. War Threatens Both [66]

"As missiles and drones curtail energy production across the Persian Gulf, analysts warn that water, not oil, may be the resource most at risk in the energy-rich but arid region."

Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Health [19]
Infrastructure [49]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
Middle East [64]
Source: AP [67], 03/10/2026
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NPS Proposes Rule That Would Again Allow Bear Baiting In Alaska Preserves [68]

"The National Park Service has proposed a regulation that would defer to state regulations in managing wildlife in Alaska’s national preserves. It is similar to a 2020 regulation put forward by the first Trump administration, which removed bans on bear baiting, using artificial light to spotlight dens to kill black bears, taking wolves and coyotes during denning season, and more."

Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [69]
Source: National Parks Traveler [70], 03/10/2026
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"Iditarod 2026: A Musher On A Mission" [71]

"It’s 60-below-zero on Feb. 11 in Eagle Village, Alaska, and Jody Potts-Joseph is sewing a pair of mukluks for Jessie Holmes, a good friend and co-competitor in the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race."

People & Population [36]
Transportation [72]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [69]
Source: ICT [73], 03/10/2026
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