EJToday: Top Headlines

"U.S. Push for Greenland’s Minerals Faces Harsh Arctic Realities" [9]

"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 [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Europe [15]
Source: YaleE360 [16], 02/06/2026
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Michigan Accuses Big Oil Of Fueling Climate Crisis And High Energy Costs [17]

"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 [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: Guardian [22], 02/06/2026
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Contradict RFK Jr’s MAHA Promise: Report [23]

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

Chemicals [24]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [31], 02/06/2026
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"Study Offers Best Picture Yet Of Sinking Land In Chesapeake Bay Region" [32]

"Scientists have known for years that water levels are rising faster in the Chesapeake Bay region than just about anywhere else in the world — because water is only part of the problem here. The land is also sinking."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [33]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Source: Bay Journal [36], 02/06/2026
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Olympics Ditch PFAS Waxes — And The ‘Ridiculous’ Speed They Gave Skiers [37]

"After years of concern over so-called “fluoro” waxes, the Milan Cortina Games will be the first Olympics without them."

Chemicals [24]
Public [13]
International [38]
Source: Grist [39], 02/06/2026
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Trump's EPA Issues Record Low Legal Actions Against Polluters: Watchdog [40]

"The Environmental Protection Agency enforces the country's environmental laws. But a new report shows the Trump EPA has initiated a record low number of actions against polluters, compared to past administrations."

Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [42], 02/05/2026
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"A Dismantling of the Washington Post" [43]

"In a staffwide call with employees Wednesday morning, Matt Murray, the executive editor of the Washington Post, and Wayne Connell, the paper’s chief human resources officer, announced sweeping staff cuts."

Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Columbia Journalism Review [44], 02/05/2026
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Study Ties Pollution From Wildfire Smoke To 24,100 US Deaths Per Year [45]

"Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study."

Air [46]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [47]
Environmental Health [26]
Forests [48]
Pollution [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [49], 02/05/2026
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Trouble on the Elwha: Trump’s Budget Cuts Undermine Salmon Restoration [50]

"A staffing exodus at Olympic National Park has put salmon recovery efforts in jeopardy."

Biodiversity [51]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Government [53]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [54]
Source: The Revelator [55], 02/05/2026
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"Energy Star Has Emerged Stronger After Trump's EPA Tried To End It" [56]

"The Trump administration tried to end the government's Energy Star program last year, but now Congress has passed — and President Trump has signed into law — bipartisan budget legislation that has the potential to strengthen the energy efficiency program by giving it dedicated funding."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [57]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Technology [58]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [59], 02/05/2026
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Mexico’s Push For US Natural Gas Sparks Community Opposition [60]

"The sun has set and the clouds are washed in purple as Mauricio Contreras and his daughter Eunices head out to fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Eunices casts the heavy net for snapper, pollock or cabrilla while her father pilots their small boat."

Activism [61]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [25]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
People & Population [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mexico [62]
Source: AP [63], 02/05/2026
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"Why China Is Building So Many Coal Plants Despite Its Solar And Wind Boom" [64]

"Even as China’s expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in recent years — raising concern about whether the world’s largest emitter will reduce carbon emissions enough to limit climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Technology [58]
Public [13]
International [38]
Asia [65]
Source: AP [66], 02/05/2026
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"Traveler Special Report: Florida's Ailing Reef" [67]

"The Florida Reef, heralded in tourist come-ons as a “world-class natural wonderland waiting to be discovered,” is a vast and vibrant underwater world, extending from Atlantic Ocean waters north of Biscayne National Park, arcing south around the bottom of Florida, and swinging into the Gulf of Mexico where Dry Tortugas National Park is mostly submerged."

Biodiversity [51]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [68]
Source: National Parks Traveler [69], 02/05/2026
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"Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack" [70]

"Amid one of the driest winters on record, representatives from seven Western states have less than two weeks to meet an already-delayed federal deadline to find a new way to share the dwindling Colorado River—one that recognizes the megadrought and overconsumption plaguing the basin."

Agriculture [71]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [41]
Planning & Growth [72]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [73], 02/05/2026
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Trump Admin Uses Mascot Called ‘Coalie’ To Push Dirtiest Fossil Fuel [74]

"The Trump administration has turned to an unusual weapon in its attempt to resurrect coal mining – a cartoon lump of coal, complete with giant eyes and yellow mining garb, called “Coalie”."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [20]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [75], 02/05/2026
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