EJToday: Top Headlines

"Is Your State Becoming Uninsurable? We Have The Latest Data." [9]

"Home insurance is buckling under climate risk and construction trends. Find out how your state fares."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Grist etc. [18], 03/27/2026
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As Waters Around Alaska Warm, Algal Toxins Are Turning Up In Food Web [19]

"Over the past two summers, a pair of remote and treeless volcanic islands in the eastern Bering Sea broadcast signals of climate change danger in the marine ecosystem that feeds Alaska residents and supports much of the state’s economy."

Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
Antarctica & Arctic [21]
Source: Alaska Beacon [22], 03/27/2026
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"Long Overlooked as Crucial to Life, Fungi Start to Get Their Due" [23]

"Fungi create soil, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and contribute $55 trillion to the global economy, but knowledge about them is scarce. Now, mycologists are pushing to get the international scientific community to recognize fungi on the same level as plants and animals."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [24]
People & Population [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [26]
Source: YaleE360 [27], 03/27/2026
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"Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use" [28]

"In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [31]
Government [32]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [33]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: WIRED [34], 03/27/2026
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Medicinal Plants In National Parks of Appalachia Are Facing Several Threats [35]

"Medicinal and aromatic plants in the Appalachian Mountains, which have stood for hundreds of millions of years and contributed to biodiversity across the region, are facing threats from poaching, climate change, and more. The multiple national parks dotting the region are often havens for these plants, though even the protections afforded by the parks cannot prevent all threats."

Biodiversity [24]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Studies [31]
Forests [36]
Natural Resources [37]
People & Population [25]
Technology [33]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: National Parks Traveler [38], 03/27/2026
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"Trump’s Park Service Nominee and The Niagara Threat" [39]

"Last month, the Trump administration announced Scott Socha as its new nominee to lead the National Park Service ..., much diminished since it was gutted by DOGE ... . As with many of the political appointees at Trump’s Interior Department, Socha comes directly from a corporation with abundant business interests before the agency he is slated to lead. He has worked [at a] hospitality and food services giant that controls lucrative concessions at national parks around the country."

Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [40]
Government [32]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Public Domain [41], 03/26/2026
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Iowa Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon: Report [42]

"Iowa is among a few states where cancer diagnoses are on the rise. A new analysis from the Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement and the Iowa Environmental Council says that environmental exposures are partially to blame."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [44]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 03/26/2026
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"Questions Mount As Interior’s Wildfire Agency Takes Shape" [48]

"The Trump administration’s new wildfire agency is taking shape at the Interior Department, coalescing around a mission to prioritize swiftly putting out fires on public lands, even as some experts question that strategy."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Forests [36]
Government [32]
People & Population [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [49], 03/26/2026
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"EPA Hands Biofuels Industry Small Win With E15 Waiver" [50]

"The Trump administration’s decision to lift restrictions on the sale of higher-ethanol fuel again this summer could help soften the blow of higher gas prices — but it’s not the big win the biofuels industry has been seeking."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [45]
Transportation [51]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [52], 03/26/2026
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"How to Reduce Your Exposure to Pesticides" [53]

"Scientists still don’t fully understand the health risks of the chemicals. Here’s how they recommend protecting yourself."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [44]
Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [54], 03/26/2026
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Maryland Supreme Court Dismisses Baltimore And Annapolis Climate Lawsuits [55]

"In a scathing decision issued Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Maryland tossed out climate change lawsuits filed against fossil fuel companies by Baltimore, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, ruling the localities were stepping on the toes of the federal government."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [32]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [57]
Source: Maryland Matters [58], 03/26/2026
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"States Are Lifting Bans On Nuclear Power" [59]

"After decades of aversion to the clean energy source, states are welcoming in nuclear developers as a way to meet surging electricity demand without fossil fuels."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [60]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Canary Media [61], 03/26/2026
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"Ohio Blocks Big Solar Farm, Despite Apparently Fake Public Comments" [62]

"Ohio regulators have blocked yet another major solar project because of local pushback, even though a significant number of public comments opposing the array appear to be fabricated. It’s the latest blow to solar in a state that defers to local governments on renewable energy, but not on fossil fuels."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [45]
Technology [33]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [63]
Source: Canary Media [64], 03/26/2026
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Ferocity Of Latest Hawaii Downpour, Flooding Surprised Even Meteorologists [65]

"Crews on Tuesday began evaluating damage from a surprise downpour that sent floodwaters raging through a neighborhood near downtown Honolulu — the latest bout in a series of storms and flooding that have pummeled the state over the past two weeks."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [66]
Water & Oceans [67]
Public [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
Source: AP [68], 03/26/2026
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Everglades Restoration Also Helps Save Planet from Climate Change: Study [69]

"New research shows the carbon absorbed by the Everglades is equal to 10 percent of the emissions coming from Florida roadways, but the watershed’s methane emissions complicate the picture."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [24]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [70]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [45]
Water & Oceans [67]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [71]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 03/26/2026
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