EJToday: Top Headlines

"Supreme Court Sides With Oil Industry In Louisiana Coastal Erosion Fight" [9]

"The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the oil and gas industry’s efforts to move a long-standing legal battle over Louisiana’s eroding coastline out of the Bayou State’s courts." "Industry lawyers convinced the justices to move lawsuits against oil companies from state to federal courts."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 04/20/2026
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Judge Dismisses Trump DOJ’s Bid to Block Hawaii Climate Lawsuit [16]

"In a setback to the Trump administration’s extraordinary legal campaign against state climate action, a federal judge threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to prevent the state of Hawaii from suing oil companies for damages."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 04/20/2026
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New Oil And Gas Lease Sale Set For Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [23]

"The U.S. government plans another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — following two prior sales that saw no interest from major oil companies and amid ongoing litigation aimed at blocking drilling in a region seen as sacred by the indigenous Gwich’in."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [21]
Source: AP [27], 04/20/2026
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Water Systems Struggle With Costs And Timelines For Cleaning Up PFAS [28]

"Communities across the US are struggling to cope with impending federal requirements for eradicating two toxic PFAS chemicals from their drinking water systems, utility leaders said at a water policy conference this week."

Chemicals [29]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [33], 04/20/2026
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Pollution Persists in Florida Everglades Despite 40-Year Effort: Report [34]

"Florida’s fragile Everglades are not on track to meet a new water quality standard set to take effect next month, even after nearly 40 years of costly restoration work aimed at addressing pollution in the river of grass, according to a new report."

Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Studies [36]
Planning & Growth [37]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 04/20/2026
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"BP Sued In Kenya Over Alleged Toxic Waste From 1980s Oil Exploration" [40]

"The High Court in Kenya ruled Thursday that a class action lawsuit can move forward against multinational oil and gas company BP alleging that decades-long toxic waste disposal contaminated drinking water in northern Kenya."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
International [42]
Africa [43]
Source: AP [44], 04/20/2026
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"Low-Producing Oil Wells in Texas Cause Headaches for Landowners" [45]

"Jackie Chesnutt, who lives outside San Angelo, is tired of pollution from wells she says should have been plugged years ago. Experts say Texas rules allow companies to defer plugging wells for far too long."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 04/20/2026
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Illinois Weighs Warning System For Pesticide Spraying Near Parks, Schools [47]

"A bill in the Illinois General Assembly would require certified pesticide users—anyone licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to use Restricted Use pesticides, such as paraquat or fumigant insecticides—to give written or emailed notice at least 24 hours before application at any school, child care facility or park located within 1,500 feet of application that opted to receive them."

Agriculture [48]
Chemicals [29]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [19]
Government [49]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [50]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 04/20/2026
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"Nature Is Still Molding Human Genes, Study Finds" [53]

"Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes."

Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Studies [36]
People & Population [50]
Science [54]
Public [13]
International [42]
Source: NYTimes [55], 04/20/2026
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"The History of Earth Day — and Why It Still Matters" [56]

"Earth Day was born in 1970 during a moment of human solidarity in troubled times. Violent Vietnam war protests, burning Black communities and girdles and bras publicly trashed by feminists spoke of great social divides." "Fifty-six years after the first one rallied 20 million people across America, “we need to do things that make us feel more powerful.”"

Activism [57]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [58]
People & Population [50]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 04/20/2026
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Congress Votes To Remove Mining Moratorium On Boundary Waters Watershed [60]

"Despite hours of impassioned arguments from Sen. Tina Smith, the U.S. Senate ended a Biden-era moratorium on mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness watershed."

Chemicals [29]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Forests [62]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [50]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Canada [63]
Source: MinnPost [64], 04/17/2026
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Stakes High As Supreme Court Set To Rule On Law Involving Glyphosate [65]

"Risks from cancer and other diseases could be hidden with little accountability if justices favor big firms, critics warn"

Agriculture [48]
Biodiversity [35]
Chemicals [29]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Studies [36]
Food [66]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [50]
Pollution [12]
Science [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [67], 04/17/2026
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EPA May Ease Regs On Chemical Plastic "Recycling," And Enviros Worry [68]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators. The possible change is alarming environmental advocates who say it would lead to more dangerous pollution spewing into communities, with fewer or no checks at the federal level."

Air [69]
Chemicals [29]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [70]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [50]
Pollution [12]
Technology [32]
Waste [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [71], 04/17/2026
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"Capital Control: States Strip Power From Cities, Counties" [72]

"Climate change and the energy transition are driving a wave of state laws overriding local governments, with both parties driving their preferred policies."

Climate Change [17]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [70]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [49]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [73], 04/17/2026
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"BLM Advances Contentious South Dakota Uranium Mine" [74]

"The Trump administration is moving ahead with a uranium mining project in South Dakota that’s drawn years of pushback from the Oglala Sioux Tribe." "Federal regulators are preparing an environmental review for a project opposed by members of a nearby tribe and conservation groups."

Chemicals [29]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [75]
Pollution [12]
Technology [32]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [76]
Source: E&E News [77], 04/17/2026
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