EJToday: Top Headlines

"Watchdog: EPA, States Behind On Hazardous Waste Inspections" [9]

"EPA’s independent federal watchdog found the agency’s process for inspecting large hazardous waste generators was inconsistent, leaving one-fifth of sites without oversight during a five-year period."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 04/30/2026
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‘Have Your Dog Pee On It’: Zeldin Tangles With Lawmakers In Budget Hearing [21]

"Lee Zeldin started off his tour of congressional hearings this week with a bang. The EPA administrator appeared Monday before the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees his agency to defend a fiscal 2027 budget proposal that would slice the agency down to $4.2 billion — or more than half of its enacted funding."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [22], 04/30/2026
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"Ex-Sierra Club Chief Of Staff Sues Ben Jealous For Sexual Harassment" [23]

"The former chief of staff of one of the nation’s most prominent environmental groups has sued her ex-boss, accusing him of sexual harassment and the organization of retaliating against her."

Activism [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [26], 04/30/2026
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"We Are Bombarding America’s Forests With Roundup" [27]

"Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our yearlong investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [29]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Forests [31]
Government [14]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [33]
Source: Mother Jones [34], 04/30/2026
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For 35 Years, This Black Illinois Town Has Been Told Its Sewage Crisis Isn’t Real [35]

"Residents proved their tap water carries sewage and bacteria. Federal funding dried up anyway."

Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [38]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [16]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Capital B [40], 04/30/2026
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Federal Judge Could Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking Access To La. Slave Burial Sites [41]

"Formosa Plastics asked U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its ownership of the Buena Vista burial site in St. James Parish."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [42]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Source: Verite News [44], 04/30/2026
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Tribe, Enviros to Sue Feds Over Arizona Mine’s Impacts on Threatened Owls [45]

"The BLM and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said no Mexican spotted owls lived near a proposed mine site in Arizona’s Sky Islands when it permitted mineral exploration. Photo evidence shows otherwise."

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [46]
Wildlife [47]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 04/30/2026
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Calif. Will Soon Have 300+ Data Centers. Where Will They Get Their Water? [50]

"A proposed data center in the Imperial Valley would need 750,000 gallons of water a day. Satisfying the thirst of 24 more facilities expected to open in the state will be challenging, experts and officials say."

Climate Change [51]
Consumer [11]
Disasters [36]
Economy & Business [52]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
California [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 04/30/2026
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Brazil Prosecutors Sue Meatpacker JBS Over Beef Tied To Slavery-Like Labor [55]

"Labor prosecutors in Brazil filed a lawsuit Wednesday against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing the company of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions."

Agriculture [28]
Environmental Justice [37]
Food [56]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Public [18]
South America [57]
Source: AP [58], 04/30/2026
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"A Barge Carrying Timmy The Humpback Whale Journeys To The North Sea" [59]

"A barge carrying a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March has begun its journey toward the North Sea. It reached Danish waters on Wednesday, German authorities said."

Biodiversity [29]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
Europe [60]
Source: AP [61], 04/30/2026
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"How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A." [62]

"The agency’s prestigious research office spent decades doing scientific work insulated from political pressure. Now it’s being dismantled."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [51]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [63]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: New York Times [64], 04/29/2026
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"Trump Pulls Park Service Nominee" [65]

"President Trump on Monday withdrew his nominee to lead the National Park Service (NPS)."

Biodiversity [29]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [31]
Government [14]
Natural Resources [46]
People & Population [25]
Wildlife [47]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [66], 04/29/2026
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Ohio Bill Would Replace All Lead Service Lines. It Could Cost Billions. [67]

"An Ohio bill would require the state replace all lead service lines, but some statewide organizations worry about the costs associated with the bill."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [52]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Ohio Capital Journal [68], 04/29/2026
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"Nearly 1/5 of Americans Are Consuming Water With High Levels of Nitrates" [69]

"Close to 20 percent of Americans are exposed to water polluted with high levels of potentially cancer-causing nitrates, known to come mostly from agricultural runoff, according to new research published this month."

Agriculture [28]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 04/29/2026
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"Drought Turns Southeastern US Into ‘Tinderbox’ as Wildfires Rage" [71]

"Drought and fire are a dangerous duo. The Southeastern United States is witnessing this firsthand as several major blazes burn tens of thousands of acres across the parched region, destroying homes and prompting evacuations in some areas. Florida and Georgia have been particularly hard hit, and strong winds and unusually low humidity have made it difficult to combat the flames."

Climate Change [51]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [31]
People & Population [25]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 04/29/2026
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