EJToday: Top Headlines

EPA Staffing Hits 40-Year Low As Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts [9]

"The EPA lost more than 4,000 employees in the first year of Trump’s second term, bringing its staffing down to a total of 12,849—a level not seen since the Reagan administration. That represents a reduction of 24 percent, more than double the rate of losses across the entire federal workforce."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 03/09/2026
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Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet, Without Much Proof [20]

"A new report finds that of 154 specific claims about how AI will benefit the climate, just a quarter cited academic research. A third included no evidence at all."

Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Technology [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [26]
Source: WIRED [27], 03/09/2026
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"Species Slowdown: Is Nature’s Ability to Self-Repair Stalling?" [28]

"When scientists recently analyzed hundreds of studies of ecosystems, they were surprised to see a marked slowing in the rate of species turnover. If new species don’t replace old ones, they say, ecosystems may have less flexibility to respond to habitat loss and climate change."

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Studies [13]
Wildlife [31]
Public [17]
International [26]
Source: YaleE360 [32], 03/09/2026
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State ‘Sound Science’ Bills Limit Environmental Regulations: Scientists [33]

"Bills in four states require state environmental regulations to show “direct causal link” to “manifest bodily harm,” not just increased risk of disease. Scientists say that’s all but impossible."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [34]
Science [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 03/09/2026
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"Ancient Hedge Laying Used To Boost Biodiversity" [37]

"Bristol Water said it wants to improve diverse wildlife at Blagdon Lake, a 440-acre reservoir and trout fishery in the Mendip Hills, Somerset. A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), the work includes restoring thinning hedgerows by laying trimmed base stems horizontally."

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Infrastructure [38]
Technology [24]
Wildlife [31]
Public [17]
Europe [39]
Source: BBC News [40], 03/09/2026
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House Panel OKs Farm Bill With Disputed Pesticide And Livestock Provisions [41]

"After days of debate and disagreements, the House Committee on Agriculture on Thursday passed its version of the 2026 Farm Bill, which includes controversial provisions critics say will hamper the ability of states to put in place strict rules for pesticides and animal welfare."

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [42]
Consumer [21]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [44]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [45], 03/06/2026
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"Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently" [46]

"Scientists and other experts were preparing a first-of-its-kind assessment of the health of nature in the United States when President Trump returned to the White House. He canceled the report. The researchers went ahead and compiled it on their own. This week, they released a 868-page draft for public comment and scientific review."

Biodiversity [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [47], 03/06/2026
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Pacific Palisades Architect Builds Fire-Resistant Home Like A Sexy Tank [48]

"At first glance, it looks like nothing more than a charming Spanish-revival, quintessentially Californian home — but this Pacific Palisades rebuild is constructed like a tank."

Climate Change [42]
Disasters [43]
Forests [49]
Technology [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [50]
Source: LA Times [51], 03/06/2026
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"Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing" [52]

"A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down New York’s congestion pricing program are unlawful."

Air [53]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [16]
Planning & Growth [54]
Pollution [34]
Transportation [55]
Public [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 03/06/2026
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"An Oil Company Quietly Dug A Surprisingly Deep Geothermal Well" [57]

"Oxy drilled four miles down in Colorado, and did so quickly — a promising development for the geothermal industry."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Natural Resources [58]
Technology [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [59]
Source: Colorado Public Media [60], 03/06/2026
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"Clean Energy Dominates Plans For New U.S. Power Plants This Year" [61]

"Each year around this time, the federal government releases its expectations for new power plant construction. The latest data drop shows clean energy is going to dominate this year, just as it has for many years running. Even as the Trump administration has employed novel and at times legally dubious means to block renewable energy growth, the power sector keeps choosing clean energy again and again — attracted by its low costs, speed to build, and climate and environmental benefits."

Climate Change [42]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Infrastructure [38]
Pollution [34]
Technology [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Canary Media [62], 03/06/2026
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Big Tech Signs Trump Data Center Pledge. Fulfilling It Is the Hard Part. [63]

"In an effort to quell blowback on data centers, President Donald Trump announced at a White House roundtable on Wednesday the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” a set of nonbinding promises that Big Tech companies signed to keep household utility bills from skyrocketing."

Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [38]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 03/06/2026
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Little-Used Maneuver Could Mean More Drilling and Mining in Southern Utah [65]

"Two Utah Congress members have introduced a resolution that could end protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Conservation groups worry similar maneuvers on other federal lands will follow."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [58]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [59]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 03/06/2026
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West Va. Senate Moves To Weaken Aboveground Storage Tank Rules [67]

"West Virginia lawmakers in the Senate passed a bill to weaken drinking water protections by loosening regulations for certain aboveground storage tanks. It is the latest move to weaken the Aboveground Storage Tank Act, passed in 2014 after a chemical leak from Freedom Industries along the Elk River contaminated drinking water for nearly 300,000 West Virginians in the Charleston area."

Chemicals [68]
Consumer [21]
Disasters [43]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [69]
Source: Mountain State Spotlight [70], 03/06/2026
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Marsupials Thought Extinct For Millennia Discovered In New Guinea [71]

"Researchers led by the Australian scientist Tim Flannery have made a once-in-a-lifetime discovery: that two charismatic marsupial species that had been thought extinct for 6,000 years are alive in rainforest in remote West Papua."

Biodiversity [30]
Science [35]
Wildlife [31]
Public [17]
Australia & Oceania [72]
Source: Guardian [73], 03/06/2026
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