EJToday: Top Headlines

"‘The Absolute Edge Of Precedent’: FERC Prepares To Take On Data Centers" [9]

"The commission is pushing to get data centers onto the grid, and fast. The high-stakes move could tip the balance of regulatory power against the states."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Planning & Growth [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [23], 04/21/2026
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Asia’s Longest Free-Flowing River Polluted By Arsenic From Myanmar Mines [24]

"Independent testing of the Salween River began in September 2025 after researchers found alarming levels of toxic contaminants in the nearby Kok, Sai and Ruak rivers in Thailand, much of it linked to unregulated mining in Myanmar."

Chemicals [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [18]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
Asia [30]
Source: Mongabay [31], 04/21/2026
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Maine Tightens Limits On PFAS In Drinking Water. Are Communities Ready? [32]

"Nearly four dozen water systems that provide drinking water across Maine would be at risk of violating new limits on “forever chemicals” if the state began enforcing updated rules on the toxic substances today, showing how much work they have left to do to meet new requirements."

Chemicals [25]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Source: Maine Monitor [35], 04/21/2026
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"Record US Drought Sparks Worries About Fires, Water Supply And Food Prices" [36]

"Drought in the contiguous United States has reached record levels for this time of year, weather data shows. Meteorologists said it’s a bad sign for the upcoming wildfire season, food prices and western water issues."

Agriculture [37]
Biodiversity [38]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [15]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [39], 04/21/2026
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Wildfires Used To ‘Sleep’ At Night. Climate Now Makes Them Burn Overtime [40]

"Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is extending the hotter and drier conditions that feed fires, a new study found."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [41]
Forests [42]
People & Population [33]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
Alaska and Hawaii [43]
California [44]
Source: AP [45], 04/21/2026
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"Supreme Court Sides With Oil Industry In Louisiana Coastal Erosion Fight" [46]

"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 [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [47], 04/20/2026
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Judge Dismisses Trump DOJ’s Bid to Block Hawaii Climate Lawsuit [48]

"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 [10]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 04/20/2026
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New Oil And Gas Lease Sale Set For Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [51]

"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 [10]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [52]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [43]
Source: AP [53], 04/20/2026
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Water Systems Struggle With Costs And Timelines For Cleaning Up PFAS [54]

"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 [25]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The New Lede [55], 04/20/2026
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Pollution Persists in Florida Everglades Despite 40-Year Effort: Report [56]

"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 [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [57]
Planning & Growth [17]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [52]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 04/20/2026
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"BP Sued In Kenya Over Alleged Toxic Waste From 1980s Oil Exploration" [60]

"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 [12]
Environmental Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
International [61]
Africa [62]
Source: AP [63], 04/20/2026
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"Low-Producing Oil Wells in Texas Cause Headaches for Landowners" [64]

"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 [12]
Environmental Health [26]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 04/20/2026
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Illinois Weighs Warning System For Pesticide Spraying Near Parks, Schools [66]

"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 [37]
Chemicals [25]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [26]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [18]
Public [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [67]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 04/20/2026
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"Nature Is Still Molding Human Genes, Study Finds" [69]

"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 [38]
Environmental Studies [57]
People & Population [33]
Science [70]
Public [21]
International [61]
Source: NYTimes [71], 04/20/2026
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"The History of Earth Day — and Why It Still Matters" [72]

"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 [73]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [74]
People & Population [33]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [75], 04/20/2026
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