EJToday: Top Headlines

Nor’easter Lashes Coastal Areas With Soaking Rain, Wind And Massive Waves [9]

"A powerful, early-season nor’easter brought wind, soaking rain and massive waves to the Northeast this weekend."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Source: CNN [17], 09/28/2026
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Trump’s Power Plant Air Rule Revives Old Carbon Capture Dispute [18]

"Litigation over the EPA’s rollback of Biden-era power plant emission rules will likely put the Trump administration in the position of poking holes in a technology it has, at other times, incentivized and promoted."

Air [19]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [20]
Health [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [24], 09/28/2026
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Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Grows to Nearly 900 Cases [25]

"State health officials said 55 new cases had been reported since Wednesday. In all, 890 measles cases have been reported across 39 counties so far this year."

Government [26]
Health [21]
People & Population [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New York Times [27], 09/28/2026
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Why Germany Is Building An Ark For US Climate Data [28]

"Fearing the Trump administration might meddle with U.S. climate data, scientists in Germany are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Hamburg."

Climate Change [10]
Journalism & Media [29]
Science [30]
Technology [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Yale Environment 360 [32], 09/28/2026
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Trump Now Says Kennedy Center Could Be Deadly. Months Ago, It Was ‘Great.’ [33]

"The president’s assessment of the Kennedy Center’s physical condition grew increasingly dire after his name went up on the building and revenue began to plunge."

Conflict/Corruption [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [37], 09/28/2026
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‘Pink Slime’ Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms [38]

"Partisan websites disguised as independent, local news outlets are shaping chatbots’ responses about key races."

Conflict/Corruption [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Journalism & Media [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: POLITICO [39], 09/28/2026
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California Rules On Air Pollution From Ships Under Challenge [40]

"Congress recently challenged California’s authority to regulate air pollution from cargo ships and large commercial boats, opening the door to dirtier air in portside communities."

Air [19]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
California [42]
Source: Los Angeles Times [43], 09/28/2026
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In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life [44]

"On a spring day last year, Andrew Willoughby drove three and a half hours to a cheap motel in Nags Head, N.C. From the parking lot, he texted a stranger he had met online."

Conflict/Corruption [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Journalism & Media [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New York Times [45], 09/28/2026
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New Jersey Datacenter Fined $1.1M For Dozens Of Unpermitted Generators [46]

"New Jersey regulators issued their largest-ever fine against a datacenter on Tuesday following a recent Floodlight investigation with the Guardian that found DataOne’s facility in Vineland operating at least 45 gas-powered generators without a state permit."

Air [19]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Source: Floodlight [47], 09/28/2026
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Trump WH Considers Building Baseball Park In Grand Teton National Park [48]

"Major League Baseball has approached the Trump administration about hosting a game at a national park, officials from the White House and MLB confirmed Saturday."

Biodiversity [49]
Conflict/Corruption [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [50]
Wildlife [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [42]
Source: Washington Post [52], 09/28/2026
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EPA and HHS Team Up On Expanded Review Of Glyphosate Weedkiller Safety [53]

"US officials said this week they are expanding a scientific review of the widely used weed killer glyphosate, a chemical popular in agriculture but also linked for years to cancer and other health problems."

Agriculture [54]
Chemicals [55]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Science [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The New Lede [56], 09/25/2026
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Anthropic AI Is Teaching Itself Biology. Now It’s Made Its First Discovery. [57]

"Biologists at Anthropic announced on Wednesday that they had used artificial intelligence to identify genes in viruses that produce enzymes that work in a new way, the first discovery emanating from a research lab the company opened this spring."

Science [30]
Technology [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New York Times [58], 09/25/2026
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Foreign Fishing Fleets Are Robbing West African Countries of Key Nutrients [59]

"Seafood isn’t just a key source of protein and calories; it’s also where millions around the world get essential vitamins and minerals needed to build tissue, fight infections and grow. Yet, as modern mechanized fishing fleets plunder global waters, populations in low-income countries are losing out."

Environmental Health [20]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Food [61]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [62]
Africa [63]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 09/25/2026
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Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine [65]

"A bunch of sharks cruising the Maine coast may seem ominous, but it’s actually a conservation success story."

Biodiversity [49]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Source: WIRED [66], 09/25/2026
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‘All We Could See Was Red’: The Wildfires Choking Indonesian Borneo [67]

"For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fueled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern."

Air [19]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [20]
Forests [68]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
Asia [69]
Australia & Oceania [70]
Source: New York Times [71], 09/25/2026
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