EJToday: Top Headlines

"Judge Blocks Government From Searching Data Seized From Post Reporter" [9]

"Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from a Washington Post reporter until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a federal judge in Virginia ruled Wednesday."

Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [14], 01/22/2026
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Congress OKd Billions For EV Chargers. Four Years Later, Only 2% Is Spent. [15]

"States have spent only 2 percent of the billions of dollars that the federal government set aside four years ago to build electric vehicle charging stations on U.S. highways." "President Donald Trump’s spending freeze added a speed bump to the slow rollout of a Biden program to build a nationwide network of EV chargers."

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Transportation [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [23], 01/22/2026
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Five Face Trial In Peru Over The Killing Of An Amazon Defender [24]

"The trial is due to start Tuesday for five men over the killing of an Indigenous Amazon leader, in a rare legal case that prosecutors and advocates say could test whether Peru can hold perpetrators accountable for violence linked to illegal logging and drug trafficking in one of the world’s most dangerous regions for environmental defenders."

Activism [25]
Biodiversity [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Public [12]
South America [29]
Source: AP [30], 01/22/2026
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"Sales of Antibiotics for Farm Animals Spiked in 2024" [31]

"Though a direct cause is unknown, the jump renews concerns over antibiotic resistance and cuts to the federal agencies that work to reduce it."

Agriculture [32]
Chemicals [33]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [20]
Food [35]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Civil Eats [36], 01/22/2026
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"House Public Lands Caucus Fails Test With Boundary Waters Vote" [37]

"The House of Representatives voted 214 to 208 Wednesday to open up hundreds of thousands of federal acres to mining near the border of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness."

Biodiversity [26]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Forests [39]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [40]
Wildlife [41]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Canada [42]
Source: Public Domain [43], 01/22/2026
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"Bureau of Land Management Revokes American Prairie Bison Leases" [44]

"The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it is revoking grazing permits in Phillips County [Montana] that American Prairie had been using to sustain its herd of bison."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [26]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Wildlife [41]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Source: Montana Free Press [46], 01/22/2026
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"Half of Fossil Fuel Carbon Emissions in 2024 Came From 32 Companies" [47]

"As fossil fuel-based carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise to record levels, a new analysis shows that a majority of these emissions can be traced back to a shrinking number of large corporate entities."

Climate Change [16]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [48]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [49]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 01/22/2026
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"The Toxic Chemistry Behind Skin Bleaching Products" [51]

"The global skin-lightening market is worth over $10 billion and growing, but the unregulated products driving it contain dangerous chemicals linked to serious health risks."

Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [49]
Source: Chemistry World [52], 01/22/2026
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Researchers Find Problem As Penguins Breed Sooner In Warming Antarctic [53]

"Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that’s a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said."

Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [16]
Wildlife [41]
Public [12]
Antarctica & Arctic [54]
Source: AP [55], 01/22/2026
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Calif. Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow [56]

"The real estate website scrubbed the data under pressure from California’s real estate brokers and agents who were concerned about its impact on home prices. Neil Matouka thinks prospective buyers have a right to know."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [57]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [10]
Water & Oceans [58]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
California [59]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 01/21/2026
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"An Alabama Mayor Signed an NDA With a Data Center Developer. Read It Here." [61]

"The non-disclosure agreement was a major sticking point in a lively town hall that featured city officials, data center representatives and more than a hundred frustrated residents."

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [17]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [62]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [48]
Technology [63]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 01/21/2026
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Dems Seek Investigation of $3.5 Million Deal by Interior Official’s Husband [66]

"House Democrats asked the Interior Department’s inspector general on Tuesday to investigate whether Karen Budd-Falen, the agency’s third highest ranking official, played a role in the federal approval of a lithium mine after her husband entered into a $3.5 million financial relationship with the mine’s developer."

Chemicals [33]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [40]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [67], 01/21/2026
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"House Deploys Rule-Killing Law Against Biden Mining Curbs" [68]

"Republicans this week are planning to use a rule-killing law to undo Biden-era restrictions on mining near more than 1 million acres of Minnesota wilderness."

Chemicals [33]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [48]
Water & Oceans [58]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [69], 01/21/2026
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As Stone Countertops Kill Workers, GOP Seeks Protections for Manufacturers [70]

"Sponsors of a new bill want to give the industry immunity from lawsuits brought by injured employees. That will kill even more workers, experts warn."

Air [71]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [48]
Technology [63]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 01/21/2026
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"Looming Water Supply 'Bankruptcy' Puts Billions At Risk, UN Report Warns" [73]

"The world is facing irreversible water "bankruptcy", with billions of people struggling to cope with the consequences of decades of overuse as well as shrinking supplies from lakes, rivers, glaciers and wetlands, U.N. researchers said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [34]
Natural Resources [40]
Water & Oceans [58]
Public [12]
International [49]
Source: Reuters [74], 01/21/2026
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