EJToday: Top Headlines

"How Cuts To Federal Climate Funds Could Threaten Polar Vortex Research" [9]

"The storm is very large, and it could be particularly dangerous because a frigid mass of air known as a polar vortex will linger for days after the snow and freezing rain stop falling." "But winter weather patterns are shifting as the global climate warms, and scientists are working to understand those changes." "Cuts made by the Trump administration to federal climate research could threaten that work."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [17], 01/27/2026
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Outrage At Euro Science Center As Director Ousted After Glyphosate Study [18]

"A leading European chemical safety institute has ousted the director of its cancer research center after the director led an extensive testing program into the safety of the pesticide glyphosate, sparking concerns about chemical industry influence into what has been an independent research institution."

Agriculture [19]
Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Science [14]
Public [15]
International [25]
Europe [26]
Source: The New Lede [27], 01/27/2026
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New ExxonMobil Climate Accounting Again Blames Consumers, Not Corporation [28]

"For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [25]
Source: DeSmog [32], 01/27/2026
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"US Congress Set To Reject Trump’s Sweeping Science Budget Cuts" [33]

"The US Congress is poised to approve legislation rejecting the huge and unprecedented cuts to science budgets sought by the administration of US President Donald Trump." "Lawmakers have announced legislation that would increase funding for basic research by more than 2%."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Nature [35], 01/27/2026
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Amsterdam Defies Lobbying to Become 1st Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads [36]

"Amsterdam city council has passed a legally binding ban on advertising for fossil fuels and meat products across public spaces in the city, becoming the first capital in the world to prohibit such ads through local law."

Activism [37]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [21]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [38]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [15]
Europe [26]
Source: DeSmog [39], 01/27/2026
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"Winter Storm Spreads Ice, Snow Across Dozens Of States" [40]

"This historic storm is will spread destructive ice and heavy snow over 34 states through Monday including the South, Midwest and Northeast."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [29]
People & Population [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Weather Channel [41], 01/26/2026
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"Philadelphia Sues Interior Department Over Slavery Exhibit Removal" [42]

"The city of Philadelphia on Thursday sued the Department of the Interior after National Park Service staff removed an exhibit on slavery from the President’s House site in Independence National Historical Park."

Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [34]
People & Population [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [44], 01/26/2026
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"Massive Sewage Spill Flowing Into Potomac River Upstream From Washington" [45]

"A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., polluting it ahead of a major winter storm that has repair crews scrambling."

Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [22]
Infrastructure [46]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Source: AP [50], 01/26/2026
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"Trump’s Grant Terminations Upheld by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals" [51]

"Six cities and 13 nonprofit groups still cannot recoup millions of dollars after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals this week overturned a lower court’s ruling that forbade the Trump administration from terminating or freezing grant funding for environmental justice, agricultural and climate programs."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [34]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 01/26/2026
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Virginia AG Takes Steps to Rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [53]

"Virginia’s newly elected Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones took action Thursday that creates a pathway for Virginia to rejoin the carbon market called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [24]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 01/26/2026
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"Stretched Thin, Iowa Agency Issues Few Fines for Manure Pollution" [55]

"The state’s environmental agency has the authority to investigate and issue fines for illegal spills, but lacks sufficient staff and resources."

Agriculture [19]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [56]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 01/26/2026
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Calif. Sues Trump Admin Over Plans To Restart Oil Pipelines Along The Coast [58]

"California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company’s plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state’s coast, escalating a fight over the Trump administration’s removal of regulatory barriers to offshore oil drilling for the first time in decades."

Biodiversity [59]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [48]
Wildlife [60]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [61]
Source: AP [62], 01/26/2026
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In Scotland, Fishing Trawlers Scrape The Seabed Despite Protection Promises [63]

"Bally Philp hauls up his baited traps from the waters off Scotland’s Isle of Skye, checking each one methodically. Unlike most of Scotland’s coastline, these waters are protected from industrial fishing methods that have devastated seabeds elsewhere. But Philp, who’s fished for more than three decades, has watched conditions deteriorate nearly everywhere else along the coast."

Biodiversity [59]
Fish & Fisheries [64]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [15]
Europe [26]
Source: AP [65], 01/26/2026
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"Michigan Sues Oil Giants, Alleging Collusion To Stifle Renewables, EVs" [66]

"The state of Michigan is suing major oil companies and an industry association, alleging that they colluded to hamper the adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs)."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [24]
Technology [67]
Transportation [68]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [69]
Source: The Hill [70], 01/26/2026
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"Trump Has Ramped Up Lawsuits Against The Media. Here’s Where They Stand." [71]

"While the president has settled some suits, and judges have dismissed others, his court fights continue with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets."

Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [34]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [72], 01/26/2026
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