EJToday: Top Headlines

"Warming Waters in the Gulf of Maine May Affect the Future of Lobsters" [9]

"Researchers studying the crustacean’s early life cycles find clues that can help the fishery that depends on them plan for a warmer future."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Food [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 04/10/2026
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Mega Manure Digester Project In Wash. State Meets Community Resistance [18]

"A proposal to build a mega-manure digester in a small Washington state community is sparking uproar among citizens who say the project to convert waste from dairy cows into fuel will add to the region’s already significant pollution problems."

Activism [19]
Agriculture [20]
Air [21]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Northwest (OR WA) [27]
Source: The New Lede [28], 04/10/2026
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"Food Companies Backslide on Promises to Reduce Pesticides" [29]

"As evidence of pesticide risks increases, a new report finds that the food industry is ‘actively reversing progress’ on lowering their use in supply chains."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [30]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Food [14]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Civil Eats [32], 04/10/2026
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"Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance" [33]

"Consumers remain vulnerable to price spikes despite record domestic oil and gas production. But experts doubt the crisis will boost clean energy, absent strong policy."

Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [23]
Military [36]
People & Population [31]
Transportation [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Middle East [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 04/10/2026
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"CDC Delays Publishing Report Showing Covid Vaccine Benefits" [40]

"The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists familiar with the decision. The scientists spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation."

Activism [19]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [41]
Health [42]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [31]
Science [44]
Technology [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [46], 04/10/2026
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"US Senators Investigate $370 Million IRS Payout to Cheniere Energy" [47]

"Seven Democratic U.S. senators have launched a probe into a $370 million “alternative fuel” payout to Cheniere Energy, made earlier this year by the IRS, that critics say the liquefied natural gas export company never should have received."

Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 04/09/2026
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"California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops" [50]

"The nation’s top agricultural producer could ban pesticides with PFAS after researchers found the “forever chemicals” on 40 percent of the conventional produce grown in the state."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [22]
Food [14]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
California [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 04/09/2026
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Huge Louisiana LNG Project Could Pollute More Than All Other U.S. Terminals [53]

"Woodside’s $18 billion liquefied natural gas facility is expected to generate more greenhouse gases than any LNG terminal in the U.S."

Climate Change [11]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Source: Verite News [54], 04/09/2026
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"Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers" [55]

"Dwindling levels in this region’s main reservoirs have triggered a rush on local aquifers as cities, towns, chemical plants and ranchers drill for water."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Disasters [56]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Politics [23]
People & Population [31]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 04/09/2026
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Alabama Enacts Utility Regulation Bill Many Say Is a Win For Alabama Power [59]

"The legislation was weakened so significantly its original sponsor ultimately voted against it. Alabamians say they’ll continue to push for real reform."

Activism [19]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Justice [60]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [31]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 04/09/2026
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"EPA Chief Praises Group For Opposing Government Action On Climate Change" [62]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin delivered the keynote speech at a Wednesday meeting of the Heartland Institute, a group that challenges the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change’s harmful impacts and the need to curb greenhouse gas emissions that cause it."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [63], 04/09/2026
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"After Harsh Winter, Ukrainians Find Joy In Releasing Bats Rescued From War" [64]

"As night falls over a nature park on the edge of Kyiv, children crowd around volunteers who carefully open cloth bags and release bats into the twilight."

Biodiversity [10]
People & Population [31]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [65]
Wildlife [66]
Public [16]
Europe [67]
Source: AP [68], 04/09/2026
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Endangered Salmon Returned To Calif. Far North — Then The Money Dried Up [69]

"Newsom promised to help a Native tribe restore sacred salmon to their ancestral river. Now California is ending the funding. The fish made it back to their ancestral waters for the first time in 80 years — so why is California walking away now?"

Biodiversity [10]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Justice [60]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
People & Population [31]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [65]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
California [51]
Source: CalMatters [70], 04/09/2026
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"Renewable Developers Locked Out Of FWS Online Tool" [71]

"Since last summer, developers are no longer allowed to use a government website that helps with a basic preliminary task for projects: identifying what endangered species are found in a particular area."

Biodiversity [10]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [72]
Technology [45]
Wildlife [66]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [73], 04/09/2026
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"From Digging Coal To Selling Noodles? China’s Mining Workers Face Change" [74]

"Yang Haiming didn’t stop working when he retired from the coal mines at age 60. Instead, he jumped into a new industry."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Food [14]
People & Population [31]
Public [16]
Asia [75]
Source: AP [76], 04/09/2026
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