EJToday: Top Headlines

"Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds." [9]

"Birds in the United States are not only declining, but they are declining faster, especially in areas with intensive agriculture, according to new research. Overall drops in bird population, measured from 1987 to 2021, were sharpest in warm and warming areas, suggesting that climate change may play a role."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 02/27/2026
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Enbridge Begins Rerouting Pipeline Around Wisconsin Reservation [19]

"MADISON, Wis. — Energy company Enbridge has finally started work on rerouting an aging oil pipeline around a tribal reservation in northern Wisconsin after seven years of legal wrangling, moving ahead despite two new lawsuits that still could delay the project indefinitely.
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [26]
Source: AP [27], 02/27/2026
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"Trump’s EPA Is Yanking Support For Electric School Buses" [28]

"There’s $2.3 billion left unspent from a Biden-era clean school bus program. The Trump admin wants more of it to go to buses that run on fuels and not batteries."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [31]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [33]
Technology [34]
Transportation [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 02/27/2026
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Lawyers For Cancer Victims Challenge Bayer’s $7.25B Roundup Settlement [37]

"A group of 14 law firms representing nearly 20,000 plaintiffs is seeking to intervene in Bayer’s $7.25 billion proposed class action settlement of Roundup litigation, citing concerns that the settlement deal will not be fair to cancer victims."

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [39]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [33]
Technology [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [40], 02/27/2026
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"States Sue to Block Trump’s ‘Anti-Science’ Vaccine Policy" [41]

"Climate change helps spread vaccine-preventable diseases. But the Trump administration’s reduced vaccine schedule 'throws science out the window,' and makes Americans more vulnerable to infections, state attorneys general charge in a new lawsuit."

Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [22]
Health [42]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [32]
Technology [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 02/27/2026
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"Crews In Florida Battle A 25,000-Acre Wildfire Near ‘Alligator Alcatraz’" [44]

"Crews in South Florida were trying to contain a wildfire in Big Cypress National Preserve that had burned more than 25,000 acres (100 square kilometers) near the immigration detention facility known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' as of Wednesday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [21]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [32]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: AP [46], 02/27/2026
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Judge Orders Changes To Columbia and Snake River Dam Operations To Help ‘Disappearing’ Salmon [47]

"A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, saying the Trump administration’s plans for the massive structures would harm salmon runs that are 'disappearing from the landscape.'”

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [48]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
Source: AP [50], 02/27/2026
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"Power Plant Pollution Rose Last Year, Green Group Analysis Finds" [51]

"U.S. power plant pollution rose last year, according to a green group’s analysis of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data."

Air [52]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [53], 02/27/2026
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"The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year" [54]

"The US added a record-breaking amount of energy storage in 2025, according to a new solar industry report published Monday. The growth of battery storage across the US is a rare success story for clean energy during the renewables-hostile second Trump administration—and also a sign of how utilities may be thinking about reorienting electric grids as demand goes up across the country."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [23]
Technology [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: WIRED [55], 02/27/2026
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"Illinois Cities Move To Cut Ties With A Massive Coal Plant" [56]

"Two communities seeking cleaner, cheaper energy are resisting pressure to extend deals that bind them to getting power from one of the nation’s dirtiest plants."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [33]
Technology [34]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [57]
Source: Canary Media [58], 02/27/2026
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Feds Give $26.5 Billion Loan For Electric Expansion In Georgia And Alabama [59]

"Federal energy officials on Wednesday announced a record $26.5 billion loan to electric utilities in Georgia and Alabama, saying the loan will save customers money as the companies undertake a huge expansion driven by demand from computer data centers."

Economy & Business [60]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: AP [61], 02/26/2026
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"Trump’s BLM Nominee Waffles On Public Land Sell-Off Stance" [62]

"President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to head the Bureau of Land Management, Steve Pearce, offered contradictory explanations about his record of pushing for federal land sell-offs at his nomination hearing Wednesday."

Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [63]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Public Domain [64], 02/26/2026
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"Deadly Bird Flu Found In California Elephant Seals For The First Time" [65]

"The H5N1 bird flu virus that devastated South American elephant seal populations has been confirmed in seals at California's Año Nuevo State Park, researchers from UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz announced Wednesday."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [30]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
California [66]
Source: LA Times [67], 02/26/2026
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"Regulators Rely On Fossil Fuel Industry Data. How Often Is It Wrong?" [68]

"From Colorado to Texas, government officials are grappling with concerns about unreliable reports from oil and gas companies."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [69], 02/26/2026
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"States Snub Trump’s Plan To Ease ‘Forever Chemicals’ Limits" [70]

"EPA’s stalled rollback of its PFAS drinking water rule has led to a patchwork of states sticking to the Biden-era regulation."

Chemicals [39]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [71], 02/26/2026
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