EJToday: Top Headlines

"Court Allows Endangered Species ‘God Squad’ to Meet Tuesday" [9]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum can convene the Endangered Species Committee, or “God Squad,” on March 31 to approve the Pentagon’s request to exempt all Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operations from the Endangered Species Act because of national security needs, a judge ruled Friday."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [24], 03/31/2026
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"Federal Court Reverses Trump Administration’s Past Cuts To ESA" [25]

"A federal judge on Monday partially ruled that the first Trump administration erred when it weakened aspects of the Endangered Species Act.

The ruling (attached below) was heralded by environmental groups, saying it underscored that “federal agencies must use the best available science when assessing harm to species, they cannot ignore incremental harm to critical habitat, and the agencies must firmly commit to any measures relied upon to reduce harm to imperiled plants and animals.” (Emphasis added—ed.)
Activism [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Chemicals [10]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [28]
Source: National Parks Traveler [29], 03/31/2026
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EPA Rollbacks Would Raise Communities' Risk For Chemical Disasters: Workers [30]

"Workers, lawmakers and environmental advocates gathered this week to speak out against a proposed federal rule that would roll back protections for people who live near hazardous facilities across the country."

Activism [26]
Chemicals [10]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The New Lede [34], 03/31/2026
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"Trump’s First Surgeon General Tries To Stop Nominee From Being Confirmed" [35]

"The president was non-committal when asked Sunday night about Casey Means’s nomination, which has stalled in the Senate."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [18]
Science [37]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [38], 03/31/2026
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Even When EPA Finds A Pesticide Cancer Risk, It Rarely Requires Warnings [39]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is failing to put warnings on pesticides linked to cancer — even when the agency itself determined a product’s ingredients are carcinogenic, according to two new analyses of federal data."

Agriculture [40]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [33]
Science [37]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The New Lede [42], 03/31/2026
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War Is Pushing Up Energy Prices Now. Trump's Policies Could Hurt For Years. [43]

"If you've opened your natural gas or electric bill lately and bit back a scream, or watched the numbers tick up and up at the gas pump, you're not alone. For many Americans, energy prices feel uncomfortably high right now."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [36]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [44]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [28]
Middle East [45]
Source: NPR [46], 03/31/2026
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"Health Groups Sue EPA Over Power Plant Mercury Emissions Rule" [47]

"A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a petition for review Monday, arguing the EPA’s recent move to weaken power plant emission rules endangers people’s health and lives."

Air [48]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [36]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [18]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [49], 03/31/2026
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Iran War Could Leave Environmental Damage, Health Risks For Decades: Experts [50]

"The Iran war has unleashed a toxic mix of chemicals, heavy metals and other pollutants that threaten everything from agriculture to drinking water to people’s health — and will leave behind environmental damage and health risks that could persist for decades, experts said."

Air [48]
Chemicals [10]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Military [51]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [22]
International [28]
Middle East [45]
Source: AP [52], 03/31/2026
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"Maine’s Support for Farms With ‘Forever Chemicals’ Seen as Model" [53]

"It’s been a decade since farmers began to learn that contamination from PFAS unknowingly spread across their property could devastate their lives and livelihoods, but Maine is showing it’s possible to keep farms going despite the problems caused by the “forever chemicals.”

Agriculture [40]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [36]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [54]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Waste [55]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [56]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [57], 03/31/2026
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Border Wall Plan Unites GOPers and Dems in Texas: ‘This Is Insane’ [58]

"Plans for a wall in Big Bend National Park prompted public protests and behind-the-scenes lobbying to sway the Trump administration to stop."

Environmental Politics [14]
Government [59]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [60]
People & Population [33]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mexico [61]
Source: NYTimes [62], 03/31/2026
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Trump Appears To Relax Oil Blockade On Cuba As Russian Oil Tanker Arrives [63]

"Donald Trump has signalled a new flexibility in allowing oil into Cuba, hours before a Russian oil tanker under US sanctions arrived in the Caribbean island amid a de facto oil blockade imposed by Washington."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [16]
Military [51]
People & Population [33]
Transportation [44]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [28]
Europe [64]
Source: Guardian [65], 03/30/2026
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"House Progressives Launch Environmental Justice Caucus" [66]

"A trio of House progressives launched a new caucus Thursday they say will allow communities to better liaise with Congress on environmental issues."

Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [33]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [67]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [68], 03/30/2026
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"Judge Declines To Halt ‘God Squad’ Meeting" [69]

"A federal judge has declined to act on an emergency request from an environmental group to stop the Trump administration from exploring an exemption to the Endangered Species Act for oil and gas drilling, setting the stage for an unusual government meeting to be held next week."

Biodiversity [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [32]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [70], 03/30/2026
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This Black Town Has E. Coli in Its Drinking Water, but Feds Just Cut Support [71]

"Cahokia Heights, a Black Illinois community, was already drowning in sewage. Now it faces the loss of crucial federal repair money."

Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [18]
Waste [55]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [72]
Source: Capital B [73], 03/30/2026
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"As Fuel Prices Rise, US Lawmakers Push To Suspend The Federal Gas Tax" [74]

"As the war in Iran pushes U.S. gas prices toward $4 a gallon nationally, some lawmakers are pushing to suspend the federal gasoline tax in the latest attempt to try to control surging energy costs."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Transportation [44]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [75], 03/30/2026
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