EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Budget Attacks Renewables, Boosts ‘Energy Dominance’" [9]

"The White House released its fiscal 2027 budget request Friday morning, unveiling plans to continue waging its longstanding war against renewable energy and climate initiatives while boosting support for artificial intelligence and fossil fuels."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Forests [17]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Military [20]
Pollution [21]
Science [22]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
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National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 04/06/2026
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Trump DOI To Rejoin Drilling Agencies Separated After 2010 Gulf Oil Spill [29]

"The Trump administration said Friday it is combining two agencies that were separated in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The Interior Department said the overhaul would increase efficiency and speed up permitting for offshore oil and gas drilling."

Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [30]
Consumer [31]
Disasters [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
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Source: AP [36], 04/06/2026
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"What The Looming Sale Of CNN Means For Trump’s Feud With The Network" [37]

"Animosity from the White House has taken on new meaning amid an imminent sale to David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, fueling anxiety among journalists."

Consumer [31]
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International [39]
Source: Washington Post [40], 04/06/2026
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"Debate Swirls Over Agency Oversight of Workplace Chemical Safety" [41]

"A debate over which federal office should be the primary regulator of hazardous chemical safety in the workplace is playing out in courts and Congress."

Chemicals [30]
Disasters [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [21]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [42], 04/06/2026
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"Agriculture Department’s Permitting Rewrite Limits Public Input" [43]

"The Trump administration is speeding up environmental reviews of large infrastructure projects under a final rule set to be published by the US Department of Agriculture Friday."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [44]
Forests [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [45]
Pollution [21]
Wildlife [25]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [46], 04/06/2026
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"Big Bend Wall Protests Draws Thousands To Texas Capitol" [47]

"Thousands of protesters gathered at the steps of the Texas Capitol Saturday to protest against the construction of a border wall through Big Bend, in a show of bipartisan opposition to the White House’s plans."

Biodiversity [11]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Military [20]
Natural Resources [45]
People & Population [48]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [49]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [25]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Mexico [51]
Source: Public Domain [52], 04/06/2026
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"Green Steel Is The Way Forward For Indiana, Former Steelworkers Say" [53]

"Advocates warn that what’s left of the industry could be lost if companies choose to invest in dirty blast furnaces instead of modernizing with cleaner steelmaking."

Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [18]
People & Population [48]
Pollution [21]
Technology [23]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Source: Canary Media [55], 04/06/2026
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"Nation’s Largest Urban Battery To Take Center Stage Near San Francisco" [56]

"The Cow Palace arena, just south of San Francisco, has hosted Dwight Eisenhower, the Beatles, the San Jose Sharks NHL team, and an annual rodeo since it opened in 1941. But an even bigger act is setting up next door: an enormous battery that will perform a starring role in the Bay Area’s energy ecosystem."

Climate Change [12]
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Infrastructure [18]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
California [57]
Source: Canary Media [58], 04/06/2026
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Florida Power & Light Profit Margins Top Other Utilities’ Nationwide: Report [59]

"Florida Power & Light’s profit margins consistently ranked among the highest in the nation over the past five years and topped other utilities’ in 2024 and 2025, with 27 cents of every dollar in revenue last year retained as profit, according to a new report." "Utility profit margins are one reason why electricity bills are rising, the report says. Advocates say low-income communities are hardest-hit by the costs."

Climate Change [12]
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [44]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [48]
Pollution [21]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 04/06/2026
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"Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands" [62]

"An Interior Department proposal would cancel BLM grazing leases for American Prairie's buffalo in Montana, but it could affect tribal and private herds across the West."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Wildlife [25]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [63]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 04/06/2026
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"Who Is Lee Zeldin? Possibly Trump’s Next Attorney General" [65]

"Lee Zeldin, currently the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is understood to be the leading candidate for Attorney General after President Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi."

Environmental Politics [16]
Government [35]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [48]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: TIME [66], 04/03/2026
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Chemical Industry Lobbies EPA To Allow Pollution From Plastic Pyrolysis [67]

"When former top Environmental Protection Agency official Judith Enck noticed a cavalcade of chemical and plastics industry lobbyists visiting the agency’s Washington headquarters in February, she wondered what could be up."

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [21]
Waste [68]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 04/03/2026
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"Trump EPA Punished Dissenters Despite ‘Legal Risk‘ Warning" [70]

"An EPA lawyer said the dissent letter “is likely protected speech under the First Amendment” and advised against “retaliatory” moves."

Environmental Health [14]
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Government [35]
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Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [48]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [71], 04/03/2026
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Warming Winters Bring More Nitrate Pollution In Drinking Water Near Farms [72]

"When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa’s largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16,000 a day to run a special system to filter out dangerous nitrates. It’s a fact of life in the agriculture-dependent state — and climate change is making the water quality problem even worse."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [30]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [48]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [73]
Source: AP [74], 04/03/2026
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"Trump’s Budget May Target Climate Programs. Here’s What Still Survives." [75]

"President Trump has tried to cut funding for virtually every federal program that addresses climate change. But Congress has been pushing back, sometimes with surprising bipartisan support."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [21]
Science [22]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NYTimes [76], 04/03/2026
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