EJToday: Top Headlines

Pacific Region Sets Record For Big, Long-Lasting Storms Thanks To El Niño [9]

"The drumbeat of monster hurricanes in the Pacific has broken a record for nasty long-lasting storms east of the international date line, turbocharged by nature’s supersized El Niño, scientists said."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
California [15]
International [16]
Source: AP [17], 10/14/2026
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FDA May Allow Some Toxic Chemicals To Be Added To Food Without Safety Review [18]

"The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to expand a controversial loophole to allow some of the world’s most toxic chemicals to be added directly to food without a safety review."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Food [23]
Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Guardian [27], 10/14/2026
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Trump Goes After An Offshore Wind Farm That’s Already Up And Running [28]

"After halting construction on offshore wind farms and canceling leases for future projects, the Trump administration just took another step to erode America’s troubled offshore wind industry." "The administration is seeking to reevaluate a key permit for Revolution Wind, a $6.2B project that is already generating power for the energy-hungry Northeast."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: Canary Media [34], 10/14/2026
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FERC Nixes PJM Grid's Plan To Cut Power To Data Centers During Shortfalls [35]

"The nation’s energy regulators have shot down a bid from a regional grid operator to cut power to some large data centers during a supply shortfall — leaving the issue largely in the hands of states."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Technology [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: The Hill [38], 10/14/2026
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EU Eyes COP31 Climate Deal To Accelerate CO2 Cuts, Document Shows [39]

"The European Union will use next month's COP31 climate summit to push for agreement on a "package" of efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions heating the planet, an internal EU document seen by Reuters showed."

Climate Change [10]
Conflict/Corruption [40]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [16]
Source: Reuters [42], 10/14/2026
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Fewer Buyers for Timber on Federal Land Raises Risk of Wildfires [43]

"Loggers are finding it impossible to profitably harvest some federal forests. That leaves more fuel for fires to accumulate."

Disasters [11]
Forests [44]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: New York Times [46], 10/14/2026
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The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water [47]

"In the arid American West, expanded mining intensifies battles in vulnerable communities over one of the region’s scarcest resources."

Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [45]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 10/14/2026
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What Happened to Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hubs? [49]

"Backed by the federal government and bipartisan leadership, Pennsylvania’s hydrogen projects were supposed to create jobs and slash emissions. Now, they’re in limbo."

Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [45]
Technology [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 10/14/2026
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‘Shocking And Sobering’: UK Bird Populations Fall To Lowest Level On Record [51]

"Wild bird populations in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since records began, figures show, with nearly half of species in decline."

Biodiversity [52]
Natural Resources [45]
Wildlife [53]
Public [14]
Europe [54]
Source: Guardian [55], 10/14/2026
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Scientists Deploy A 24-Armed Secret Weapon To Save Calif. Kelp Forests [56]

"Team works to restore the sunflower sea star as 95% of these key underwater ecosystems have been decimated along the Pacific coast in past decade"

Biodiversity [52]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [53]
Public [14]
California [15]
Source: Guardian [57], 10/14/2026
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Isaias Makes Landfall Along Central Gulf Coast As Flooding Spread Inland [58]

"Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday evening as a 105-mph Category 2 -- just 6 mph below Category 3 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Isaias will continue to lose wind intensity as it moves over the interior United States. As storm surge flooding and winds subside along the Gulf Coast, torrential rainfall, gusty winds and tornadoes will occur inland this weekend."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AccuWeather [59], 10/13/2026
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DOJ Investigating Five TV Networks Over White House Pool Coverage [60]

"The Justice Department is investigating five major television networks for potential antitrust violations, the department’s top spokesperson said Saturday night, as the Trump administration’s battle with the mainstream press intensifies."

Conflict/Corruption [40]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [61]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [62], 10/13/2026
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Trump Could Remove More Than 500 Trees At Historic DC Public Golf Course [63]

"The National Park Service has begun a new round of tree-cutting at a historic golf course near the National Mall as the Trump administration proceeds with a plan to renovate the East Potomac Golf Links into a championship-level course."

Forests [44]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: AP [64], 10/13/2026
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Trawling Catches Huge Amounts Of Seafood, But Can Devastate The Seafloor [65]

"Behind a trawl fishing boat, a vast net can spend hours scraping the seafloor, funneling schools of fish toward a narrow bag at the back. A single tow can bring tens of thousands of pounds of seafood aboard."

Fish & Fisheries [66]
Technology [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [16]
Source: AP [67], 10/13/2026
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Greece’s Seafood Problem Starts Elsewhere [68]

"One of Europe’s biggest aquaculture industries is linked to overfishing, pollution, food insecurity and labor abuses."

Agriculture [69]
Biodiversity [52]
Fish & Fisheries [66]
Pollution [41]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [16]
Europe [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 10/13/2026
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