EJToday: Top Headlines

Trump DOI Moves To Fast-Track Arctic Drilling Without Environmental Review [9]

"The Interior Department will soon publish a “categorical exclusion” that will rubber stamp oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum Reserve."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
Source: Public Domain [21], 08/28/2026
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As Water Pollution Concerns Grow in Iowa, So Do Fertilizer Industry Profits [22]

"As farmers balk at skyrocketing fertilizer costs and runoff threatens drinking water sources in Iowa, North American manufacturers are raking in cash." "The net earnings of North America’s top fertilizer producers raise questions about who benefits most from fertilizer use, an advocacy group says."

Agriculture [23]
Chemicals [24]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [17]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 08/28/2026
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Fast Food Chains May Still Be Sourcing Beef Raised With Antibiotics: Report [30]

"McDonald’s, Subway and Taco Bell are failing to keep up with pledges to reduce the use of antibiotics in their beef supply, according to a group of food safety advocates."

Agriculture [23]
Chemicals [24]
Environmental Health [26]
Health [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [33], 08/28/2026
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A Hard-Won Rule to Cut Chemical Plant Pollution Is Being Unraveled [34]

"In 2024, the Biden administration enacted wide-ranging regulations to protect communities near petrochemical plants from air toxics. The Trump administration has since granted exemptions to scores of polluting facilities and is working to rewrite the long-awaited rule."

Chemicals [24]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Yale Environment 360 [36], 08/28/2026
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California’s New Fire-Safe Landscaping Rules Are Strongest In The U.S. [37]

"California struggled for years to adopt new landscaping rules that dictate what residents in fire-prone areas can plant and build within five feet of their homes, known as Zone Zero."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [38]
Technology [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [39]
Source: LA Times [40], 08/28/2026
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Districts Face A Back-To-School Math Problem: The High Price Of Diesel [41]

"As the new school year kicks off, school districts are facing a challenging math problem: the high cost of diesel. The price of a gallon of diesel is up nearly $2 compared with this time last year. That is meaningful for schools, considering that around 90% of the United States' 480,000 school buses run on diesel."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [42]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NPR [43], 08/28/2026
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El Niño Climate Patterns Supercharged By Burning Fossil Fuels, Study Finds [44]

"‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year"

Agriculture [23]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [25]
Food [45]
People & Population [38]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [46], 08/28/2026
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One Of East Coast’s Largest Datacenters Accused Of ‘Violating Federal Law’ [47]

"The largest planned AI datacenter in New Jersey is being accused of violating federal law after a visual investigation found the site running dozens of unpermitted gas-powered generators."

Air [48]
Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Technology [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: Floodlight [50], 08/28/2026
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Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Fast-Track Approval Of Toxic Datacenter Chemical [51]

"The Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemicals to which exposure can result in “sudden death” and a range of other serious health risks, like cancer, eye corrosion, neurological damage and reproductive harm, a new lawsuit warns."

Air [48]
Chemicals [24]
Environmental Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [52], 08/28/2026
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Decoding Beluga Whales’ Chitchat May Save Them – And Show Us Ourselves [53]

"From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture "

Biodiversity [54]
People & Population [38]
Science [55]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
Antarctica & Arctic [56]
Source: Guardian [57], 08/28/2026
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Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects [58]

"A handful of mega data center projects would emit over 100 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, an enormous amount roughly equal to the annual emissions of a mid-sized industrialized country."

Air [48]
Climate Change [10]
Conflict/Corruption [59]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [60]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Planning & Growth [61]
Pollution [17]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [62]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 08/27/2026
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West Point Climate Prof. Says He Was Fired for Refusing to ‘Defy Science’ [64]

"Dr. Adam Kalkstein is suing the U. S. Military Academy, where he was a professor of geography and the only climate scientist, after being fired." "After 17 years of teaching science at West Point, Dr. Adam Kalkstein says he was suddenly ordered last year to cut from his curriculum information about the human causes of climate change, according to a new lawsuit filed against the U.S. Military Academy."

Climate Change [10]
Conflict/Corruption [59]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [65]
Journalism & Media [66]
Military [67]
People & Population [38]
Science [55]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: New York Times [68], 08/27/2026
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Clean Air Policies Help Kids Breathe and Think Better [69]

"Growing up with dirty air harms kids’ health. But reducing pollution can help reverse the damage."

Air [48]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Studies [70]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [17]
Science [55]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [71]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 08/27/2026
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As AI Data Centers Expand, New Cooling Chemicals Raise PFAS Concerns [73]

"The artificial intelligence race is creating demand for more than data centers and electricity. It is also creating a new market for the chemicals needed to keep increasingly powerful computer chips from overheating. Some of those cooling technologies rely on PFAS, a broad class of fluorinated compounds already responsible for widespread drinking water contamination in North Carolina."

Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [60]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Technology [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [71]
Source: WRAL [74], 08/27/2026
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MAHA Moms Take On Coal [75]

"The Make America Healthy Again movement has taken on many issues over the past few years: pesticides, processed foods, vaccines. Now it has another target, and it’s one that President Trump likes to promote: coal."

Activism [76]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [26]
Food [45]
Health [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: New York Times [77], 08/27/2026
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