EJToday: Top Headlines

August Ties the Record for Earth’s Hottest Month on the Books [9]

"Last month tied July 2023 as the planet’s hottest month on record, European scientists said on Thursday, as human-caused warming pushes the Northern Hemisphere’s muggiest, most uncomfortable time of year into new realms of stickiness and discomfort."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: New York Times [15], 09/11/2026
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AI Boom Poses Growing Public Health Threat, Former EPA Officials Warn [16]

"A group representing more than 800 former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday sounded the alarm over the health consequences of data centers. It warned that Trump administration policies to weaken pollution safeguards and speed up approvals of the facilities threatened to exacerbate those health harms."

Air [17]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Military [24]
Technology [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: New York Times [27], 09/11/2026
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The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs [28]

"The world is set to burn record amounts of coal this year, in large part because of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [14]
Source: New York Times [30], 09/11/2026
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The US Wants Minerals from South America. Defenders Fear What Comes Next. [31]

"Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s push for minerals and militarization raises fears about the violence more mining could inflict on local communities and critical ecosystems."

Chemicals [32]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [29]
Technology [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [14]
Mexico [34]
Central America & the Caribbean [35]
South America [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 09/11/2026
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Chemours to Pay $455 Million for Fayetteville Works Contamination [38]

"The company will pay the sum over the next 15 years for contamination caused by its plant on the border of Cumberland and Bladen counties."

Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 09/11/2026
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Florida Proposes Stronger Protections for Sloths After Dozens Died [41]

"Florida’s wildlife agency has proposed new rules to strengthen protections for sloths imported into the state, four months after an Inside Climate News investigation revealed dozens of wild sloths from South America died at a planned Orlando tourism attraction."

Biodiversity [42]
Government [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Wildlife [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 09/11/2026
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Rabies Cases Increased 17 Percent In July And August, CDC Says [46]

"Rabies cases in the United States from July to August increased 17 percent compared to the same period last year, following several “high-profile rabies outbreaks” and exposure events, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday."

Biodiversity [42]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [11]
Health [47]
People & Population [12]
Science [48]
Technology [25]
Wildlife [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [49], 09/11/2026
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Ag Industry Spent Big to Stop California From Banning PFAS Pesticides [50]

"An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and agricultural industry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it."

Agriculture [51]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
California [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 09/11/2026
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Midwest Farmers See Regenerative Ag As More Than Soil Health. It’s Spiritual [54]

"The towering maple trees and native hazelnut bushes on Salvatierra Farms break up the surrounding corn and soybean fields that sprawl across southern Minnesota."

Agriculture [51]
Biodiversity [42]
People & Population [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [55]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [56]
Source: AP [57], 09/11/2026
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Indonesia Seeks To Bring Back Baby Orangutans Said Trafficked To India [58]

"Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orang utans found motherless in India, suspected to be trafficked from Sumatra. The infants are critically endangered, healthy, and under care at a zoo while DNA tests confirm their origin."

Activism [59]
Biodiversity [42]
Forests [60]
Wildlife [44]
Public [13]
Asia [61]
Source: AFP [62], 09/11/2026
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You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Rules [63]

"On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Jackson, Mississippi, which alleged the city knowingly let residents drink lead-contaminated water." "A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis."

Chemicals [32]
Consumer [18]
Disasters [64]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [65]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [66]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Mother Jones [67], 09/10/2026
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Cancer’s Toll On 9/11 Survivors Is Accelerating 25 Years Later [68]

"The number of victims receiving aid has tripled in recent years, a Post analysis finds, as the illness’s toll becomes more apparent."

Environmental Health [11]
Health [47]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [69]
Source: Washington Post [70], 09/10/2026
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AP Will Refer To Lake Ontario By Its Original Name, Despite Order [71]

"The Associated Press is advising its reporters and others who follow AP style to continue referring to Lake Ontario by its original name, despite President Donald Trump’s order to rename it Lake America last month as the administration’s trade war with Canada escalated."

Environmental Politics [21]
Government [43]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [33]
Other or All [72]
Water & Oceans [66]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [73], 09/10/2026
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Smithsonian Leadership Changes Give Trump An Opening For Control [74]

"The coming leadership transition at the Smithsonian Institution will give President Donald Trump his biggest opportunity yet to influence how it tells the story of America."

Environmental Politics [21]
Environmental Studies [75]
Government [43]
Journalism & Media [22]
People & Population [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [55]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [76], 09/10/2026
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Nepal Puts Climate Justice At Centre Of Global Pitch For Flood Aid [77]

"Flood-hit Nepal will ask wealthier countries and global agencies for financial help this week, arguing they should contribute to the $5 billion needed for initial rebuilding as the disaster shows how ‌climate change has hit poor countries that did little to cause it, officials said."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [43]
Journalism & Media [22]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [78]
Water & Oceans [66]
Public [13]
International [14]
Asia [61]
Source: Reuters [79], 09/10/2026
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