EJToday: Top Headlines

Eastern Washington Wildfire Forces Evacuations And Destroys Homes [9]

"High winds drove a wildfire into an eastern Washington neighborhood, forcing the evacuation of about 1,500 people and destroying at least 15 homes, officials said Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: AP [18], 06/18/2026
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Storm Arthur Makes Landfall In Texas, Raising Flood Risk Across South [19]

"A mass of showers and thunderstorms that has been sprawling across Texas and northern Mexico in recent days over South Texas consolidated into Tropical Storm Arthur on Wednesday. Life-threatening flooding, property damage and disruptions to commerce and travel may unfold as inches of rain pour down over a portion of the southeastern United States into Friday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: AccuWeather [21], 06/18/2026
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Top US Lobby Firms Profit On Both Sides of the PFAS Fight, Report Finds [22]

"Several major US lobby firms that are working for chemical industry interest groups to fight against strict regulation of harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water are also representing local governments wrestling with health and water quality issues stemming from the contamination, according to a new report."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The New Lede [28], 06/18/2026
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Despite Law, Trump DOJ Wants To Sideline Citizens In Pollution Fights [29]

"In a court filing backing Elon Musk’s AI company, the Trump administration said the federal government can stop Americans from suing over air pollution."

Activism [30]
Air [31]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [34], 06/18/2026
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Trump DOI To Buy Back 4 More Leases For Offshore Wind Projects [35]

"The Trump administration said Wednesday it’s buying back another energy company’s U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, as it seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels. The latest deal brings the total amount spent on these agreements to nearly $2.6 billion."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [13]
Technology [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [40], 06/18/2026
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Battle Over $7.25 Billion Roundup Settlement Takes A New Turn [41]

"A federal judge has rejected efforts to slow the progress of a $7.25 billion class action settlement in the nationwide Roundup cancer litigation, notching a win for Roundup maker Bayer but frustrating a group of plaintiffs’ attorneys who claim the deal is unfair to cancer patients."

Agriculture [42]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The New Lede [43], 06/18/2026
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US Transfers Immigrants Out Of Florida Alligator Alcatraz Facility [44]

"The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced that all immigrant detainees have been transferred out of a Florida detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz, effectively shuttering the controversial facility." "The facility, located near the Everglade wetlands, has drawn human rights concerns and lawsuits over its conditions."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [45]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [12]
Wildlife [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Aljazeera/AP [47], 06/18/2026
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15 Countries Adopt The Mombasa Declaration To Fight Illegal Fishing [48]

""Fifteen countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Pacific adopted a declaration on Wednesday to step up efforts to combat illegal fishing, a practice that experts say costs the world economy up to $50 billion annually."

Biodiversity [49]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [36]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Food [51]
Government [45]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
International [52]
Source: AP [53], 06/18/2026
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US Public Still Favors Climate Action Despite Trump’s Fossil Fuel Drive [54]

"Two-thirds of Americans say they are worried about climate but level of media coverage does not reflect this"

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
People & Population [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [55], 06/18/2026
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Okra Up North: Forgotten Heirloom Travels African Diaspora To Toronto [56]

"Okra holds a special place in many African-descended communities, and a Canadian farmer with Jamaican roots is growing a very old variety"

Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [49]
Consumer [32]
Food [51]
People & Population [12]
Public [14]
International [52]
Canada [57]
Africa [58]
Source: Guardian [59], 06/18/2026
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Billionaire Donor Benefits as Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Wells [60]

"Trump’s EPA is planning to weaken restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane. Oil billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, a major Trump donor, is set to reap the benefits. Society as a whole will deal with the environmental costs."

Air [31]
Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [10]
Conflict/Corruption [61]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [45]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
South America [62]
Source: ProPublica [63], 06/17/2026
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Paramount Rejected Ad Slamming Its Owners And Warner Bros Acquisition [64]

"Paramount Skydance refused to air an ad submitted by a press freedom group that heavily criticized the network’s leadership and merger with Warner Bros Discovery, with an advertising associate deeming it a “conflict of interest”.

Conflict/Corruption [61]
Economy & Business [36]
Government [45]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [65], 06/17/2026
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Trump DOJ Supports Musk-Owned Data Center In Suit By NAACP [66]

"The Trump administration urged a federal court on Monday to dismiss an environmental lawsuit against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, saying the company’s Grok government model and the data centers that power it are crucial to national security. The NAACP alleges that xAI has rushed to build and continue expanding its Colossus Gas Plant in vulnerable and heavily Black communities near the Tennessee-Mississippi border without legally required permits or pollution controls."

Conflict/Corruption [61]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: E&E News [67], 06/17/2026
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Shrinking Strip Of New Orleans Marsh Helps Protect 1.5 Million People [68]

"There’s an increasingly narrow strip of New Orleans marshland that hardly anyone lives on, but without it, hundreds of thousands of people will face far greater risks from storms and floods."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [38]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [69]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: Verite News [70], 06/17/2026
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Ex-Colonies Urge Quick Execution Of A Key Treaty Protecting Oceans [71]

"African and Commonwealth nations called Tuesday for a swift implementation of a landmark treaty protecting the high seas, warning that despite record commitments to marine conservation, much of the world’s ocean protection still exists only on paper."

Biodiversity [49]
Environmental Politics [25]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [72]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
International [52]
Source: AP [73], 06/17/2026
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