EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump Bets That ‘Energy Dominance’ Will Make War in Iran Less Costly" [9]

"The Trump administration has said that it has more leeway to act aggressively in the Middle East because the world is flush with oil and gas, thanks in part to record U.S. production, and has less to fear than it once did from energy price shocks."

Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Military [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Middle East [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 03/04/2026
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Probe Finds ‘Secretly’ Added Chemicals Of Unknown Safety In US Food Supply [18]

"At least 111 substances of unknown safety have been added to foods, drinks and supplements sold in the United States without alerting the US Food and Drug Administration, a new investigation found."

Agriculture [19]
Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Food [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: CNN [27], 03/04/2026
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Is Your Data Center Getting A Big Discount On Electricity? That’s Redacted [28]

"The surge of new data center development is making people worried. How much energy and water will these resource-hungry centers consume? Will they drive new fossil fuel pollution? How much will household electricity prices go up? These questions have answers, but in many cases, the details of new data centers are blocked from public view."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [32], 03/04/2026
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AK Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Fight Water Pollution From Cruise Ships [33]

"Two state lawmakers introduced legislation this month that aims to crack down on a major source of water pollution from cruise ships in Alaska waters."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [35]
Transportation [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: KHNS/NPR [39], 03/04/2026
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Trump NMFS Considers Looser Protections For North Atlantic Right Whale [40]

"The Trump administration on Tuesday took the first step toward loosening regulations ‌that protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes."

Biodiversity [41]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Transportation [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [43], 03/04/2026
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"Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump" [44]

"As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states."

Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [30]
People & Population [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 03/04/2026
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Experts Condemn Partisan Attack on Scientific Reference Manual for Judges [46]

"Scientists, engineers, lawyers, statisticians and other experts sounded the alarm Monday about the recent decision to remove a chapter on climate science from an influential reference manual designed to help judges understand complex scientific evidence."

Climate Change [29]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Science [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 03/04/2026
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"Tiny Texas School District Rejects Tax Deal with $6 Billion LNG Project" [49]

"The Point Isabel Independent School District on Monday rejected a multi-million dollar tax break for a proposed $5.7 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on the Texas Gulf Coast, finding the facility would not “align” with the community’s values or finances."

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [50]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Technology [51]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 03/04/2026
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Park Service Saw Major Job Losses in the Last Year. More Changes Loom. [54]

"President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes at the National Park Service have destabilized the agency and its core missions, critics say."

Biodiversity [41]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Politics [23]
Forests [55]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [56]
People & Population [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 03/04/2026
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Birth Brings Hope To Amazon Tribe Facing Extinction With Only 3 Women Left [58]

"Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest. As they advanced in age without a child to carry on the line, many expected the Akuntsu to vanish when the women died."

People & Population [26]
Public [13]
South America [59]
Source: AP [60], 03/04/2026
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"Oil, Gasoline Prices Jump Amid Iran Strikes, With Future Uncertain" [61]

"The U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran have surged oil prices, and costs for consumers at the pump are expected to rise."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Military [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Middle East [16]
Source: The Hill [62], 03/03/2026
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Trump EPA Moves To Kill System That Protects US From Chemical Disasters [63]

"The Trump administration is slowly dismantling the federal disaster management system that protects the nation from chemical catastrophes, such as fires and explosions at high-risk facilities."

Chemicals [20]
Disasters [64]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [65]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [66], 03/03/2026
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"Dow Asks Texas to Legalize Plastic Pollution From Its Seadrift Complex" [67]

"Facing multiple lawsuits, Dow requests an “unprecedented” permit amendment to authorize its discharge of polyethylene pellets into coastal waters."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Disasters [64]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [50]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 03/03/2026
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Secret Database Reveals Which Items NPS Thinks May ‘Disparage’ America [69]

"An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, climate change and other topics at hundreds of national park sites."

Consumer [21]
Diversity [70]
Environmental Justice [65]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [50]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [71], 03/03/2026
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Scientists Clash With Chemical Firms As Congress Proposes TSCA Changes [72]

"Scientists and health advocates say proposed changes to a key US chemicals safety law would upend protections for children and other vulnerable populations suffering from toxic exposures, while industry leaders argue the changes would help them get new chemicals to market without sacrificing safety."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [65]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [73], 03/03/2026
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