EJToday: Top Headlines

"Record-Smashing Heat Spreads: ‘Basically The Entire US Is Going To Be Hot’" [9]

"After smashing March heat records in 14 states and the U.S. as a whole, the gigantic heat dome that’s baked the Southwest is creeping eastward and may end up being one of the most expansive heat waves in American history, meteorologists and weather historians said."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [16], 03/25/2026
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"It’s 3 Times Harder For Blue States To Get Disaster Funding Under Trump" [17]

"The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states."

Activism [18]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [19]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [20], 03/25/2026
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Climate-Fueled Wildfires, Dust Storms Drove Global Air Pollution in 2025 [21]

"A new report on global air pollution shows that the majority of the world’s population breathes unhealthy air, and climate change is making the problem worse."

Air [22]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
International [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 03/25/2026
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"Earth’s Greatest Underwater Migrations Are Disappearing" [26]

"From the Amazon to the Mekong, migratory freshwater fish underpin food security for millions, but over 300 species need urgent conservation intervention, warns a new UN report."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Public [14]
International [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 03/25/2026
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"Hurricane Evacuation Tool Will Soon Expire Due To DHS Approval Delays" [29]

"A tool thousands of communities at risk for hurricanes use to decide when to evacuate residents is set to expire Friday because the acting Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator has held up its full renewal, according to emails reviewed by The Washington Post, as well as four current and two former officials familiar with the situation."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [30]
People & Population [13]
Technology [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [32], 03/25/2026
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"Asia Boosts Coal Use As Iran War Squeezes Global LNG Supplies" [33]

"Asian countries are turning to coal as the Iran war disrupts oil and gas shipments."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [12]
Military [35]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
International [24]
Asia [36]
Source: AP [37], 03/25/2026
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Libya Tows Drifting Russian ‘Shadow’ Tanker To Avert A Mediterranean Spill [38]

"Libyan authorities were towing a Russian tanker drifting in the Mediterranean for the past three weeks, after the vessel was damaged in a suspected sea drone attack, officials said Tuesday."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
Africa [39]
Europe [40]
Source: AP [41], 03/25/2026
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"California Sues Trump To Keep Shut Oil Pipeline On Santa Barbara Coast" [42]

"California sued the Trump administration Monday to block what it says is an unprecedented power grab: using emergency authority to force the restart of an offshore oil operation shut down more than a decade ago."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [30]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [43]
Source: CalMatters [44], 03/25/2026
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"Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows 70 Percent Efficacy, Pfizer Says" [45]

"Four doses of an experimental vaccine to protect against Lyme disease reduced the number of tick-borne infections by more than 70 percent, according to Pfizer and Valneva, the pharmaceutical companies developing the shot." "If approved by regulators, it could become the only Lyme disease vaccine available for people — although it would not be the first."

Consumer [46]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [47]
Laws & Regulations [48]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [49], 03/25/2026
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"Florida Panthers, An Endangered Species In Limbo" [50]

"Folklore dating to ancient Egypt has held that cats have nine lives and in modern times that mystique certainly seems true for the Florida panther. Sometimes it feels like everything in the world is trying to snuff out the panthers — everything human, that is. The panthers, a mountain lion subspecies, nearly went extinct in the 1990s, when the population dwindled to 20. That would have been embarrassing for Florida, which — thanks to a 1981 vote by schoolchildren — had designated the panther as the official state animal."

Biodiversity [51]
Environmental Politics [19]
Planning & Growth [52]
Wildlife [53]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: National Parks Traveler [55], 03/25/2026
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Climate Change Preview: Records Shattered As Summer Heat Hits Southwest [56]

"The dangerous heat wave shattering March records all over the U.S. Southwest is more than just another extreme weather blip. It’s the latest next-level weather wildness that is occurring ever more frequently as Earth’s warming builds."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [58], 03/24/2026
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Interior, TotalEnergies Strike $1B Deal Ending US Offshore Wind Projects [59]

"The Trump administration reached a nearly $1 billion agreement with French energy giant TotalEnergies on Monday to cancel its offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York and North Carolina."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [19]
Technology [31]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [60], 03/24/2026
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Report Shows Earth’s Climate Out Of Balance, As Indicators Hit New Extremes [61]

"The world is in a state of climate emergency, the head of the United Nations declared Sunday, following the release of the latest State of the Global Climate report from the World Meteorological Organization."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [14]
International [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 03/24/2026
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'Climate Gaslighting': Fossil Giants Have Abandoned Their Net Zero Pledges [63]

"A new analysis warns that some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have entered a ‘gaslighting’ phase to bolster their profits."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [64]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [24]
Source: Euronews [65], 03/24/2026
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"Suddenly, The US Manufactures A Ton Of Grid Batteries" [66]

"Energy storage is surging on the U.S. grid — and now the country has more than enough battery-making factories to meet that booming demand."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Infrastructure [30]
Technology [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [67], 03/24/2026
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