EJToday: Top Headlines

"NRC Considers Eliminating Half-Century-Old Radiation Standard" [9]

"Under the draft proposal, the principle that exposure should be “as low as reasonably achievable” will be replaced with hard limits and special exceptions."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [19], 03/19/2026
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EPA Rolled Back Mercury Regs And Left This Community In Pollution's Path [20]

"Rainbow trout is a prized catch for fisherman on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, in the high plains of southeastern Montana."

Agriculture [21]
Air [22]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: CNN [25], 03/19/2026
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Iran War Has US Farmers Worried About Cost And Availability Of Fertilizer [26]

"Tennessee farmer Todd Littleton expects to pay $100,000 more for fertilizer this season, a 40% spike from his bill last year thanks to the war in Iran — and he is scrambling to cover that extra cost."

Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [27]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [29]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Middle East [30]
Source: AP [31], 03/19/2026
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"FEMA to Relaunch Climate Resiliency Grants, Complying With Court Order" [32]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday it would relaunch a canceled grant program that had helped states invest billions of dollars in projects that made local communities more resilient to floods, fires and other disasters."

Climate Change [33]
Disasters [34]
Government [35]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [37], 03/19/2026
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California Will Get $540 Million For Water Projects, Trump Admin Announces [38]

"Trump administration announced it will spent $540 million on California water infrastructure, focusing on deteriorating Central Valley canals damaged by sinking ground"

Agriculture [21]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [39]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [40]
Source: LA Times [41], 03/19/2026
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"Big Oil Knew It Was Wrecking Louisiana’s Coast, Records Show" [42]

"Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes."

Biodiversity [43]
Climate Change [33]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [44]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [36]
Wildlife [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: ExxonKnews [47], 03/19/2026
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"Trump’s Pro-Coal Crusade Hits A Snag In Washington State" [48]

"The DOE just ordered the TransAlta coal plant to keep running. But it has been offline since December, and a new state law would make it too costly to turn back on."

Climate Change [33]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
Source: Canary Media [50], 03/19/2026
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"Trump Deal For A $33B Gas Megaplant In Ohio Faces Huge Hurdles" [51]

"The Trump administration says one of the world’s biggest natural gas–fired power plants will come to Ohio. But financial risks, permitting hurdles, and uncertainties about the project’s access to equipment have critics doubting when — and if — the plant will come online."

Climate Change [33]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Source: Canary Media [53], 03/19/2026
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A Do-Or-Die Moment For Hawaiʻi’s Contested Aquarium Fish Trade [54]

"A proposed aquarium fishing ban is in play as state aquatic resource officials move to revive the controversial fishing practice."

Biodiversity [43]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [55]
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat [56], 03/19/2026
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"A New Wine Label Promotes Workers’ Rights" [57]

"Hardly anyone in the natural wine world is talking about environmental justice for those who pick the grapes, labor advocates say. The Guardian Vital label aims to change that."

Activism [58]
Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [59]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 03/19/2026
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"Democrats Hammer Trump on ‘Energy Affordability’ as Iran War Continues" [61]

"Democrats are dialing up their rhetorical attacks against President Trump over energy affordability as the war against Iran drags into its third week and oil prices remain elevated." "A new Senate report argues the Trump administration has also pushed costs up by stifling clean energy."

Consumer [62]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [15]
Transportation [63]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [64], 03/18/2026
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Study Finds “Hot Spots” For Glyphosate And Cancer In Iowa, Midwest States [65]

"A new analysis links high use of the weed killer glyphosate to elevated rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), particularly in the Midwest, reinforcing years of research linking cancer to the weed killer made popular by Monsanto."

Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Health [66]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [67]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [68]
Source: The New Lede [69], 03/18/2026
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Iran War Pushes Nations To Triage As They Conserve Power To Curb Prices [70]

"The escalating war with Iran is pushing parts of the world into energy triage, forcing governments to choose where to cut demand or absorb costs, while prioritizing dwindling supplies. Asia is the most exposed since it relies heavily on imported fuel, much of it shipped through the now-blocked Strait of Hormuz."

Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Military [71]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
International [72]
Source: AP [73], 03/18/2026
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Wisc. Senate Sends Gov. $133 Million Package To Combat ‘Forever Chemicals’ [74]

"The Wisconsin Legislature sent a $133 million plan to combat contamination from so-called forever chemicals to Gov. Tony Evers for his approval Tuesday, promising an end to years of squabbling between the Democratic governor and Republican lawmakers over the issue."

Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Source: AP [75], 03/18/2026
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As Winters Warm, Deadly Falls Through The Ice Become More Common [76]

"Elmer Brown was following two friends on his four-wheeler last November, hunting caribou across a frozen channel in northern Alaska when the ice gave way. All three plunged into the frigid water. One friend drowned, and Brown, 45, later died of hypothermia, leaving behind five children."

Climate Change [33]
Environmental Health [11]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [36]
Wildlife [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [55]
Source: AP [77], 03/18/2026
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