EJToday: Top Headlines

Michigan Supreme Court Strikes Down Line 5 Permit [9]

"Michigan’s highest court has ordered state energy regulators to redo their environmental review of Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac."

Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 08/04/2026
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Trump DOJ Bids To Block Public From Suing To Enforce Environmental Laws [21]

"Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to leave enforcement only to the executive branch. Congress specifically wrote into those laws ways for citizens to enforce them through the courts when the government does not act to address the problem."

Activism [22]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Conversation [28], 08/04/2026
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Trump OSHA Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections [29]

"Republicans in Washington are taking steps to roll back federal workplace heat protections as summer temperatures surge."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New York Times [30], 08/04/2026
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Senate Panel Releases Stopgap Bill With Disaster, Environment Funds [31]

"The stopgap includes extenders and authorizations for a number of environmental and infrastructure programs but leaves out special funding the White House had requested for national parks operations, wildfire management and disaster recovery in North Carolina."

Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [32]
Forests [33]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [34], 08/04/2026
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Anger Over Data Centers Is Fueling a New Political Movement [35]

"Justin Pearson, a Tennessee lawmaker, has become one of the loudest voices amid a growing national backlash against the pollution and politics of America's AI buildout."

Activism [22]
Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Planning & Growth [36]
Pollution [15]
Technology [37]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Politico [38], 08/04/2026
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E. Washington Fires Burn 600 Structures, Displace 60,000 People [39]

"Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said Sunday."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [24]
Forests [33]
People & Population [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [40]
Source: AP [41], 08/03/2026
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Interior Posts Colorado River Plan With ‘Draconian’ Cuts For Arizona [42]

"The Trump administration released its final plan Friday for managing the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next decade, a major milestone in the seven-state brawl over water supplies for 40 million people across the West. The Interior Department’s plan — issued in the form of a final environmental impact statement — effectively breaks the fight into smaller chunks without resolving any of the fundamental disputes."

Agriculture [43]
Climate Change [23]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [45], 08/03/2026
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Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran [46]

"The scope of cyberattacks on U.S. water systems has grown to include at least seven states and may be far wider, officials and experts warned, as the authorities raced to safeguard the nation’s water supply against an assault that increasingly appeared to be the work of Iran."

Chemicals [47]
Consumer [44]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [24]
Infrastructure [13]
Military [48]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [15]
Technology [37]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New York Times [49], 08/03/2026
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Clean Energy Group Targets State Races [50]

"The renewable energy industry is turning its attention to state-level races in the run-up to November’s midterm elections."

Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [15]
Technology [37]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [51], 08/03/2026
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Democrats’ ‘Climate Hushing’ Prompts Activists To Turn Up The Volume [52]

"Nationwide actions seek to counter view that talking about climate crisis distracts from affordability messaging"

Activism [22]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [53]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [54], 08/03/2026
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Dems Slam Trump Admin After DOJ Drops Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case [55]

"Democrats are reacting to the Justice Department’s move to drop its Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against Olympian David Hearn, saying the move validated their longstanding criticism that the administration is weaponizing the Justice Department."

Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [53]
Technology [37]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: The Hill [57], 08/03/2026
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Radioactive Waste Stack Looms and Expands Beside Fla. Black Community [58]

"Progress Village was established decades ago to provide affordable housing for Black residents near Tampa. The phosphogypsum stack, containing the toxic waste of fertilizer production, is right next door."

Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [15]
Waste [59]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 08/03/2026
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"Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist?" [62]

"A small nonprofit with an innovative approach to predator-livestock conflicts is trying to ease Colorado ranchers’ concerns about wolves."

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [63]
Environmental Politics [12]
Wildlife [64]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 08/03/2026
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California Was Mostly Solar-Powered In May — A Global First [67]

"Solar panels produced 51% of California’s electricity in May, the first time the clean energy source surpassed the halfway mark for an entire month. The data counts both large-scale installations and the state’s bounty of rooftop arrays."

Climate Change [23]
Consumer [44]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [13]
Technology [37]
Public [17]
California [68]
Source: Canary Media [69], 08/03/2026
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Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards [70]

"Ten U.S. states have legalized systems that can be plugged into standard wall outlets. The technology typically does not require permits or electricians."

Climate Change [23]
Consumer [44]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [13]
Technology [37]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New York Times [71], 08/03/2026
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