EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump’s Park Service Nominee and The Niagara Threat" [9]

"Last month, the Trump administration announced Scott Socha as its new nominee to lead the National Park Service ..., much diminished since it was gutted by DOGE ... . As with many of the political appointees at Trump’s Interior Department, Socha comes directly from a corporation with abundant business interests before the agency he is slated to lead. He has worked [at a] hospitality and food services giant that controls lucrative concessions at national parks around the country."

Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [12]
Government [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Public Domain [16], 03/26/2026
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Iowa Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon: Report [17]

"Iowa is among a few states where cancer diagnoses are on the rise. A new analysis from the Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement and the Iowa Environmental Council says that environmental exposures are partially to blame."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 03/26/2026
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"Questions Mount As Interior’s Wildfire Agency Takes Shape" [26]

"The Trump administration’s new wildfire agency is taking shape at the Interior Department, coalescing around a mission to prioritize swiftly putting out fires on public lands, even as some experts question that strategy."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
Forests [29]
Government [13]
People & Population [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [30], 03/26/2026
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"EPA Hands Biofuels Industry Small Win With E15 Waiver" [31]

"The Trump administration’s decision to lift restrictions on the sale of higher-ethanol fuel again this summer could help soften the blow of higher gas prices — but it’s not the big win the biofuels industry has been seeking."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [34], 03/26/2026
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"How to Reduce Your Exposure to Pesticides" [35]

"Scientists still don’t fully understand the health risks of the chemicals. Here’s how they recommend protecting yourself."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Food [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [36], 03/26/2026
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Maryland Supreme Court Dismisses Baltimore And Annapolis Climate Lawsuits [37]

"In a scathing decision issued Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Maryland tossed out climate change lawsuits filed against fossil fuel companies by Baltimore, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, ruling the localities were stepping on the toes of the federal government."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: Maryland Matters [40], 03/26/2026
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"States Are Lifting Bans On Nuclear Power" [41]

"After decades of aversion to the clean energy source, states are welcoming in nuclear developers as a way to meet surging electricity demand without fossil fuels."

Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [43], 03/26/2026
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"Ohio Blocks Big Solar Farm, Despite Apparently Fake Public Comments" [44]

"Ohio regulators have blocked yet another major solar project because of local pushback, even though a significant number of public comments opposing the array appear to be fabricated. It’s the latest blow to solar in a state that defers to local governments on renewable energy, but not on fossil fuels."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Technology [45]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Source: Canary Media [47], 03/26/2026
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Ferocity Of Latest Hawaii Downpour, Flooding Surprised Even Meteorologists [48]

"Crews on Tuesday began evaluating damage from a surprise downpour that sent floodwaters raging through a neighborhood near downtown Honolulu — the latest bout in a series of storms and flooding that have pummeled the state over the past two weeks."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
People & Population [22]
Planning & Growth [49]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
Source: AP [52], 03/26/2026
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Everglades Restoration Also Helps Save Planet from Climate Change: Study [53]

"New research shows the carbon absorbed by the Everglades is equal to 10 percent of the emissions coming from Florida roadways, but the watershed’s methane emissions complicate the picture."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [54]
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [55]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
International [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 03/26/2026
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"Record-Smashing Heat Spreads: ‘Basically The Entire US Is Going To Be Hot’" [59]

"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 [27]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [20]
People & Population [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [60], 03/25/2026
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"It’s 3 Times Harder For Blue States To Get Disaster Funding Under Trump" [61]

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

Activism [62]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [63], 03/25/2026
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Climate-Fueled Wildfires, Dust Storms Drove Global Air Pollution in 2025 [64]

"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 [65]
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [20]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
International [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 03/25/2026
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"Earth’s Greatest Underwater Migrations Are Disappearing" [67]

"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 [27]
Fish & Fisheries [68]
Public [14]
International [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 03/25/2026
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"Hurricane Evacuation Tool Will Soon Expire Due To DHS Approval Delays" [70]

"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 [27]
Disasters [28]
Infrastructure [55]
People & Population [22]
Technology [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [71], 03/25/2026
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