EJToday is a daily weekday digest of top environment/energy news and information of interest to environmental journalists, independently curated by Editor Joseph A. Davis. Sign up below to receive in your inbox. For queries, email EJToday@SEJ.org. For more info, read an EJToday FAQ. Plus, follow EJToday on social media at @EJTodayNews, and flag stories of note by including the @EJTodayNews handle on your posts. And tell us how to make EJToday even better by taking this brief survey.
EJToday Masthead Editor: Joseph A. Davis. Regional Spotlight Editors: Keerti Gopal (Midwest); Lisa Sorg (South); Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster and Steven Rodas (West); Lauren Dalban (Northeast).
Want to join the EJToday team? Volunteer time commitments can vary from just an hour a month up to a daily contribution, and would involve helping to curate content of interest. To learn more, reach out to the director of publications, Adam Glenn, at sejournaleditor@sej.org.
Note: Members have additional options to choose from (you'll need your log-in info).
"In Whitted, testing has confirmed the water is contaminated with arsenic and PFAS/PFOS. An effort to connect the residents to the local water system has moved slowly."
"Residents of a small San Francisco Bay Area town plagued by refinery accidents came to a community meeting to call for stronger enforcement and transparency about risks."
"California regulators said Friday they intend to designate the widely used weed killer atrazine as a known carcinogen, a move that contrasts with the opinion of federal regulators."
"Midterm elections are less than a month away. For the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition, it’s the perfect time to double down on fighting clean energy opponents in races across the country."
"Oil analyst Patrick De Haan said Monday that President Trump’s deal with Russia to supply the U.S. and global markets with diesel fuel may not lower fuel prices."
"Isaias strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it barreled toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday, prompting orders for tourists to abandon beaches for safer spots inland, sending locals scurrying for gas and groceries and leading fishing crews to secure their boats before the potentially destructive storm’s arrival."
"Three days after Michael Jensen left his job as the top Trump White House official for Latin America policy in late May, he boarded a private jet with an American crypto tycoon scouting oil deals in Venezuela, where a U.S. military raid last January had removed President Nicolás Maduro and installed a compliant government."
"Federal agencies have long been required to seek public comment when writing new regulations or approving large projects, from highways to data centers. The Trump administration is systematically undercutting that process, stifling public input while skirting federal laws."
"Ban on hunting for new viruses in wildlife is at odds with program’s mission, researchers say"
"Higher exposure to commonly used insecticides was associated with lower sperm quality in men, according to a new study that adds to a growing body of evidence about the reproductive health risks of pesticides."
"The Trump administration Thursday announced it would exempt some Arctic oil and gas exploration activities from environmental reviews."
"US regulators are illegally withholding records related to the disbanding of a panel set up by the Biden administration to address water pollution from factory farms, according to a lawsuit filed last week."
"New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil-and-gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change"
"Editors are facing an influx of AI-written pitches, including at science publications like mine. What now?"
"The world’s largest penguin colony has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis, a study has revealed."
