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Solar And Wind Power Grew Faster Than Electricity Demand This Year: Report

"Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis."

Source: AP, 10/08/2025

Groups Sue EPA Over Canceled $7 Billion Solar Program To Help Poor People

"Several groups and nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency over the canceling of a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans."

Source: AP, 10/08/2025

Tests Show That A Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking

"Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2025

"Duke Energy Backs Off Renewables After North Carolina Cuts Climate Goal"

"The state repealed the utility’s 2030 emissions target in July. Duke’s response? A plan to slash solar and wind, double down on gas — and burn more coal."

Source: Canary Media, 10/03/2025

Appeal Could Ease Spreading of Drilling Fluids on Pennsylvania Roadways

"In recent years, Pennsylvania regulators have tried to clamp down on roadway spreading of tens of millions of gallons of oil and gas “brines,” high-salt liquids that can be laced with toxic metals and radioactive material. The industry is pushing back."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/02/2025

"How Big Sugar Pushed Fluoride — New Study Alleges A Century Of Spin"

"The sugar industry and companies that make sweet drinks and foods have spent nearly a century downplaying sugar’s role in health problems and distorting the science around fluoride — and the practice continues today, according to a new study."

Source: The New Lede, 10/01/2025

Industry, Enviros Spar Over California Bill To Ban PFAS in Cookware

"As US states increasingly pass laws to limit PFAS chemicals in consumer products, a debate is heating up over a California bill that proposes banning the sale of cookware with intentionally added “forever chemicals” beginning in 2030."

Source: The New Lede, 10/01/2025

"EPA’s Effort to Pull Back PFAS Limits Spurs Statutory Tug of War"

"The EPA is attempting an end run around the Safe Drinking Water Act by trying to rollback drinking water limits it previously set for four PFAS, attorneys representing affected communities said in legal briefs."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/30/2025

The Link Between Lead Exposure And High Blood Pressure In Indianapolis

"Residents of Indianapolis’ Martindale Brightwood neighborhood are confronting stubbornly high rates of hypertension, and public health experts point to lead exposure as a likely contributor."

Source: Indianapolis Recorder, 09/26/2025

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