Environmental Politics

"Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico"

"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over a plan to sell oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The groups say the sale violates a core environmental law and threatens coastal communities and endangered whales."

Source: NYTimes, 11/19/2025

"Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People"

"Poisonous dust falls from the sky over the town of Ogijo, near Lagos, Nigeria. It coats kitchen floors, vegetable gardens, churchyards and schoolyards. The toxic soot billows from crude factories that recycle lead for American companies."

Source: NYTimes, 11/19/2025

Middle Class Is Struggling As Disaster And Insurance Costs Are Rising

"Three years after Hurricane Ian slammed into Fort Myers Beach, jackhammers still echo along the barrier island's main road, where new houses and businesses are going up next to vacant lots and the shells of buildings gutted by the storm."

Source: NPR, 11/18/2025

"Trump Fracking Plan for Chaco Park Site Stokes Tribal Conflicts"

"The Trump administration’s expected rollback of an oil and gas drilling ban around New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon is pitting tribes and environmental groups against each other as they prepare for possible legal challenges."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/18/2025

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