PFAS Are Silently Poisoning People’s Drinking Water
"Those affected by contamination from "forever chemicals" are left with serious health issues and few answers"
Source: Sierra, 10/15/2026
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Everyone Hates Digger. It’s the Perfect Climate Movie
"The deeply uncomfortable film forces audiences to confront what types of stories we tell ourselves about who has economic and political power."
Source: WIRED, 10/15/2026How Climate Change Is Causing ‘the Gentrification of Seafood’
"As environmental forces make fishing and harvesting more costly, the price of once-everyday fish has ballooned."
Source: New York Times, 10/15/2026To Heal These Bleached Corals, All It Took Was a Little Touch
"After sick corals were placed in direct contact with healthy ones of the same genetic make-up, they recovered at “incredible” speed, scientists found."
Source: New York Times, 10/15/2026The Israeli Private Eye at the Heart of a Climate Hacking Scandal
"He’s been linked to someone called “The Hawk.” He named his company “This Isn’t a Dentist’s Office.” The feds say he hacked American environmentalists."
Source: New York Times, 10/15/2026Pacific Region Sets Record For Big, Long-Lasting Storms Thanks To El Niño
"The drumbeat of monster hurricanes in the Pacific has broken a record for nasty long-lasting storms east of the international date line, turbocharged by nature’s supersized El Niño, scientists said."
Source: AP, 10/14/2026FDA May Allow Some Toxic Chemicals To Be Added To Food Without Safety Review
"The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to expand a controversial loophole to allow some of the world’s most toxic chemicals to be added directly to food without a safety review."
Source: Guardian, 10/14/2026Trump Goes After An Offshore Wind Farm That’s Already Up And Running
"After halting construction on offshore wind farms and canceling leases for future projects, the Trump administration just took another step to erode America’s troubled offshore wind industry." "The administration is seeking to reevaluate a key permit for Revolution Wind, a $6.2B project that is already generating power for the energy-hungry Northeast."
Source: Canary Media, 10/14/2026FERC Nixes PJM Grid's Plan To Cut Power To Data Centers During Shortfalls
"The nation’s energy regulators have shot down a bid from a regional grid operator to cut power to some large data centers during a supply shortfall — leaving the issue largely in the hands of states."
Source: The Hill, 10/14/2026EU Eyes COP31 Climate Deal To Accelerate CO2 Cuts, Document Shows
"The European Union will use next month's COP31 climate summit to push for agreement on a "package" of efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions heating the planet, an internal EU document seen by Reuters showed."
Source: Reuters, 10/14/2026Fewer Buyers for Timber on Federal Land Raises Risk of Wildfires
"Loggers are finding it impossible to profitably harvest some federal forests. That leaves more fuel for fires to accumulate."
Source: New York Times, 10/14/2026The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water
"In the arid American West, expanded mining intensifies battles in vulnerable communities over one of the region’s scarcest resources."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/14/2026What Happened to Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hubs?
"Backed by the federal government and bipartisan leadership, Pennsylvania’s hydrogen projects were supposed to create jobs and slash emissions. Now, they’re in limbo."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/14/2026‘Shocking And Sobering’: UK Bird Populations Fall To Lowest Level On Record
"Wild bird populations in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since records began, figures show, with nearly half of species in decline."
Source: Guardian, 10/14/2026Scientists Deploy A 24-Armed Secret Weapon To Save Calif. Kelp Forests
"Team works to restore the sunflower sea star as 95% of these key underwater ecosystems have been decimated along the Pacific coast in past decade"
Source: Guardian, 10/14/2026
