Corporations Win “Free Speech” Right To Hide Pollution
"A federal appeals court says forcing corporations to disclose their biggest sources of climate pollution is likely unconstitutional."
Source: The Lever, 11/12/2026
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Leading Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Will Be Late And Over Budget
"North America’s first small modular reactor project is running into two familiar challenges for the nuclear industry: timing and cost."
Source: Canary Media, 11/12/2026As Texas Embraces Carbon Storage, A Black Community Questions The Risks
"Texas now issues permits for companies to store carbon dioxide underground. East Texas residents fear safety risks, and skeptics doubt the climate benefits."
Source: Texas Tribune, 11/12/2026How California Childhood Memories Shape My Climate Reporting Today
"David Gelles, who covers a warming world for The New York Times, recalls natural disasters of his youth as he seeks to make sense of a powerful El Niño."
Source: New York Times, 11/12/2026The Lights Go Out at Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s Bravest Newspaper
"For more than 30 years, the paper covered an increasingly repressive Russia. “The process of silencing us started many years ago,” one of its journalists said."
Source: New York Times, 11/12/2026Burgum Wants Data Centers on Public Land, Invested Tens of Millions in AI
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who is heavily invested in the AI industry, is leading the charge to allow tech companies to build data centers on the public lands he oversees."
Source: ProPublica, 11/10/2026Senate Takes First Step on Far-Reaching Plan to Speed Energy Permits
"The sprawling bill, which has divided Democrats, would overhaul major environmental laws to streamline the permitting process."
Source: New York Times, 11/10/2026Supreme Court Allows Construction of Trump’s Border Wall in Big Bend
"The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to continue construction of a wall along the southern border in the Big Bend region of southwest Texas, including within a national park. The decision by the court, which was unsigned, allows the administration to resume its efforts to erect barriers and put up surveillance equipment along a 500-mile stretch of the U.S. border with Mexico as a lower court battle over the project’s legality continues. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson noted a dissent."
Source: New York Times, 11/10/2026Court Blocks California From Enforcing Climate Disclosure Laws
"A federal appeals court dealt a setback to California's desire to enforce first-of-its-kind climate disclosure laws, blocking the state from requiring large companies to disclose climate-related financial risks and "indirect" greenhouse gas emissions. Monday's decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is a partial victory for the US Chamber of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau Federation and several California business groups that sued to block the two state laws."
Source: Reuters, 11/10/2026Idaho Paid Hunters Thousands Of Dollars To Kill Wolf Pups, Records Show
"Idaho officials paid hunters thousands of dollars for killing a dozen newborn wolf pups this spring, including what appears to be at least one full litter killed in or near its den, according to state records shared with the Guardian and Public Domain." "Wildlife advocates incensed as documents show state paid out $2,000 per kill in effort to shrink state’s wolf population."
Source: Public Domain, 11/10/2026New ‘Safe’ Chemicals In Plastic Food Packaging Linked To Lower Birth Weight
"Exposure to a new generation of allegedly “safe” plasticizers is linked to lower birth weight and fetal development complications, which could cause serious health problems later in life, a new peer-reviewed study found."
Source: Guardian, 11/10/2026USDA Policy Shift Would Cut Millions Of People Off Food Aid Program
"The Agriculture Department is set to tighten eligibility requirements for the nation’s largest anti-hunger initiative in a change that is expected to render millions of additional Americans ineligible for the program." "The Agriculture Department is reviving a plan that will require low-income people to take additional steps to qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program."
Source: POLITICO, 11/10/2026Murkowski Plans To Lead Senate Republicans On Spending Panel
"Senator Lisa Murkowski plans to become the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee in the next Congress, an aide said Monday." "The Alaska Republican could elevate energy and environment measures as a leader on the powerful committee."
Source: POLITICO, 11/10/2026Anger At Rising Electric Bills Might Derail World’s Largest Utility Merger
"State leaders and residents in Virginia have opposed NextEra’s acquisition of Dominion Energy, fearing that it will accelerate rate increases."
Source: New York Times, 11/10/2026MAHA Tried to Become a GOP Voting Bloc. The Midterms Ended That.
"A $100 million plan to turn a wellness movement into a Republican turnout machine collapsed into canceled rallies and unfunded candidates."
Source: POLITICO, 11/10/2026
