EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

World Leaders At Climate Summit Take Swipes At Absent President Trump [9]

"Donald Trump isn’t at the global climate summit in Brazil. But he was on the minds of some of his fellow world leaders Thursday, who used their time on stage to try to isolate the U.S. president and his hard-line opposition to their agenda."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 11/10/2025
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"Paris Agreement Set A Path To Slow Warming. The World Hasn’t Stayed On It" [16]

"The world has changed dramatically in the decade since leaders celebrated a historic climate agreement in Paris a decade ago, but not quite in ways they expected or wanted."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [12]
International [14]
Source: AP [18], 11/10/2025
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"How Trump Officials Have Transformed The EPA To Weaken Enforcement" [19]

"The Trump administration is rapidly reshaping the Environmental Protection Agency to weaken enforcement against polluters and slash regulation of industry, according to data reviewed by The Washington Post, with the government shutdown accelerating the shift."

Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [23], 11/10/2025
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Voter Anger At High Electric Bills And Data Centers Looms Over 2026 Midterms [24]

"Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year’s midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who’s footing the bill to power Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [25], 11/10/2025
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Trump EPA Moves To Loosen Restrictions It Once Supported On Harmful HFCs [26]

"Near the end of his first term, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that aimed to reduce harmful, planet-warming pollutants emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners. ... Five years later, the second Trump administration is reversing course, as it moves to loosen a federal rule — based on the 2020 law — that requires grocery stores, air-conditioning companies and others to reduce powerful greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment."

Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [29], 11/10/2025
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Trump Country Coal Miners With Black Lung Say Government Is Suffocating Them [30]

"Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for that passion to switch to hurt. She knows the names, ages, families and the intimate stories of each one’s scarred lungs. She worries about a whole community of West Virginia coal miners — including a growing number in their 30s and 40s — who come to her for help while getting sicker and sicker from what used to be considered an old-timer’s disease: black lung."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [31]
Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: AP [36], 11/10/2025
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At COP30, Leaders Say Time Running Short To Stop Worst Effects Of Warming [37]

"World leaders warned Thursday that time is running short for urgent and decisive action to prevent the worst effects of climate change, and blasted the United States for its retreat from those efforts, as they gathered at the edge of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest for the annual United Nations climate summit."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [38]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [39]
Pollution [28]
Science [40]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Source: AP [41], 11/07/2025
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"Shutdown Halts $4 Billion Program To Help Poor People Heat Their Homes" [42]

"Millions of Americans apply each winter for help with their energy bills. Now the funding is in limbo."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [43]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [46], 11/07/2025
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"Judge Orders Trump Administration To Release Full SNAP Benefits By Friday" [47]

"A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to release full funding for November’s food assistance benefits by Friday. It comes after the partial funding disbursed by the Agriculture Department earlier this week had yet to reach those who qualify for the benefits."

Agriculture [48]
Consumer [43]
Economy & Business [44]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [49]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [50], 11/07/2025
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"EPA Proposes Approving Fifth ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide" [51]

"In line with its plan to continue pesticide approvals despite the government shutdown, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week that it will register a new weedkiller for use in corn, soybean, wheat, and canola fields."

Agriculture [48]
Chemicals [27]
Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [49]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [45]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Civil Eats [52], 11/07/2025
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"Why Trump’s Cuts To Scientific Research Are A Big Win For China" [53]

"China is attracting American scientific talent, especially in STEM fields, partly due to funding cuts and immigration restrictions under President Donald Trump."

Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [45]
Science [40]
Technology [54]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Asia [55]
Source: Washington Post [56], 11/07/2025
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As Carbon Markets Fail, What Happens To Forests They Promised To Protect? [57]

"After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future"

Biodiversity [58]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [39]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [59], 11/07/2025
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"Record-Smashing Shutdown Hits Energy, Enviro Work" [60]

"Here’s what’s open and what’s stalled as the political standoff continues."

Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [31]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [61], 11/07/2025
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"U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reverses Recovery Plan For Gray Wolves" [62]

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not issue a nationwide recovery plan for gray wolves, it announced this week. The plan was slated to be launched in December of this year."

Biodiversity [58]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Wildlife [63]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [64]
Source: National Parks Traveler [65], 11/07/2025
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"In Ohio, Hydrogen Industry Presses On Despite Federal Uncertainty" [66]

"Trump has pulled billions in funding for hydrogen, a sector that was already on shaky ground. Projects in Ohio are chugging along anyway."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [67]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [28]
Technology [54]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [68]
Source: Canary Media [69], 11/07/2025
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