EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Citizen Pollution Monitoring Persists In Louisiana, Despite Law That Limits It [9]

"Communities around Louisiana, in a bid to get more information about the environmental and health impacts of industrial pollution, are taking data collection into their own hands — despite a law restricting how their research findings can be used to enforce state regulations. "

Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [22], 11/04/2025
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Exxon-Funded Thinktanks To Spread Climate Denial In Latin America: Documents [23]

"Exxon funded rightwing thinktanks to spread climate change denial across Latin America, according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [25]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
International [26]
South America [27]
Source: Guardian [28], 11/04/2025
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"Carbon Offsets Are Failing. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests?" [29]

"Brazil is set to unveil an ambitious international plan that would provide up to $4 billion a year to countries that protect their tropical forests. Proponents see it as a potential game-changer for forest conservation, but some ecologists and economists are raising concerns."

Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [31]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
International [26]
South America [27]
Source: YaleE360 [32], 11/04/2025
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"Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants" [33]

"The U.S. Department of Energy has announced up to $100 million in federal funding for projects modernizing the nation’s remaining coal plants, nearly half of which were slated to close by 2030."

Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Technology [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 11/04/2025
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How Powerful Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out [38]

"In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no pushback from state regulators."

Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 11/04/2025
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"Energy Bills Are Rising Nationwide. In Georgia, They’re On The Ballot." [40]

"The race for two seats on the obscure board that regulates Georgia’s utilities is drawing national attention — and could have major implications both for electricity affordability and one of the biggest planned fossil-fuel buildouts in the nation."

Climate Change [24]
Consumer [41]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Canary Media [42], 11/03/2025
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"CBS News Just Gutted Its Climate Team" [43]

"Americans who rely on broadcast networks for honest journalism suffered a painful loss this week, as CBS News — fresh off its acquisition by Skydance Media and the installation of anti-woke opinion writer Bari Weiss as editor in chief — fired most of the reporters who specialize in covering climate change."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Climate Colored Goggles [44], 11/03/2025
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"EPA Retreats From Plans To End The Energy Star Program" [45]

"Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has quietly retreated from plans to eliminate Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels help consumers choose energy-efficient dishwashers, refrigerators and other home appliances."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [46]
Journalism & Media [25]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [47], 11/03/2025
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Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop Toxic Wastewater From Oil Field [48]

"Oil companies have polluted groundwater and the environment by injecting oil field waste deep into the earth at pressures high enough to violate Oklahoma law. ... The regulatory agency says it ... has not fined any company for wastewater leaks in the last five years."

Chemicals [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Source: The Frontier [51], 11/03/2025
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"AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach, New Reports Say" [52]

"Surging electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence is putting humanity’s climate goals out of reach, extending the life of fossil fuels and driving up emissions in the U.S. power sector while contributing to deadly extreme weather, according to two new reports published Wednesday."

Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [35]
Technology [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 10/31/2025
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EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution. Real Emissions Are Far Worse. [54]

"For decades, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable. Air monitors at coke manufacturers, chemical plants and other industrial facilities showed far higher emissions than the estimates, records viewed by ProPublica show."

Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: ProPublica [55], 10/31/2025
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"Inside EPA’s Hunt For Employees Who Signed The Dissent Letter" [56]

"Emails obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act shed light on the internal investigation that began within hours of the EPA “Declaration of Dissent” going public on June 30. In the following days, the administration sifted through names of those who had signed the letter, shared legal advice and responded by placing close to 150 employees on administrative leave while their computers and email accounts were searched."

Activism [57]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [46]
Journalism & Media [25]
People & Population [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [58], 10/31/2025
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Judge Cuts Greenpeace Pipeline Protest Penalty In Half to $345 Million [59]

"A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and related entities liable for defamation and other claims in connection with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago."

Activism [57]
Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [60]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [61]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [62]
Source: AP [63], 10/31/2025
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Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Falls 11% Even As Fires Surge To Record [64]

"Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged to record levels amid a severe drought."

Agriculture [65]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [31]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [60]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [19]
International [26]
South America [27]
Source: AP [66], 10/31/2025
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Lobster Population Falls Off New England. Regulators Declare Overfishing. [67]

"A new report says America’s lobsters, which have been in decline since 2018, are now being overfished off New England."

Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [68]
Natural Resources [60]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [69]
Source: AP [70], 10/31/2025
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