EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Climate-Fighting Efforts Show Slight Gain But Still Fall Far Short, UN Says [9]

"All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in “have barely moved the needle” on reducing Earth’s future warming, a new United Nations report finds."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: AP [18], 11/05/2025
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"Interior Secretary Faces Scrutiny for Travel Amid Shutdown" [19]

"While some national parks are seeing damage and illegal activity during the government shutdown, Doug Burgum is traveling around the Middle East, selling American gas and oil."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [20], 11/05/2025
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"Companies Hit The Brakes On EVs, Laying Off Thousands Of Workers" [21]

"In recent weeks, automakers and other companies in the vehicle space are pulling back their investments in electric vehicles (EVs), including laying off workers in multiple states."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [14]
Technology [23]
Transportation [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: The Hill [25], 11/05/2025
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Pa. Gas Producer CNX Sues Capital & Main Over Its Reporting on Health Risks [26]

"A lawsuit by CNX Resources Corporation accuses the news organization of defamation for quoting sources critical of an industry-written study. Capital & Main stands by its reporting and vows to fight the suit."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Source: Capital & Main [30], 11/05/2025
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Health Advocates Call For Federal “Reboot” On Ultra-Processed Foods [31]

"A diverse group of food advocates, farmers, chefs and scientists is urging the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to define ultra-processed foods through a lens of public health, including what’s added or taken away from foods during processing, as well as any new risks introduced."

Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [33]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [35]
Science [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [37], 11/05/2025
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"White House Pressured EPA For Broad Rollback Of Tailpipe Rules" [38]

"White House budget officials leaned on EPA to broaden its rollback of tailpipe regulations as it sought this summer to repeal a foundational EPA policy that undergirds most federal climate rules, including those for cars and trucks."

Air [39]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [40]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Technology [23]
Transportation [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [41], 11/05/2025
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"Trump Killed A Crucial Disaster Database. This Nonprofit Just Saved It." [42]

"As the Trump administration deletes climate data and shutters resources that track the impacts of a warming world, nonprofits, state-level governments, and independent scientists are rushing to preserve the information."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [28]
People & Population [35]
Science [36]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [46], 11/05/2025
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"Emergency Language In Wildfire Bill Splits Environmentalists" [47]

"A fast-moving bill to reduce wildfire risks in national forests would give the Agriculture Department a work-around past even the bill’s modest environmental safeguards, making the measure tough to swallow for some environmentalists and Hill Democrats."

Disasters [43]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [48]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [49], 11/04/2025
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Citizen Pollution Monitoring Persists In Louisiana, Despite Law That Limits It [50]

"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 [39]
Chemicals [51]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [54], 11/04/2025
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Exxon-Funded Thinktanks To Spread Climate Denial In Latin America: Documents [55]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [28]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
International [17]
South America [56]
Source: Guardian [57], 11/04/2025
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"Carbon Offsets Are Failing. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests?" [58]

"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 [59]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [48]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
International [17]
South America [56]
Source: YaleE360 [60], 11/04/2025
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"Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants" [61]

"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 [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [62]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [14]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 11/04/2025
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How Powerful Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out [64]

"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 [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 11/04/2025
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"Energy Bills Are Rising Nationwide. In Georgia, They’re On The Ballot." [66]

"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 [10]
Consumer [32]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [67], 11/03/2025
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"CBS News Just Gutted Its Climate Team" [68]

"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 [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Climate Colored Goggles [69], 11/03/2025
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