EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"WATCH: Parkinson’s And Pesticides – Inside The Fight Over Paraquat" [9]

"Mounting scientific evidence links the pesticide paraquat to Parkinson’s disease, a debilitating and deadly brain disease on the rise in the US. Syngenta, the longtime international maker of the weed-killing chemical, knew of this link decades ago but spent the intervening years questioning and undermining research, internal corporate records obtained by The New Lede show. Now the company is facing thousands of lawsuits brought by people blaming the weed killer for causing Parkinson’s disease."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [18], 11/06/2025
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"These Are The Environmental Programs To Be Cut Under Carney’s First Budget" [19]

"Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget scales back rules around greenwashing, and hints an oil and gas emissions cap is unlikely. But it introduces a youth climate corps and renews efforts to lift boil-water advisories"

Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [21]
Public [16]
Canada [22]
Source: The Narwhal [23], 11/06/2025
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Climate-Fighting Efforts Show Slight Gain But Still Fall Far Short, UN Says [24]

"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 [25]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [28]
Source: AP [29], 11/05/2025
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"Interior Secretary Faces Scrutiny for Travel Amid Shutdown" [30]

"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 [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [28]
Source: NYTimes [31], 11/05/2025
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"Companies Hit The Brakes On EVs, Laying Off Thousands Of Workers" [32]

"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 [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Technology [33]
Transportation [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [28]
Source: The Hill [35], 11/05/2025
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Health Advocates Call For Federal “Reboot” On Ultra-Processed Foods [36]

"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 [37]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [38]
Health [39]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [40]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [41], 11/05/2025
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Pa. Gas Producer CNX Sues Capital & Main Over Its Reporting on Health Risks [42]

"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 [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [44]
Source: Capital & Main [45], 11/05/2025
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"White House Pressured EPA For Broad Rollback Of Tailpipe Rules" [46]

"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 [47]
Climate Change [25]
Consumer [37]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [48]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [33]
Transportation [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [49], 11/05/2025
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"Trump Killed A Crucial Disaster Database. This Nonprofit Just Saved It." [50]

"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 [25]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [52]
Journalism & Media [43]
People & Population [40]
Science [15]
Water & Oceans [53]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Grist [54], 11/05/2025
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"Emergency Language In Wildfire Bill Splits Environmentalists" [55]

"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 [51]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [56]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [57], 11/04/2025
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Citizen Pollution Monitoring Persists In Louisiana, Despite Law That Limits It [58]

"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 [47]
Chemicals [11]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [59]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [40]
Pollution [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [61], 11/04/2025
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Exxon-Funded Thinktanks To Spread Climate Denial In Latin America: Documents [62]

"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 [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [59]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [43]
People & Population [40]
Pollution [27]
Public [16]
International [28]
South America [63]
Source: Guardian [64], 11/04/2025
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"Carbon Offsets Are Failing. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests?" [65]

"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 [66]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [56]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Public [16]
International [28]
South America [63]
Source: YaleE360 [67], 11/04/2025
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"Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants" [68]

"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 [25]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [69]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Technology [33]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 11/04/2025
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How Powerful Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out [71]

"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 [20]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [59]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 11/04/2025
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