EJToday: Top Headlines

"Mexico Floods Leave At Least 64 Dead And 65 Missing, Authorities Say" [9]

"Overflowing rivers swept through entire villages, triggered landslides and swept away roads and bridges"

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Mexico [15]
Source: AFP [16], 10/14/2025
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"Judge Orders Halt To DHS Agents’ Targeting Of Journalists In Chicago" [17]

"A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security from using riot control weapons against journalists covering protests and immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area."

Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [25]
Source: Washington Post [26], 10/14/2025
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US Threatens Visa Curbs, Sanctions For Nations That Back IMO Emissions Plan [27]

"The United States on Friday threatened to use visa restrictions and sanctions to retaliate against nations that vote in favor of a plan put forward by a United Nations agency to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from ocean shipping."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [31]
Transportation [32]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [25]
Source: Reuters [33], 10/14/2025
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"A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals" [34]

"For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quashing their success."

Chemicals [35]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [37]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 10/14/2025
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"Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump" [40]

"President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [41]
People & Population [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [42], 10/14/2025
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Arctic Seals And Over Half Of Bird Species Now Listed As Threatened By IUCN [43]

"Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, according to an annual assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature."

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Studies [45]
Wildlife [46]
Public [14]
International [25]
Source: AP [47], 10/14/2025
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Greens File Hatch Act Complaints Against HHS, USFS Over Shutdown Messaging [48]

"An environmental advocacy group has filed complaints under the Hatch Act against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Forest Service over what it described as “partisan” messaging blaming Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown."

Activism [49]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Forests [50]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [51], 10/14/2025
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170+ US Hospitals Face Major Flood Risk. Experts Say Trump Making It Worse [52]

"At many of these facilities, flooding from heavy storms has the potential to jeopardize patient care, block access to emergency rooms, and force evacuations."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [37]
Infrastructure [30]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: KFF Health News [53], 10/14/2025
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Trump BLM Cancels Major Solar Project In Latest Hit To Renewable Energy [54]

"The Trump administration has killed a huge proposed solar power project in Nevada that would have been one of the largest in the world, indicating that the White House plans to attack not only wind power but all renewable energy."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Technology [55]
Public [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [56]
Source: Guardian [57], 10/14/2025
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Commercial Lion Farming in S. Africa Could Be Harming Wild Lions: Study [58]

"As we’ve seen with tigers and other threatened species, captive lion breeding may stimulate consumer demand and put additional pressure on wild populations across African home ranges."

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [45]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [41]
Wildlife [46]
Public [14]
Africa [59]
Source: The Revelator [60], 10/14/2025
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"Lawmakers Seek Ethics Probe Into Top Offshore Oil Regulator" [61]

"Citing a Public Domain exposé, House Democrats ask Interior’s watchdog to investigate potential ethics violations by acting BOEM director Matt Giacona"

Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Public Domain [62], 10/10/2025
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EPA Hasn’t Released Completed Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical [63]

"Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it."

Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: ProPublica [64], 10/10/2025
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Officials Won’t Give Cancer Data to Polluted Texas Community [65]

"Last year, state epidemiologists studied an industrialized region east of Houston. They reported finding high rates of cancer, but refused to release key geographic details—a decision some experts say is irresponsible."

Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [66]
Source: Public Health Watch [67], 10/10/2025
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What Will AI Data Centre Boom Mean For Land, Water And Power In Canada? [68]

"Kevin O’Leary’s plans to build the world’s biggest data centre in a drought-stricken part of Alberta highlights the big questions and concerns about the resource demands of artificial intelligence"

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
Canada [69]
Source: The Narwhal [70], 10/10/2025
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22% Jump in Electricity Rates Dominates New Jersey Governor’s Race [71]

"Most politicians rarely discuss electricity costs. But in New Jersey, they have been featured prominently in campaign ads and stump speeches in the run-up to November’s election for governor."

Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [72]
Source: NYTimes [73], 10/10/2025
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