EJToday: Top Headlines

"Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths" [9]

"Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3 million more deaths globally, analysis finds. Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change."

"New advances in environmental science are providing a detailed understanding of the human costs of the Trump administration’s approach to climate change.
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: ProPublica [18], 11/20/2025
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India Delays Climate Pledge, Pressures Rich Nations On Funding At COP30 [19]

"India is unlikely to submit its climate pledge before the end of the annual United Nations climate summit, raising questions about how the world’s most populous nation can influence others on confronting climate change. Experts say the delay may be a sign of India’s displeasure with a lack of progress toward funding global climate priorities. However, this can also hurt its ability to lead at the climate talks in Brazil."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [20]
Forests [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: AP [23], 11/20/2025
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"Trump Refused To Send Disaster Aid To Chicago After 2 Devastating Storms" [24]

"President Donald Trump, who has assailed Illinois’ governor and its largest city, denied disaster aid to thousands of Chicago residents even though his administration documented extraordinary damage from two major storms this summer, records obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News show."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [26]
People & Population [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Source: E&E News [29], 11/20/2025
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"Spread Of Data Centers Raises Risk Of Winter Outages, Grid Monitor Warns" [30]

"More than a dozen states where data centers are spreading fastest could face electric power emergencies under extreme conditions this winter, the grid’s security monitor warned Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Infrastructure [26]
People & Population [14]
Planning & Growth [32]
Technology [33]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [34], 11/20/2025
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"Calif. Farms Applied Millions Of Pounds Of Pfas To Key Crops, Study Finds" [35]

"California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [37]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [20]
Food [38]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
California [40]
Source: Guardian [41], 11/20/2025
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"Trump Administration Issuing $1B Loan To Bolster Three Mile Island Restart" [42]

"The Trump administration is issuing a $1 billion loan to help finance the restart of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Infrastructure [26]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [43]
Technology [33]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [44]
Source: The Hill [45], 11/20/2025
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Trump FWS Seeks To Roll Back Protections For Imperiled Species And Habitat [46]

"President Donald Trump’s administration moved Wednesday to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live, reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations from the Republican’s first term that were blocked under former Democratic President Joe Biden."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [47]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [48]
Wildlife [49]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: AP [50], 11/20/2025
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The Risk And Promise Of Offshore Wind Energy In Nova Scotia [51]

"As the federal government considers fast-tracking Wind West Atlantic Energy, residents hope for economic transformation, while some worry about impacts to seafood industry and marine ecosystems"

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [52]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Studies [53]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Infrastructure [26]
Technology [33]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Canada [55]
Source: The Narwhal [56], 11/20/2025
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America’s Home Insurance Affordability Crunch: See What’s Happening Near You [57]

"Insurance premiums are rising fast in the parts of the United States most exposed to climate-related disasters like wildfires and hurricanes. New research shows that, as insurance has sharply pushed up the cost of owning a home, the price shock is starting to reverberate through the broader real estate market."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [52]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [39]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NYTimes [58], 11/20/2025
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"A Guerrilla Gardener Installed A Pop-Up Wetland In The LA River" [59]

"To many locals, the Los Angeles River — hugged by concrete embankments and heavy vehicle traffic — hardly seems like a river at all. ... But when Doug Rosenberg came upon a shopping cart tipped over in the river's shallow waters back in 2020, he saw the potential to meet nature halfway."

Activism [60]
Agriculture [36]
Infrastructure [26]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
California [40]
Source: NPR [61], 11/20/2025
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"Brazil Pushes For Early COP30 Climate Deal On Fossil Fuels And Finance" [62]

"Brazil proposes two-stage deal to expedite COP30 negotiations. Disagreements persist on finance and emissions cuts. Group of countries call for roadmap to ditch fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Reuters [63], 11/19/2025
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"Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People" [64]

"Poisonous dust falls from the sky over the town of Ogijo, near Lagos, Nigeria. It coats kitchen floors, vegetable gardens, churchyards and schoolyards. The toxic soot billows from crude factories that recycle lead for American companies."

Air [65]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [20]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [66]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Africa [67]
Source: NYTimes [68], 11/19/2025
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Alberta Wants To Release Treated Oilsands Waste Into The Athabasca River [69]

"Seven months after the Liberal Party vowed to “immediately introduce and pass legislation” affirming the right of First Nations to clean drinking water, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government says they’re still working on it."

Energy & Fuel [31]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Canada [55]
Source: The Narwhal [70], 11/19/2025
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"Cost-Conscious Utilities Resist Trump’s Push For Nuclear Revival" [71]

"The administration has yet to convince major utilities to commit to building large reactors again."

Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [26]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [72], 11/19/2025
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"Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico" [73]

"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over a plan to sell oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The groups say the sale violates a core environmental law and threatens coastal communities and endangered whales."

Activism [60]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [74]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [75]
Source: NYTimes [76], 11/19/2025
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