EJToday: Top Headlines

"Mystery Heatwave Warms Pacific Ocean To New Record" [9]

"The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [16]
International [17]
Source: BBC News [18], 10/20/2025
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NY To Appeal After Judge OKs Radioactive Indian Point Water In The Hudson [19]

"A federal judge in New York last month struck down the state’s Save the Hudson Act, a law that aimed to prevent Holtec International, the owner of the decommissioned Indian Point nuclear plant, from dumping over a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River."

Laws & Regulations [20]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Source: Nexstar [22], 10/20/2025
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"Department of Interior to Start Layoffs Monday, Union Says" [23]

"The Department of Interior is preparing mass layoffs beginning Monday despite a federal judge’s order prohibiting firings due to the shutdown, a federal employee union said Thursday."

Environmental Politics [24]
Government [25]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [29], 10/20/2025
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"Trump Allows Hunting In National Wildlife Refuges Despite Shutdown" [30]

"The Trump administration directed staff to open wildlife refuges to hunters even as many national parks and other government services close."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Wildlife [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [31], 10/20/2025
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"How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves" [32]

"President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [33]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [36]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [37], 10/17/2025
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"How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank" [38]

"A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can reveal."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [40]
Pollution [41]
Science [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [17]
Source: DeSmog [43], 10/17/2025
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"Will Science Journalism Funders Step Up or Retreat?" [44]

"Amid Trump-era funding turmoil, foundations are finding themselves pulled in many directions to fill in the gaps."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [40]
Science [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Undark [45], 10/17/2025
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Judge Rules Permit For Cameron Parish LNG Terminal Ignored Climate Impacts [46]

"A Cameron Parish judge has ruled that state officials violated the Louisiana Constitution when they issued a permit for a liquified gas export terminal, which has halted construction on the facility."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [47]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [41]
Transportation [48]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [50], 10/17/2025
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Philadelphia Takes On Companies Over Deceptive Plastic Recycling Claims [51]

"When Philadelphia filed a lawsuit last month alleging two prominent companies were engaged in a “coordinated campaign of deception” regarding the recyclability of their plastic film products, the city joined a growing group of state and local governments hoping litigation can help stem a rising tide of plastic waste."

Chemicals [52]
Consumer [53]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [41]
Waste [54]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The New Lede [55], 10/17/2025
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"To Meet Pledges to Save Forests Spending Must Triple, U.N. Report Says" [56]

"Nations are not spending enough to ensure that the forests that cover nearly a third of the planet remain healthy, according to a new United Nations report. To meet various international climate, biodiversity and land restoration goals, annual global spending needs to triple to $300 billion by 2030, the report found."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Studies [57]
Forests [58]
Pollution [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [59], 10/17/2025
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"U.S. Mayors To Take Lead At COP30 In Place Of Trump" [60]

"As the Trump administration halts climate programmes, local leaders plan to participate in Brazil's COP30 to reaffirm their commitment."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [24]
Government [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [17]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [61], 10/17/2025
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"Trump Admin Approves $1.6B In Financing For AEP Transmission Project" [62]

"In a rare example of continuity on energy policy, Trump’s DOE finalized the Biden-era loan to upgrade 5,000 miles of power lines across the Midwest."

Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [63], 10/17/2025
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"Ohio To Fast-Track Energy At Former Coal Mines And Brownfields" [64]

"A new law in Ohio will fast-track energy projects in places that are hard to argue with: former coal mines and brownfields."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [47]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [41]
Waste [54]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [65]
Source: Canary Media [66], 10/17/2025
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As Wolves Roam Calif., Livestock Losses Remain Low, Yet Ranchers Worry [67]

"In California, as wolf numbers grow — a remarkable return after a century — livestock producers are increasingly worried as these predators occasionally take down cattle."

Agriculture [68]
Biodiversity [10]
People & Population [27]
Wildlife [28]
Public [14]
California [69]
Source: Mongabay [70], 10/17/2025
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Journalists Turn In Badges, Exit Pentagon Rather Than Agree To New Rules [71]

"Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power."

Government [25]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Military [72]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [73], 10/16/2025
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