EJToday: Top Headlines

"Lawmakers Press EPA for $3B in Stalled Lead Pipe Replacement Funds" [9]

"A group of Illinois congressional delegates is calling for the release of $3 billion in withheld federal funding that’s meant to help replace toxic lead service lines that supply drinking water to homes across the country."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
Source: WBEZ [24], 11/14/2025
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Ammonia Gas Leak From Tanker Truck In Okla. Sickens Dozens, Forces Evacuations [25]

"A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing hundreds of nearby residents of a small Oklahoma city to evacuate, authorities said Thursday. Several dozen people were treated at hospitals."

Air [26]
Chemicals [10]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [19]
Transportation [28]
Public [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
Source: AP [29], 11/14/2025
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Trump DOI Repealing Protections For Key Swaths Of Alaska Petroleum Reserve [30]

"The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas leasing vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [34]
Pollution [19]
Wildlife [35]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [36]
Source: AP [37], 11/14/2025
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"Pennsylvania Abandons Northeast Climate Pact" [38]

"Pennsylvania will no longer seek to be part of a regional climate agreement among states in the Northeast U.S."

Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [40]
Source: The Hill [41], 11/14/2025
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Alarm As Bird Flu Kills Half Of Elephant Seals In South Atlantic [42]

"Bird flu has wiped out half of South Georgia’s breeding elephant seals, according to a study that warns of “serious implications” for the future of the species."

Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [35]
Public [21]
Antarctica & Arctic [43]
Australia & Oceania [44]
Source: Guardian [45], 11/14/2025
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Rare Sightings of Critically Endangered Vaquita Spark Cautious Optimism [46]

"Expert marine mammal researchers spotted up to 10 of the porpoises during a recent survey in the Upper Gulf of California. They warn the species remains at risk of extinction until safer fishing gear is developed to prevent deadly entanglements."

Biodiversity [31]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [35]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mexico [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 11/14/2025
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"Does Nature Have Rights?" [50]

"By now, we are accustomed to thinking of climate change in terms of human rights. What if we were to think as much about the rights of nature itself – of pets and backyard birds, coyotes and spruce trees, mountains and rivers, ecosystems and the climate, the air that surrounds us?"

Activism [51]
Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [52]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [34]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [35]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [53]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [54], 11/14/2025
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"Major US Broadcasters Sit Out Cop30 Climate Talks: ‘They’re Missing A Lot’" [55]

"Figures show none of US ‘big four’ – CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox – appear to have sent teams to cover summit in Belém"

Climate Change [32]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [52]
Journalism & Media [56]
People & Population [18]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [57], 11/14/2025
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Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor Status Quo, Not Progress [58]

"Experts say stifling bureaucratic procedures that are disconnected from the climate crisis have consistently stalled COP negotiations."

Activism [51]
Climate Change [32]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [18]
Public [21]
International [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 11/13/2025
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"At COP30, Brazilian Meat Giant JBS Recommends Climate Policy" [60]

"The world’s biggest meat company, a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is leading food-company efforts to engage in climate talks."

Agriculture [61]
Climate Change [32]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [21]
International [53]
Source: Civil Eats [62], 11/13/2025
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"Zeldin Kept Up EPA Roadshow During Shutdown" [63]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s travel didn’t cease over what has become the federal government’s longest funding lapse in history." "In a sign of the Trump administration’s novel approach to the funding gap, the administrator traveled for 16 days during the shutdown."

Economy & Business [64]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [65], 11/13/2025
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"Colorado River Negotiations Blow Past Deadline" [66]

"State negotiators failed to meet a Tuesday deadline to reach an initial agreement over future operations of the drought-stricken Colorado River, but the Trump administration indicated it will allow states to continue bargaining."

Agriculture [61]
Climate Change [32]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [67], 11/13/2025
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"FDA Names Longtime Cancer Scientist Pazdur To Lead Drug Center" [68]

"The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday named a longtime regulator of cancer medicines to lead the agency’s drug center, replacing the former drug director who was recently ousted after an ethics complaint."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Health [69]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Science [70]
Technology [71]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [72], 11/13/2025
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"How Government Shutdowns Give Polluters A Free Pass" [73]

"Though the current political showdown is nearing an end, new research shows that government shutdowns leave polluting legacies."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [19]
Public [21]
Source: Grist [74], 11/13/2025
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"If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go" [75]

"A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built."

Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Infrastructure [16]
Planning & Growth [76]
Technology [71]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: WIRED [77], 11/13/2025
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