EJToday: Top Headlines

‘Hidden Costs’ Of Climate Emergency Worsening California’s Affordability [9]

"The climate emergency is significantly increasing costs for California households in the form of rising utility bills, lost wages and growing healthcare expenses, worsening the state’s affordability crisis, according to a sweeping new report."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
California [14]
Source: Guardian [15], 09/26/2025
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Alaska Rivers Turn Orange As Permafrost Thaws, Threatening Fish, Communities [16]

"A new study found that 75 streams in Alaska’s Brooks Range have turned orange due to thawing permafrost, which releases metals like iron, aluminum and cadmium that exceed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency safety thresholds for aquatic life."

Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
Source: Mongabay [25], 09/26/2025
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Leaders Vowed To Cut Climate Pollution, Then Doubled Down On Fossil Fuels [26]

"The world is producing too much coal, oil and natural gas to meet the targets set 10 years ago under the Paris Agreement, in which countries agreed to limit climate pollution and avoid the worst effects of global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [28]
Government [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Pollution [21]
Technology [31]
Public [13]
International [32]
Source: NPR [33], 09/25/2025
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"DOE To Pull Back $13B From Clean Energy Projects" [34]

"The Department of Energy is aiming to “return more than $13 billion in unobligated funds” that were authorized by Congress in the Biden administration to fund clean energy projects, DOE said Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [21]
Technology [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [36], 09/25/2025
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"In Washington, A Battle Builds Over A Right To Sue Pesticide Makers" [37]

"It’s been seven years since Germany’s Bayer bought US agrochemical giant Monsanto, inheriting not only the company’s vast portfolio of seeds and pesticide products, but also more than 100,000 lawsuits alleging Monsanto’s popular Roundup herbicide causes cancer. Bayer, which has so far paid out billions of dollars in settlements and jury verdicts to cancer victims, has been working – so far in vain – to put an end to the litigation and to block any future such cases."

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [17]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [28]
Laws & Regulations [35]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The New Lede [41], 09/25/2025
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Trump Tylenol Push Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn [42]

"Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause."

Chemicals [17]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [18]
Health [43]
Laws & Regulations [35]
People & Population [12]
Science [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: WIRED [45], 09/25/2025
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"Analysis: The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked" [46]

"Politicians who push small reactors raise false hopes that splitting atoms can make a real dent in the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [47]
Technology [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [32]
Canada [48]
Source: The Tyee [49], 09/25/2025
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"Pesticides in Your Produce? Probably." [50]

"If you eat a daily serving of fruits and vegetables, critical components of a healthy diet, you’re likely ingesting a hefty dose of pesticides too, new peer-reviewed research shows."

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [17]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [18]
Food [51]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 09/25/2025
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"As Texas Flooded, Key Staff Say FEMA’s Leader Could Not Be Reached" [53]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator, David Richardson, is often inaccessible, several current and former officials say, raising concerns within the agency."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [54]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [28]
Government [29]
Health [43]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [55], 09/25/2025
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Storm Humberto Forms In Atlantic As Hurricane Gabrielle Takes Aim At Azores [56]

"Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday at the same time Hurricane Gabrielle was racing across the ocean toward the Azores islands, forecasters said."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [54]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [57], 09/25/2025
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Historic Sale Of Dams Clears Way For Salmon To Return To Kennebec River [58]

"The Nature Conservancy on Tuesday announced a landmark investment worth $168 million to purchase and oversee Brookfield Renewable’s four hydroelectric dams on the lower Kennebec River in Maine, paving the way for their eventual removal."

Biodiversity [59]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Infrastructure [30]
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [60]
Source: Maine Monitor [61], 09/25/2025
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‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty’: the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land [62]

"The women of Holy Wisdom Monastery have restored 170 acres of native prairie and oak savanna. “Humans need creation to find ourselves,” one said."

Activism [63]
Biodiversity [59]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [64]
Wildlife [65]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [66]
Source: NYTimes [67], 09/25/2025
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"‘Con,’ ‘Scam,’ ‘Hoax’: Trump’s UN Speech On Climate" [68]

"President Donald Trump rebuked world leaders for being overly concerned about climate change during a speech to the United Nations in which he called global warming a “con job.”"

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [28]
Journalism & Media [69]
Science [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [32]
Source: E&E News [70], 09/24/2025
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"Congress Leaving For Recess With No Deal To Avoid Shutdown" [71]

"The Senate rejected two funding stopgaps, and the House will not return before the deadline."

Environmental Politics [28]
Government [29]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [72], 09/24/2025
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Chicago Has Thousands of Lead Pipes — and Millions of Unspent Dollars [73]

"No U.S. city has more toxic lead pipes pumping water into people’s homes. And millions of federal and city dollars earmarked to replace them remain unused, a city official said Monday, at the same time that the city is struggling to keep up with deadlines to warn people of the risks."

Chemicals [17]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [28]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [66]
Source: Inside Climate News [74], 09/24/2025
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