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US Handled $12 Billion in Venezuelan Oil Revenues, Secret Report Shows [9]

"The U.S. government received more than $12 billion in revenue from Venezuela’s natural resource exports in the first nine months of this year, according to a confidential report by the global financial services firm KPMG."

Conflict/Corruption [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [18]
Source: New York Times [19], 11/12/2026
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Turkey Promotes Itself as a Climate Champion. Not Everyone Agrees. [20]

"Critics say some of the country’s environmental policies run counter to the image it is offering as host of a United Nations climate summit."

Climate Change [21]
Conflict/Corruption [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [26]
Source: New York Times [27], 11/12/2026
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Trump Admin Will Offload Federal Public Lands, Interior Says [28]

"The Interior Department’s new strategic plan calls for selling and swapping away the federal estate. "

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Conflict/Corruption [10]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Public Domain [31], 11/12/2026
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As Ottawa Loosens Pesticide Rules, Water Tests Keep Finding Risky Chemicals [32]

"Pesticides with environmental risks Health Canada considers unacceptable could still be authorized for use, if the federal government deems them necessary for economic or food security"

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Food [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
Canada [35]
Source: The Narwhal [36], 11/12/2026
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Groups Urge Dems To Remove Farm Bill Items That Weaken Pesticide Safety [37]

"More than 170 groups are calling on Democratic leaders in Congress to remove provisions in the Farm Bill that the groups say would weaken protections for endangered species and leave farmers and others exposed to harmful pesticides."

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [33]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
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People & Population [39]
Pollution [25]
Technology [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [41], 11/12/2026
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Corporations Win “Free Speech” Right To Hide Pollution [42]

"A federal appeals court says forcing corporations to disclose their biggest sources of climate pollution is likely unconstitutional."

Activism [43]
Climate Change [21]
Conflict/Corruption [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [44]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [45]
Source: The Lever [46], 11/12/2026
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Leading Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Will Be Late And Over Budget [47]

"North America’s first small modular reactor project is running into two familiar challenges for the nuclear industry: timing and cost."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [48]
Public [16]
International [26]
Canada [35]
Source: Canary Media [49], 11/12/2026
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As Texas Embraces Carbon Storage, A Black Community Questions The Risks [50]

"Texas now issues permits for companies to store carbon dioxide underground. East Texas residents fear safety risks, and skeptics doubt the climate benefits."

Chemicals [33]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [51]
Pollution [25]
Technology [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: Texas Tribune [53], 11/12/2026
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How California Childhood Memories Shape My Climate Reporting Today [54]

"David Gelles, who covers a warming world for The New York Times, recalls natural disasters of his youth as he seeks to make sense of a powerful El Niño."

Climate Change [21]
Disasters [55]
Journalism & Media [44]
People & Population [39]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [45]
Source: New York Times [56], 11/12/2026
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The Lights Go Out at Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s Bravest Newspaper [57]

"For more than 30 years, the paper covered an increasingly repressive Russia. “The process of silencing us started many years ago,” one of its journalists said."

Journalism & Media [44]
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Public [16]
Asia [58]
Europe [59]
Source: New York Times [60], 11/12/2026
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Burgum Wants Data Centers on Public Land, Invested Tens of Millions in AI [61]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who is heavily invested in the AI industry, is leading the charge to allow tech companies to build data centers on the public lands he oversees."

Biodiversity [30]
Conflict/Corruption [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [62]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ProPublica [63], 11/10/2026
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Senate Takes First Step on Far-Reaching Plan to Speed Energy Permits [64]

"The sprawling bill, which has divided Democrats, would overhaul major environmental laws to streamline the permitting process."

Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [21]
Conflict/Corruption [10]
Consumer [38]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [39]
Planning & Growth [65]
Pollution [25]
Wildlife [62]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: New York Times [66], 11/10/2026
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Supreme Court Allows Construction of Trump’s Border Wall in Big Bend [67]

"The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to continue construction of a wall along the southern border in the Big Bend region of southwest Texas, including within a national park. The decision by the court, which was unsigned, allows the administration to resume its efforts to erect barriers and put up surveillance equipment along a 500-mile stretch of the U.S. border with Mexico as a lower court battle over the project’s legality continues. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson noted a dissent."

Environmental Justice [23]
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Government [68]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Planning & Growth [65]
Wildlife [62]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [69]
Source: New York Times [70], 11/10/2026
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Court Blocks California From Enforcing Climate Disclosure Laws [71]

"A federal appeals court dealt a setback to California's desire to enforce first-of-its-kind climate disclosure laws, blocking the state from requiring large companies to disclose climate-related financial risks and "indirect" greenhouse gas emissions. Monday's decision ‌by a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is a partial victory for the US Chamber of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau Federation and several California business groups that sued to block the two state laws."

Climate Change [21]
Conflict/Corruption [10]
Consumer [38]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [44]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [45]
Source: Reuters [72], 11/10/2026
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Idaho Paid Hunters Thousands Of Dollars To Kill Wolf Pups, Records Show [73]

"Idaho officials paid hunters thousands of dollars for killing a dozen newborn wolf pups this spring, including what appears to be at least one full litter killed in or near its den, according to state records shared with the Guardian and Public Domain." "Wildlife advocates incensed as documents show state paid out $2,000 per kill in effort to shrink state’s wolf population."

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Politics [24]
Government [68]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [62]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [74]
Source: Public Domain [75], 11/10/2026
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