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Climate-Fighting Efforts Show Slight Gain But Still Fall Far Short, UN Says [9]

"All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in “have barely moved the needle” on reducing Earth’s future warming, a new United Nations report finds."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: AP [18], 11/05/2025
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"Interior Secretary Faces Scrutiny for Travel Amid Shutdown" [19]

"While some national parks are seeing damage and illegal activity during the government shutdown, Doug Burgum is traveling around the Middle East, selling American gas and oil."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [20], 11/05/2025
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"Companies Hit The Brakes On EVs, Laying Off Thousands Of Workers" [21]

"In recent weeks, automakers and other companies in the vehicle space are pulling back their investments in electric vehicles (EVs), including laying off workers in multiple states."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [14]
Technology [23]
Transportation [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: The Hill [25], 11/05/2025
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Pa. Gas Producer CNX Sues Capital & Main Over Its Reporting on Health Risks [26]

"A lawsuit by CNX Resources Corporation accuses the news organization of defamation for quoting sources critical of an industry-written study. Capital & Main stands by its reporting and vows to fight the suit."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Source: Capital & Main [30], 11/05/2025
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Health Advocates Call For Federal “Reboot” On Ultra-Processed Foods [31]

"A diverse group of food advocates, farmers, chefs and scientists is urging the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to define ultra-processed foods through a lens of public health, including what’s added or taken away from foods during processing, as well as any new risks introduced."

Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [33]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [35]
Science [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [37], 11/05/2025
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"White House Pressured EPA For Broad Rollback Of Tailpipe Rules" [38]

"White House budget officials leaned on EPA to broaden its rollback of tailpipe regulations as it sought this summer to repeal a foundational EPA policy that undergirds most federal climate rules, including those for cars and trucks."

Air [39]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [40]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Technology [23]
Transportation [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [41], 11/05/2025
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"Drought Is Quietly Pushing American Cities Toward A Fiscal Cliff" [42]

"Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Government [40]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [44], 11/05/2025
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"Trump Killed A Crucial Disaster Database. This Nonprofit Just Saved It." [45]

"As the Trump administration deletes climate data and shutters resources that track the impacts of a warming world, nonprofits, state-level governments, and independent scientists are rushing to preserve the information."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [47]
Journalism & Media [28]
People & Population [35]
Science [36]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [48], 11/05/2025
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Invasive Golden Mussels Upending Life In CA Delta, With No Help On The Way [49]

"One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the Delta, thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and farms. Yet the state has no specific funding or plans to tackle harms in the heart of the invasion."

Biodiversity [50]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Infrastructure [52]
Water & Oceans [43]
Wildlife [53]
Public [15]
California [54]
Source: CalMatters [55], 11/05/2025
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"Google Earth Gets an AI Chatbot to Help Chart the Climate Crisis" [56]

"New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could eventually predict disasters and identify the communities likely to be affected."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Studies [47]
Journalism & Media [28]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: WIRED [57], 11/05/2025
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Major American LNG Exporters Habitually Break Air Pollution Laws: Report [58]

"With Trump propelling the U.S. LNG industry into a massive expansion, companies are flouting landmark environmental laws."

Air [39]
Chemicals [59]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [60]
Infrastructure [52]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: DeSmog [61], 11/04/2025
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"Poultry Plants Consistently Violate Salmonella Standards, Report Finds" [62]

"Several of the country’s largest chicken and turkey companies operate processing plants that routinely violate the federal government’s safety standards for salmonella contamination, according to a new analysis released by the animal welfare organization Farm Forward."

Agriculture [63]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [27]
Food [33]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Civil Eats [64], 11/04/2025
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"Emergency Language In Wildfire Bill Splits Environmentalists" [65]

"A fast-moving bill to reduce wildfire risks in national forests would give the Agriculture Department a work-around past even the bill’s modest environmental safeguards, making the measure tough to swallow for some environmentalists and Hill Democrats."

Disasters [46]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [66]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [67], 11/04/2025
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Citizen Pollution Monitoring Persists In Louisiana, Despite Law That Limits It [68]

"Communities around Louisiana, in a bid to get more information about the environmental and health impacts of industrial pollution, are taking data collection into their own hands — despite a law restricting how their research findings can be used to enforce state regulations. "

Air [39]
Chemicals [59]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [60]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [69]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [70], 11/04/2025
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Exxon-Funded Thinktanks To Spread Climate Denial In Latin America: Documents [71]

"Exxon funded rightwing thinktanks to spread climate change denial across Latin America, according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [60]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [28]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
International [17]
South America [72]
Source: Guardian [73], 11/04/2025
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