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Alito Bows Out Of Blockbuster Supreme Court Climate Case [9]

"Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is stepping back from a major climate argument just a week before the court is scheduled to take up the case." "The conservative justice had previously resisted calls from environmentalists to recuse himself."

Climate Change [10]
Conflict/Corruption [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: POLITICO [19], 09/29/2026
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U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics [20]

"The United States on Friday rejected a declaration by member countries of the United Nations that pledged international collaboration and solidarity in preparing for and responding to pandemics."

Conflict/Corruption [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [24]
Science [25]
Technology [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [27]
Source: New York Times [28], 09/29/2026
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As Pacific Churns With Hurricanes, The Atlantic Is Quiet. Blame El Niño. [29]

"The Pacific Ocean has seen 18 hurricanes so far and 41 named storms overall, which are unusually high numbers for this point in the season. The Atlantic Ocean is experiencing the exact opposite."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Studies [31]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [16]
Science [25]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [27]
Mexico [33]
Source: NPR [34], 09/29/2026
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In Global First, A Next-Gen Geothermal Plant Goes Live At Utility Scale [35]

"Fervo Energy is producing clean power at Cape Station in Utah. It’s a big milestone, but the industry must tackle high costs and other barriers in order to scale."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [36]
Technology [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [27]
Source: Canary Media [37], 09/29/2026
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"Revealing the Invisible Injustice of Extreme Heat" [38]

"The extreme heat scientists have warned about for decades came to Europe again this summer, killing at least 30,000 people like a silent, invisible plague. It came for poor people, the very young and very old, and those suffering from debilitating conditions."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [21]
People & Population [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 09/29/2026
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Trump Critical Minerals Agenda Meets America’s ‘Forgotten Wildlife Corridor’ [40]

"Under the banner of “Dig, Baby, Dig,” the Trump administration is supercharging an already powerful mining industry. What will happen to vulnerable plants and animals?"

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
People & Population [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 09/29/2026
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Maui Wildfire Residents Show Elevated Metals Linked To Lung Health: Study [42]

"Metal mixtures found in the leftover smoke, ash and debris from the deadly 2023 Maui wildfires were harmful to the lung health of people living nearby long after the burning ended, a new study says."

Chemicals [43]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [21]
Health [44]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [16]
Science [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [45]
Source: AP [46], 09/29/2026
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Landmark Calif. Bill Now Requires State To Disclose PFAS Pesticide Use [47]

"A new law in California requires the state to track and publicly disclose the use of PFAS pesticides."

Agriculture [48]
Chemicals [43]
Consumer [49]
Environmental Health [21]
Journalism & Media [50]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [51]
Source: The New Lede [52], 09/29/2026
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Drying Colorado River Seen as Risky Bet for Mexico Water Swap [53]

"A proposal to find new water for the Southwest by using desalinated ocean water from Mexico faces difficult odds as what remains of the waning Colorado River is legally contested by its surrounding states."

Agriculture [48]
Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
Mexico [33]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [56], 09/29/2026
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A Century of Sand Debt Comes Due in Malibu [57]

"A new study finds the world’s great surf breaks are vulnerable to climate change. In Malibu, the problem is more specific: a coast with few defenses, with a record El Niño winter closing in."

Activism [58]
Climate Change [10]
People & Population [24]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 09/29/2026
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Nor’easter Lashes Coastal Areas With Soaking Rain, Wind And Massive Waves [60]

"A powerful, early-season nor’easter brought wind, soaking rain and massive waves to the Northeast this weekend."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
People & Population [24]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [61]
Source: CNN [62], 09/28/2026
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Trump’s Power Plant Air Rule Revives Old Carbon Capture Dispute [63]

"Litigation over the EPA’s rollback of Biden-era power plant emission rules will likely put the Trump administration in the position of poking holes in a technology it has, at other times, incentivized and promoted."

Air [64]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [21]
Health [44]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [65], 09/28/2026
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Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Grows to Nearly 900 Cases [66]

"State health officials said 55 new cases had been reported since Wednesday. In all, 890 measles cases have been reported across 39 counties so far this year."

Government [23]
Health [44]
People & Population [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New York Times [67], 09/28/2026
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Why Germany Is Building An Ark For US Climate Data [68]

"Fearing the Trump administration might meddle with U.S. climate data, scientists in Germany are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Hamburg."

Climate Change [10]
Journalism & Media [50]
Science [25]
Technology [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Yale Environment 360 [69], 09/28/2026
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Trump Now Says Kennedy Center Could Be Deadly. Months Ago, It Was ‘Great.’ [70]

"The president’s assessment of the Kennedy Center’s physical condition grew increasingly dire after his name went up on the building and revenue began to plunge."

Conflict/Corruption [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [23]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [71], 09/28/2026
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