EJToday: Top Headlines

"Lawmakers Seek Ethics Probe Into Top Offshore Oil Regulator" [9]

"Citing a Public Domain exposé, House Democrats ask Interior’s watchdog to investigate potential ethics violations by acting BOEM director Matt Giacona"

Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Public Domain [16], 10/10/2025
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EPA Hasn’t Released Completed Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical [17]

"Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ProPublica [20], 10/10/2025
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Officials Won’t Give Cancer Data to Polluted Texas Community [21]

"Last year, state epidemiologists studied an industrialized region east of Houston. They reported finding high rates of cancer, but refused to release key geographic details—a decision some experts say is irresponsible."

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: Public Health Watch [27], 10/10/2025
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What Will AI Data Centre Boom Mean For Land, Water And Power In Canada? [28]

"Kevin O’Leary’s plans to build the world’s biggest data centre in a drought-stricken part of Alberta highlights the big questions and concerns about the resource demands of artificial intelligence"

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [30]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
Canada [32]
Source: The Narwhal [33], 10/10/2025
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22% Jump in Electricity Rates Dominates New Jersey Governor’s Race [34]

"Most politicians rarely discuss electricity costs. But in New Jersey, they have been featured prominently in campaign ads and stump speeches in the run-up to November’s election for governor."

Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: NYTimes [36], 10/10/2025
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Renewables Outpace Coal For Electricity Generation In Historic First: Report [37]

"For the first time, renewable energy has overtaken coal as the primary source of electricity around the world, a new report says, indicating a shift in the global reliance on environmentally harmful fossil fuels."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [30]
Public [14]
International [38]
Source: NPR [39], 10/10/2025
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"DOJ Legal Delays Slow Environmental Cases and Frustrate Lawyers" [40]

"Staff shortages, turnover, and new priorities at the Department of Justice are stretching legal staff handling environmental issues and causing unusual delays—even before the government shutdown."

Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [41], 10/10/2025
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US Oversight Disappearing As Refineries Explode. Who’s In Charge Now? [42]

"An El Segundo refinery fire has renewed questions about who is investigating the state’s oil industry after serious accidents. With the U.S. Chemical Safety Board defunded, California has yet to fill the gap."

Chemicals [22]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [31]
Technology [44]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [45]
Source: CalMatters [46], 10/10/2025
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Leaked List Shows Trump Mulling $15 Billion More In Clean Energy Cuts [47]

"The U.S. Department of Energy is considering terminating 300 additional clean energy projects worth over $15 billion, according to a leaked list reviewed by The Times."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [30]
Technology [44]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: LA Times [48], 10/10/2025
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Diary of a Nature Nerd: New Graphic Novel Celebrates Kids’ Love of Wildlife [49]

"Cartoonist Tiffany Everett’s new book encourages readers to explore new places, keep journals about what they encounter, and think like scientists."

Activism [50]
Journalism & Media [25]
People & Population [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Revelator [51], 10/10/2025
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"‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist Confirmed As NOAA Chief" [52]

"The Senate has voted to confirm President Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a group of nominees confirmed en masse."

Climate Change [29]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [53]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [55]
Science [56]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [58], 10/09/2025
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"White House Offers ‘Concierge’ Service To Fossil Fuel Firms, Official Says" [59]

"The White House is offering “concierge, white glove service” to oil, coal and other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while simultaneously slowing down or blocking solar and wind projects."

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [60], 10/09/2025
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"Illegal Gold Mining Clears 140,000 Hectares Of Peruvian Amazon" [61]

"An illegal gold rush has cleared 140,000 hectares of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon and is accelerating as foreign, armed groups move into the region to profit from record gold prices, according to a report."

Economy & Business [10]
Forests [62]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [55]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
South America [63]
Source: Guardian [64], 10/09/2025
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"EU To Ban Use Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Firefighting Foam" [65]

"The European Commission on Friday announced restrictions on the use of so-called "forever chemicals" in firefighting foams."

Chemicals [22]
Disasters [43]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Military [66]
Pollution [31]
Technology [44]
Transportation [67]
Public [14]
Europe [68]
Source: dpa [69], 10/09/2025
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"UN Plastics Treaty Chair To Step Down With Process In Turmoil" [70]

"The chair of stalled UN plastics treaty talks, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, is preparing to step down, after accounts of behind-the-scenes pressure from the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep)." "In August, global talks at the UN headquarters in Geneva to agree on a treaty to deal with accelerating plastic pollution collapsed after three years of negotiations. There is currently no deal and the future of the agreement is unclear."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [71]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [14]
International [38]
Source: Guardian [72], 10/09/2025
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