EJToday: Top Headlines

"AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach, New Reports Say" [9]

"Surging electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence is putting humanity’s climate goals out of reach, extending the life of fossil fuels and driving up emissions in the U.S. power sector while contributing to deadly extreme weather, according to two new reports published Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 10/31/2025
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EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution. Real Emissions Are Far Worse. [21]

"For decades, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable. Air monitors at coke manufacturers, chemical plants and other industrial facilities showed far higher emissions than the estimates, records viewed by ProPublica show."

Air [22]
Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [27], 10/31/2025
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"Inside EPA’s Hunt For Employees Who Signed The Dissent Letter" [28]

"Emails obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act shed light on the internal investigation that began within hours of the EPA “Declaration of Dissent” going public on June 30. In the following days, the administration sifted through names of those who had signed the letter, shared legal advice and responded by placing close to 150 employees on administrative leave while their computers and email accounts were searched."

Activism [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [31]
Journalism & Media [24]
People & Population [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [33], 10/31/2025
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Judge Cuts Greenpeace Pipeline Protest Penalty In Half to $345 Million [34]

"A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and related entities liable for defamation and other claims in connection with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago."

Activism [29]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [26]
Transportation [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [38]
Source: AP [39], 10/31/2025
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Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Falls 11% Even As Fires Surge To Record [40]

"Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged to record levels amid a severe drought."

Agriculture [41]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [42]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [32]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [17]
International [19]
South America [43]
Source: AP [44], 10/31/2025
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Lobster Population Falls Off New England. Regulators Declare Overfishing. [45]

"A new report says America’s lobsters, which have been in decline since 2018, are now being overfished off New England."

Biodiversity [46]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Natural Resources [35]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Source: AP [49], 10/31/2025
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Corps Approves Enbridge Pipeline Reroute Around Wisconsin Reservation [50]

"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday approved energy company Enbridge’s plans to reroute an aging oil pipeline around a northern Wisconsin tribal reservation."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Source: AP [52], 10/31/2025
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Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely: Study [53]

"Fueled by unusually warm waters, Hurricane Melissa this week turned into one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded. Now a new rapid attribution study suggests human-induced climate change made the deadly tropical cyclone four times more likely."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [54]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [55]
International [19]
Central America & the Caribbean [56]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 10/31/2025
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"Trump Fossil Fuel Approvals Keep Coming Despite Government Shutdown" [58]

"The government shutdown isn’t stopping the Trump administration from advancing its policy priorities, especially when it comes to fossil fuels." "Between Oct. 1 and Wednesday, the bureau approved 474 permits to drill on public lands."

Activism [29]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [59], 10/31/2025
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Furry Envoys: China’s Rare Golden Monkeys Debut At European Zoos [60]

"With their distinctive shaggy orange manes, pale blue faces and dense fur covering their hands and feet, it’s hard to mistake China’s endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys for any other animal. These rare and charismatic monkeys, unique to the frigid mountains of central China, have recently joined the country’s famous pandas as furry envoys to zoos in Europe for the first time... ."

Biodiversity [46]
Consumer [61]
Environmental Studies [62]
Journalism & Media [24]
People & Population [32]
Wildlife [63]
Public [17]
Asia [64]
Europe [65]
Source: AP [66], 10/31/2025
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"NOAA Hurricane Hunter Crews, Researchers Flying Without Pay" [67]

"The NOAA pilots and scientists flying aboard hurricane hunter aircraft into Hurricane Melissa’s 185-mile per hour winds are not being paid during the government shutdown, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [54]
Environmental Studies [62]
Government [31]
People & Population [32]
Science [68]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [69], 10/30/2025
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"Hurricane Melissa Leaves Trail Of Destruction Across Cuba, Haiti And Jamaica" [70]

"Hurricane Melissa left at least dozens dead and caused widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [54]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [32]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [55]
Central America & the Caribbean [56]
Source: AP [71], 10/30/2025
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"Annual Climate Change Report Finds “Planet On The Brink”" [72]

"Earth’s vital signs are “flashing red,” fossil fuel use is at peak levels and warming is increasingly impacting forests, oceans and disaster frequency, according to a new report."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [54]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [30]
People & Population [32]
Public [17]
International [19]
Source: The New Lede [73], 10/30/2025
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"Energy Prices Seize Spotlight In Virginia, New Jersey Races" [74]

"Closely watched gubernatorial campaigns in Virginia and New Jersey are serving as testing grounds for how candidates will use surging electricity prices to their advantage in next year’s midterm elections."

Consumer [61]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [32]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [75], 10/30/2025
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"EPA Accused Of Misleading Public About Ongoing Production Of Harmful PFAS" [76]

"Federal regulators are falsely claiming that production of a dangerous PFAS chemical has been phased out in the US, according to a complaint filed this week by an environmental watchdog group alleging the statement is untrue since the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consistently finds the chemical and other PFAS in fluorinated plastic containers."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [24]
Pollution [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [77], 10/30/2025
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