EJToday: Top Headlines

Forecast: ‘Intense’ Snow In Great Lakes States And Record Lows In South [9]

"Large swaths of the U.S. prepared for one of the season’s first blasts of wintry weather Sunday as temperatures dipped and snow fell in the Northern Plains, snowstorms developed eastward across the Great Lakes and the South prepared for a big chill."

Climate Change [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [13], 11/10/2025
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Trump EPA Moves To Loosen Restrictions It Once Supported On Harmful HFCs [14]

"Near the end of his first term, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that aimed to reduce harmful, planet-warming pollutants emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners. ... Five years later, the second Trump administration is reversing course, as it moves to loosen a federal rule — based on the 2020 law — that requires grocery stores, air-conditioning companies and others to reduce powerful greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment."

Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [19], 11/10/2025
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Trump Country Coal Miners With Black Lung Say Government Is Suffocating Them [20]

"Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for that passion to switch to hurt. She knows the names, ages, families and the intimate stories of each one’s scarred lungs. She worries about a whole community of West Virginia coal miners — including a growing number in their 30s and 40s — who come to her for help while getting sicker and sicker from what used to be considered an old-timer’s disease: black lung."

Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [24]
Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: AP [29], 11/10/2025
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"Firefighters Wear Wristbands To Track Harmful Exposures" [30]

"As wildfires burn closer to urban areas, scientists are trying to better catalog the vast array of pollutants that firefighters may be exposed to"

Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [31]
Source: C&EN [32], 11/10/2025
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"Shark-Spotting Drones To Become ‘Permanent Fixture’ On Queensland Beaches" [33]

"Queensland will roll out shark-spotting drones to more beaches, after a major study found drones detected more than double the number of sharks caught in adjacent nets."

Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Health [22]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Technology [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [11]
International [38]
Australia & Oceania [39]
Source: Guardian [40], 11/10/2025
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At COP30, Leaders Say Time Running Short To Stop Worst Effects Of Warming [41]

"World leaders warned Thursday that time is running short for urgent and decisive action to prevent the worst effects of climate change, and blasted the United States for its retreat from those efforts, as they gathered at the edge of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest for the annual United Nations climate summit."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [42]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [16]
Forests [43]
Pollution [18]
Science [44]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [38]
Source: AP [45], 11/07/2025
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"Shutdown Halts $4 Billion Program To Help Poor People Heat Their Homes" [46]

"Millions of Americans apply each winter for help with their energy bills. Now the funding is in limbo."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [47]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [49]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [50], 11/07/2025
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"Judge Orders Trump Administration To Release Full SNAP Benefits By Friday" [51]

"A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to release full funding for November’s food assistance benefits by Friday. It comes after the partial funding disbursed by the Agriculture Department earlier this week had yet to reach those who qualify for the benefits."

Agriculture [52]
Consumer [47]
Economy & Business [48]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [16]
Food [53]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [49]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [54], 11/07/2025
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"EPA Proposes Approving Fifth ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide" [55]

"In line with its plan to continue pesticide approvals despite the government shutdown, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week that it will register a new weedkiller for use in corn, soybean, wheat, and canola fields."

Agriculture [52]
Chemicals [15]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [16]
Food [53]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [49]
Pollution [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Civil Eats [56], 11/07/2025
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"Why Trump’s Cuts To Scientific Research Are A Big Win For China" [57]

"China is attracting American scientific talent, especially in STEM fields, partly due to funding cuts and immigration restrictions under President Donald Trump."

Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [49]
Science [44]
Technology [36]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Asia [58]
Source: Washington Post [59], 11/07/2025
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As Carbon Markets Fail, What Happens To Forests They Promised To Protect? [60]

"After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future"

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [16]
Forests [43]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [11]
International [38]
Source: Guardian [61], 11/07/2025
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"Record-Smashing Shutdown Hits Energy, Enviro Work" [62]

"Here’s what’s open and what’s stalled as the political standoff continues."

Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [63], 11/07/2025
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"U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reverses Recovery Plan For Gray Wolves" [64]

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not issue a nationwide recovery plan for gray wolves, it announced this week. The plan was slated to be launched in December of this year."

Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Wildlife [65]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [66]
Source: National Parks Traveler [67], 11/07/2025
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"In Ohio, Hydrogen Industry Presses On Despite Federal Uncertainty" [68]

"Trump has pulled billions in funding for hydrogen, a sector that was already on shaky ground. Projects in Ohio are chugging along anyway."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [69]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [36]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [70]
Source: Canary Media [71], 11/07/2025
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"The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart." [72]

"The environmental group gave up its singular focus on climate change for a broader agenda. The ensuing internal strife left it weakened as it takes on the Trump administration."

Activism [73]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [16]
People & Population [49]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [74], 11/07/2025
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