EJToday: Top Headlines

"Oil and Gas Companies Used Banned Toxic Chemicals Near the Rocky Mountains" [9]

"Colorado oil and gas companies used toxic chemicals prohibited under state law in operations involving dozens of wells on either side of the Rocky Mountains over at least the last 18 months, a Capital & Main investigation found."

Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Capital & Main [20], 10/20/2025
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"Mystery Heatwave Warms Pacific Ocean To New Record" [21]

"The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists."

Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
International [26]
Source: BBC News [27], 10/20/2025
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NY To Appeal After Judge OKs Radioactive Indian Point Water In The Hudson [28]

"A federal judge in New York last month struck down the state’s Save the Hudson Act, a law that aimed to prevent Holtec International, the owner of the decommissioned Indian Point nuclear plant, from dumping over a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River."

Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: Nexstar [30], 10/20/2025
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"Department of Interior to Start Layoffs Monday, Union Says" [31]

"The Department of Interior is preparing mass layoffs beginning Monday despite a federal judge’s order prohibiting firings due to the shutdown, a federal employee union said Thursday."

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [34]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 10/20/2025
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"Trump Allows Hunting In National Wildlife Refuges Despite Shutdown" [37]

"The Trump administration directed staff to open wildlife refuges to hunters even as many national parks and other government services close."

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Wildlife [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [38], 10/20/2025
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"How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves" [39]

"President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [40]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [42]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [34]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [43], 10/17/2025
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"How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank" [44]

"A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can reveal."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [45]
Pollution [15]
Science [46]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [26]
Source: DeSmog [47], 10/17/2025
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"Will Science Journalism Funders Step Up or Retreat?" [48]

"Amid Trump-era funding turmoil, foundations are finding themselves pulled in many directions to fill in the gaps."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [45]
Science [46]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Undark [49], 10/17/2025
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Judge Rules Permit For Cameron Parish LNG Terminal Ignored Climate Impacts [50]

"A Cameron Parish judge has ruled that state officials violated the Louisiana Constitution when they issued a permit for a liquified gas export terminal, which has halted construction on the facility."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [52]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [54], 10/17/2025
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Philadelphia Takes On Companies Over Deceptive Plastic Recycling Claims [55]

"When Philadelphia filed a lawsuit last month alleging two prominent companies were engaged in a “coordinated campaign of deception” regarding the recyclability of their plastic film products, the city joined a growing group of state and local governments hoping litigation can help stem a rising tide of plastic waste."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [56]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [57]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [58], 10/17/2025
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"To Meet Pledges to Save Forests Spending Must Triple, U.N. Report Says" [59]

"Nations are not spending enough to ensure that the forests that cover nearly a third of the planet remain healthy, according to a new United Nations report. To meet various international climate, biodiversity and land restoration goals, annual global spending needs to triple to $300 billion by 2030, the report found."

Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Studies [60]
Forests [61]
Pollution [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [62], 10/17/2025
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"U.S. Mayors To Take Lead At COP30 In Place Of Trump" [63]

"As the Trump administration halts climate programmes, local leaders plan to participate in Brazil's COP30 to reaffirm their commitment."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [26]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [64], 10/17/2025
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"Trump Admin Approves $1.6B In Financing For AEP Transmission Project" [65]

"In a rare example of continuity on energy policy, Trump’s DOE finalized the Biden-era loan to upgrade 5,000 miles of power lines across the Midwest."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [66], 10/17/2025
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"Ohio To Fast-Track Energy At Former Coal Mines And Brownfields" [67]

"A new law in Ohio will fast-track energy projects in places that are hard to argue with: former coal mines and brownfields."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [57]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [68]
Source: Canary Media [69], 10/17/2025
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As Wolves Roam Calif., Livestock Losses Remain Low, Yet Ranchers Worry [70]

"In California, as wolf numbers grow — a remarkable return after a century — livestock producers are increasingly worried as these predators occasionally take down cattle."

Agriculture [71]
Biodiversity [22]
People & Population [34]
Wildlife [35]
Public [18]
California [72]
Source: Mongabay [73], 10/17/2025
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