EJToday: Top Headlines

Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Doesn't Have To Emit Powerful Greenhouse Gas [9]

"Corn monocropping emits higher levels of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas which traps heat in the atmosphere more than 300 times as effectively as carbon dioxide. Simple interventions could drastically reduce emissions, experts say."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 10/09/2025
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Louisianans Fume as Insurers Hike Rates and Invest in Fossil Fuel Projects [18]

"Locals face a perfect storm — they can’t afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood."

Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Capital & Main [20], 10/09/2025
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"Progress on Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’ Stalls as Seedlings Die Off" [21]

"Countries in the Sahel region of Africa have made little progress on the “Great Green Wall,” a 5,000-mile-long band of trees planned for the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. Even where communities are planting new trees, few seedlings actually survive, new research shows."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [13]
Forests [22]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [24]
Public [15]
Africa [25]
Source: YaleE360 [26], 10/09/2025
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"Fla. County Battered By 2024 Hurricanes Spends $125M On Beach Restoration" [27]

"The white sandy beaches along a swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast were battered by three hurricanes last year, leading to a multimillion-dollar effort to repair a coastline that is the region’s economic engine."

Climate Change [13]
Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [24]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: AP [32], 10/09/2025
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Women In Mexico Protect Ancient Aztec Farms And Save A Vanishing Ecosystem [33]

"Jasmín Ordóñez looks out from a wooden boat at the water as she crosses a narrow channel that connects a labyrinth of chinampas, island farms that were built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Food [34]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [24]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [35]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [15]
Mexico [36]
Source: AP [37], 10/09/2025
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Trump Inks Order To Advance Halted Alaskan Ambler Mining Road [38]

"President Donald Trump on Monday moved to reverse a Biden-era decision that blocked a mining road in Alaska, which faces fierce opposition among tribes and environmental groups."

Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Politics [39]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Natural Resources [23]
Transportation [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [42]
Source: E&E News [43], 10/08/2025
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"Natural Disasters Are a Rising Burden for the National Guard" [44]

"New Pentagon data show climate impacts shaping reservists’ mission, in potential conflict with Trump’s drive to use them for law enforcement."

Climate Change [13]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [45]
Military [46]
People & Population [24]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 10/08/2025
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"The Next Phase Of Trump’s Fight Against Solar Energy Has Begun" [48]

"Trump officials are using trade measures and permit delays in a campaign to undercut the solar industry."

Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Environmental Politics [39]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Pollution [14]
Technology [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [51], 10/08/2025
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Tests Show That A Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking [52]

"Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [53]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Environmental Health [45]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [40]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [14]
Waste [55]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 10/08/2025
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"Exxon Steps Back From Texas Gulf Coast Plastics Plant" [58]

"Exxon Mobil will postpone its plans for a large new plastics production plant on the Gulf Coast of Texas, according to the company. Construction was initially planned to begin next year on the $10 billion facility in rural Calhoun County."

Activism [59]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [45]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [39]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 10/08/2025
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Groups Sue EPA Over Canceled $7 Billion Solar Program To Help Poor People [62]

"Several groups and nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency over the canceling of a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans."

Activism [59]
Climate Change [13]
Consumer [53]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [40]
People & Population [24]
Technology [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [63], 10/08/2025
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"As Oil Glut Fears Mount, OPEC+ Restrains Output Rises For Now" [64]

"OPEC+ oil-producing countries opted for only a modest rise to November output due to concerns about a potential global glut, sources within the group said, as non-OPEC supply also rises while fuel demand growth slows."

Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Public [15]
International [65]
Source: Reuters [66], 10/08/2025
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EPA Drops Planned Delay in Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Plants [67]

"Public health advocates pushed back when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it planned to delay for two years a requirement that steel companies monitor air quality at the perimeters of their 11 coke plants in Western Pennsylvania and across the country. Two groups sued. Now, the EPA has reversed course."

Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [45]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [40]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 10/08/2025
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Solar And Wind Power Grew Faster Than Electricity Demand This Year: Report [69]

"Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis."

Climate Change [13]
Consumer [53]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Environmental Politics [39]
Infrastructure [30]
Pollution [14]
Technology [50]
Public [15]
International [65]
Source: AP [70], 10/08/2025
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Company Bids Less Than A Penny Per Ton In Biggest US Coal Sale In Decade [71]

"A Navajo tribe-owned company bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana on Monday in the biggest U.S. coal sale in more than a decade. The offer from the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC) equates to one-tenth of a penny per ton, underscoring coal’s diminished value even as President Donald Trump pushes to mine and burn more of the heavily polluting fuel."

Climate Change [13]
Consumer [53]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Pollution [14]
Technology [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [65]
Source: AP [72], 10/08/2025
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