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World Ocean Acidity Crosses Critical Threshold For Marine Life [9]

"The world’s oceans have failed a key planetary health check for the first time, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, a report has shown. In its latest annual assessment, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said ocean acidity had crossed a critical threshold for marine life."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
International [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 09/26/2025
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"Trump’s Logging Efforts Struggle to Sell Industry on Public Land" [21]

"The Interior Department says it’s on track to meet a federal goal to increase logging on federal lands, even as timber industry analysts warn low prices, scarce sawmills, and litigation will likely threaten progress."

Biodiversity [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 09/26/2025
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"Trump-Backed ‘Stargate’ Project Unveils Plans For 5 AI Sites" [29]

"OpenAI and Oracle announced Tuesday that they are planning to build five new data center sites as part of the “Stargate” project, a development that would significantly expand U.S. AI infrastructure and could affect the makeup of the grid in multiple states."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [31]
Technology [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [33], 09/26/2025
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"Public Domain Sues Trump's Interior Department" [34]

"Our first FOIA lawsuit seeks the calendar entries of top DOGE operatives and other political appointees."

Environmental Politics [12]
Government [35]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Public Domain [37], 09/26/2025
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Brazil's JBS Accused Of Buying Cattle Illegally Raised In Indigenous Lands [38]

"JBS, the world's largest meat company, has indirectly bought cattle raised illegally on indigenous land in Brazil, according to a Greenpeace investigation released on Thursday."

Agriculture [39]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [42]
Public [18]
International [19]
South America [43]
Source: Reuters [44], 09/26/2025
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The Link Between Lead Exposure And High Blood Pressure In Indianapolis [45]

"Residents of Indianapolis’ Martindale Brightwood neighborhood are confronting stubbornly high rates of hypertension, and public health experts point to lead exposure as a likely contributor."

Chemicals [46]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Source: Indianapolis Recorder [49], 09/26/2025
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Citing Climate Crisis, NAACP Opposes Massive Alabama Data Center [50]

"NAACP leaders cite energy, water usage and a lack of transparency around the project as causes for concern."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [42]
Planning & Growth [51]
Pollution [16]
Technology [32]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 09/26/2025
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Helene Cleanup On North Carolina’s Rivers And Streams Seems Never-Ending [54]

"Bracing himself against the current in waist-deep water, Clancy Loorham wrestles a broken length of PVC pipe from the rocky bottom of the French Broad River and peers inside."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [55]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: AP [56], 09/26/2025
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‘Hidden Costs’ Of Climate Emergency Worsening California’s Affordability [57]

"The climate emergency is significantly increasing costs for California households in the form of rising utility bills, lost wages and growing healthcare expenses, worsening the state’s affordability crisis, according to a sweeping new report."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [23]
People & Population [42]
Public [18]
California [58]
Source: Guardian [59], 09/26/2025
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Alaska Rivers Turn Orange As Permafrost Thaws, Threatening Fish, Communities [60]

"A new study found that 75 streams in Alaska’s Brooks Range have turned orange due to thawing permafrost, which releases metals like iron, aluminum and cadmium that exceed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency safety thresholds for aquatic life."

Chemicals [46]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
Alaska and Hawaii [61]
Source: Mongabay [62], 09/26/2025
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Leaders Vowed To Cut Climate Pollution, Then Doubled Down On Fossil Fuels [63]

"The world is producing too much coal, oil and natural gas to meet the targets set 10 years ago under the Paris Agreement, in which countries agreed to limit climate pollution and avoid the worst effects of global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [35]
Infrastructure [31]
Pollution [16]
Technology [32]
Public [18]
International [19]
Source: NPR [64], 09/25/2025
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"DOE To Pull Back $13B From Clean Energy Projects" [65]

"The Department of Energy is aiming to “return more than $13 billion in unobligated funds” that were authorized by Congress in the Biden administration to fund clean energy projects, DOE said Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [16]
Technology [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [66], 09/25/2025
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"In Washington, A Battle Builds Over A Right To Sue Pesticide Makers" [67]

"It’s been seven years since Germany’s Bayer bought US agrochemical giant Monsanto, inheriting not only the company’s vast portfolio of seeds and pesticide products, but also more than 100,000 lawsuits alleging Monsanto’s popular Roundup herbicide causes cancer. Bayer, which has so far paid out billions of dollars in settlements and jury verdicts to cancer victims, has been working – so far in vain – to put an end to the litigation and to block any future such cases."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [46]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The New Lede [68], 09/25/2025
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Trump Tylenol Push Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn [69]

"Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause."

Chemicals [46]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Health [11]
Health [70]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [42]
Science [71]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: WIRED [72], 09/25/2025
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"Analysis: The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked" [73]

"Politicians who push small reactors raise false hopes that splitting atoms can make a real dent in the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [74]
Technology [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [27]
International [19]
Canada [75]
Source: The Tyee [76], 09/25/2025
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