EJToday: Top Headlines

"‘Con,’ ‘Scam,’ ‘Hoax’: Trump’s UN Speech On Climate" [9]

"President Donald Trump rebuked world leaders for being overly concerned about climate change during a speech to the United Nations in which he called global warming a “con job.”"

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: E&E News [18], 09/24/2025
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"Congress Leaving For Recess With No Deal To Avoid Shutdown" [19]

"The Senate rejected two funding stopgaps, and the House will not return before the deadline."

Environmental Politics [12]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [22], 09/24/2025
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Chicago Has Thousands of Lead Pipes — and Millions of Unspent Dollars [23]

"No U.S. city has more toxic lead pipes pumping water into people’s homes. And millions of federal and city dollars earmarked to replace them remain unused, a city official said Monday, at the same time that the city is struggling to keep up with deadlines to warn people of the risks."

Chemicals [24]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 09/24/2025
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"Every Democratic Senator Opposes EPA Plan To Axe Endangerment Finding" [31]

"In a unanimous decision, the Democratic caucus in the Senate wrote a letter on Monday in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to axe a 2009 endangerment finding, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determination that concluded that the accumulation of six greenhouse gases posed a serious threat to public health."

Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [32], 09/24/2025
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Amid Data Center Boom, California Lawmakers Pass Bill To Track Water Use [33]

"The AI-driven boom in data centers is putting growing demands on water in California and the Southwest.
New legislation in California would require data centers to report how much water they use."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [35]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [36]
Source: LA Times [37], 09/24/2025
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"Trump Narrows Scope Of Safety Reviews For Some Chemicals" [38]

"The Trump administration is proposing to narrow the scope of safety reviews of chemicals that are already out on the market, it said Monday."

Chemicals [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [39]
Pollution [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [40], 09/24/2025
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As UN Climate Talks Loom In Brazil, Many Fear They Can’t Afford To Attend [41]

"Pooja Tilvawala knows it’s a gamble to use more than $46,000 of her own savings to help young people get to the United Nations climate summit in Brazil. But she thinks it’s a necessary one."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [39]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: AP [43], 09/24/2025
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"Satellites Are Mapping The Biggest CO2 Polluters In The World" [44]

"Scores of instruments are peering down through Earth’s atmosphere, finding pollution all across the globe every day."

Air [45]
Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [10]
Pollution [27]
Science [14]
Technology [46]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [47], 09/24/2025
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"‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Cases Are Increasing In The US" [48]

"Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists."

Biodiversity [49]
Environmental Health [11]
Health [50]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: AP [51], 09/24/2025
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When Will Fall Foliage Peak Near You? Leaf-Peeping Predictions Map [52]

"It's officially fall in the Northern Hemisphere, which means bright, beautiful foliage isn't far behind."

Biodiversity [49]
Forests [53]
Natural Resources [54]
People & Population [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [55], 09/24/2025
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"UN Chief Warns 1.5C Warming Goal At Risk Of 'Collapsing'" [56]

"UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday that efforts to cap climate warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial level are failing, as the UN prepared to host a climate week event alongside its annual diplomatic gathering."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [27]
Science [14]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: AFP [57], 09/23/2025
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"Judge Says Work on Wind Farm Off Rhode Island Can Proceed, for Now" [58]

"A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Danish energy company Orsted could restart work on Revolution Wind, a large wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is nearly complete but had been abruptly halted last month by the Trump administration."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [59]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [60], 09/23/2025
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Hurricane Gabrielle Swirls SE of Bermuda as Storm Narda Forms Off Mexico [61]

"Hurricane Gabrielle formed Sunday in the open Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, while Tropical Storm Narda emerged well off southern Mexico’s Pacific coast."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [62]
Environmental Health [11]
People & Population [39]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [63]
Source: AP [64], 09/23/2025
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Trump Links Autism To Acetaminophen, Despite Decades Of Evidence It’s Safe [65]

"President Donald Trump announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration will be notifying physicians that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy “can be associated with a very increased risk of autism,” despite decades of evidence that it’s safe."

Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: CNN [66], 09/23/2025
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Senate Dems Blame Trump Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices [67]

"With U.S. households paying 10 percent more per kilowatt hour for electricity than they did at the start of this year, Senate Democrats sought Monday to tie the increasing pain for consumers to the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of clean energy policy."

Economy & Business [59]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 09/23/2025
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