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Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor Status Quo, Not Progress [9]

"Experts say stifling bureaucratic procedures that are disconnected from the climate crisis have consistently stalled COP negotiations."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 11/13/2025
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"At COP30, Brazilian Meat Giant JBS Recommends Climate Policy" [17]

"The world’s biggest meat company, a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is leading food-company efforts to engage in climate talks."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Civil Eats [19], 11/13/2025
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"Zeldin Kept Up EPA Roadshow During Shutdown" [20]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s travel didn’t cease over what has become the federal government’s longest funding lapse in history." "In a sign of the Trump administration’s novel approach to the funding gap, the administrator traveled for 16 days during the shutdown."

Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 11/13/2025
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"Colorado River Negotiations Blow Past Deadline" [26]

"State negotiators failed to meet a Tuesday deadline to reach an initial agreement over future operations of the drought-stricken Colorado River, but the Trump administration indicated it will allow states to continue bargaining."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [30], 11/13/2025
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"FDA Names Longtime Cancer Scientist Pazdur To Lead Drug Center" [31]

"The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday named a longtime regulator of cancer medicines to lead the agency’s drug center, replacing the former drug director who was recently ousted after an ethics complaint."

Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Science [36]
Technology [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [38], 11/13/2025
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"How Government Shutdowns Give Polluters A Free Pass" [39]

"Though the current political showdown is nearing an end, new research shows that government shutdowns leave polluting legacies."

Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [40]
Public [14]
Source: Grist [41], 11/13/2025
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"If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go" [42]

"A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Infrastructure [28]
Planning & Growth [43]
Technology [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: WIRED [44], 11/13/2025
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"Trump’s Hatred of EVs Is Making Gas Cars More Expensive" [45]

"Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car, period."

Consumer [27]
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Laws & Regulations [35]
Transportation [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Vox [47], 11/13/2025
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"The Caribbean Has A Super-Hurricane Problem" [48]

"Caribbean nations face an increasing threat from super hurricanes, which can cost a significant fraction of their GDP. Climate change is expected to make the strongest hurricanes stronger."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [49]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Studies [50]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [51]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [52], 11/13/2025
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"Five Ways Joe Rogan Misleads Listeners About Climate Change" [53]

"Joe Rogan has one of the most popular podcasts on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and a combined 50 million followers on YouTube, Spotify, and Instagram. And like nearly all of today’s most popular online shows, Rogan’s spreads climate misinformation."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [54]
Science [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [55], 11/13/2025
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"Environment Takeaways From The Spending Deal" [56]

"The Senate approved a three-bill spending package for fiscal 2026. Lawmakers also passed a stopgap for the rest of the government."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [57], 11/12/2025
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"Chemical Giant, Climate Skeptics Vie For Seats On EPA Science Panel" [58]

"A chemical company lobbyist, an advocacy group that soft-pedals the dangers of climate change and an organization seeking to end animal testing in research are among those pushing candidates for EPA’s premier scientific advisory panel, according to records obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."

Chemicals [32]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [40]
Science [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [59], 11/12/2025
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"Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling" [60]

"The Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in roughly four decades, according to three people briefed on the matter. The move would set up a confrontation with Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has fought offshore drilling and who has emerged as one of President Trump’s chief political antagonists."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [40]
Technology [37]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [62]
Source: NYTimes [63], 11/12/2025
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"Two Caribbean Islands Seek Justice From France for Pesticide Poisoning" [64]

"In Guadeloupe and Martinique, where more than 90 percent of the population has chlordecone in their blood, residents continue to demand financial compensation from the French government."

Activism [10]
Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [65]
Laws & Regulations [35]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [40]
Public [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 11/12/2025
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Rise In Chinese Coal Plants In Indonesia Belies Pledge To End Fossil Aid [67]

"A surge in the supply of Chinese-backed coal-fired power plants built to supply electricity to Indonesia’s fast-growing nickel mining and processing sector is undermining Beijing’s efforts to dial back support for fossil fuels, a study released Nov. 3 has found."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Infrastructure [28]
Natural Resources [68]
Pollution [40]
Public [14]
International [15]
Asia [69]
Australia & Oceania [70]
Source: Mongabay [71], 11/12/2025
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