EJToday: Top Headlines

"A Pro-Dominion Grassroots Group Has Financial Ties — to Dominion" [9]

"Supporters of the Virginia Energy Reliability Alliance were out in force at an air permit hearing last month for the utility’s controversial natural gas “peaker” plant in Chesterfield County. Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest utility, says it’s been “transparent” with regard to its support for the group."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 10/24/2025
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"As Heat Gets More Extreme, Pregnant Farmworkers Are Increasingly At Risk" [22]

"Agricultural workers are already among the most vulnerable to extreme heat, and pregnant workers are coming under greater risk as temperatures rise because of climate change. Many in the U.S. are low-income Latino immigrants who toil under the sizzling sun or in humid nurseries open year round. Heat exposure has been linked to many extra risks for pregnant people, and while protections exist, experts say they need better enforcement and more safeguards are needed."

Agriculture [23]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [24]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AP [27], 10/24/2025
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"Oil Firm TotalEnergies Made Misleading Green Statements, Court Rules" [28]

"A French oil company engaged in “misleading commercial practices” about the scope of its environmental commitments, a court has ruled."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
International [29]
Europe [30]
Source: Guardian [31], 10/24/2025
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Iceland Reports Presence Of Mosquitoes For First Time, As Climate Warms [32]

"This week, Iceland recorded the presence of the insects within its borders for the first time in the Nordic nation's history."

Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Wildlife [34]
Public [19]
Antarctica & Arctic [35]
Europe [30]
Source: NPR [36], 10/24/2025
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Montana’s Blackfeet Nation Turns To An Old Friend For Food Sovereignty: Bison [37]

"Local non-profits and schools are helping students explore traditional practices paired with modern science to make food sovereignty a reality"

Biodiversity [33]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Justice [24]
Food [39]
People & Population [25]
Wildlife [34]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Source: Guardian [41], 10/24/2025
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Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIEHS [42]

"Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [43]
Government [44]
People & Population [25]
Science [45]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 10/23/2025
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"Trump Demolishes White House East Wing" [47]

"President Donald Trump’s move to demolish part of the White House to make way for a $250 million ballroom is eliciting outrage and calls for more oversight before any further changes are made."

Environmental Politics [15]
Government [44]
Infrastructure [48]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Planning & Growth [49]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Source: E&E News [50], 10/23/2025
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"From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy" [51]

"As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [48]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [52]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [29]
Mexico [53]
Europe [30]
Source: NYTimes [54], 10/23/2025
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Anti-Science Bills Hit Statehouses, Ending Public Health Protections [55]

"More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law."

Environmental Health [14]
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Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [25]
Science [45]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AP [56], 10/23/2025
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"US Hits Top Russian Oil Companies With Sanctions, EU Bans Russian LNG" [57]

"U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia for the first time in his second term, targeting oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft as his frustration grows with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Military [58]
Natural Resources [59]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [29]
Source: Reuters [60], 10/23/2025
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Melissa To Become Major Hurricane In Caribbean With Intense Winds, Flooding [61]

"As Tropical Storm Melissa crawls through the Caribbean, it will strengthen to a hurricane and unleash torrential rain that may trigger major to extreme flooding and mudslides, endangering lives and property."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [62]
Water & Oceans [63]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
Central America & the Caribbean [65]
Source: AccuWeather [66], 10/23/2025
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Gulf South Residents, Greens Sue Trump EPA Over Toxic Pollution Exemptions [67]

"Frontline community groups teamed up with national environmental organizations Wednesday to sue the Trump administration for letting chemical manufacturing plants off the hook for toxic, carcinogenic air pollution."

Chemicals [68]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 10/23/2025
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Trump Officials Refer Biden-Era FEMA Staff To DOJ For Criminal Charges [70]

"The Trump administration has sent a referral to the Department of Justice recommending Biden-era Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staff face criminal charges, alleging politicization of emergency funding."

Disasters [62]
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Government [44]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
Source: The Hill [71], 10/23/2025
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American E-Waste Is Causing A ‘Hidden Tsunami’ In Southeast Asia: Report [72]

"Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, according to a new report released Wednesday by an environmental watchdog."

Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [52]
Waste [73]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Asia [74]
Source: AP [75], 10/23/2025
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Scientists Hope Underwater Fiber Cables Can Help Save Endangered Orcas [76]

"As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish Sea. Working by headlamp, they fed the line from the rocky shore down to the seafloor — home to the region’s orcas."

Biodiversity [33]
Natural Resources [59]
Technology [52]
Water & Oceans [63]
Wildlife [34]
Public [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [77]
Source: AP [78], 10/23/2025
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