EJToday: Top Headlines

"NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani to Face Pressing Climate, Environment Issues" [9]

"Zohran Mamdani will need to enforce the city’s building decarbonization law, enact his green school policy and handle the climate change-related issues residents often face—like flooding and extreme heat."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 11/06/2025
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Trump Names Former New Mexico Lawmaker To Lead Bureau Of Land Management [18]

"President Donald Trump nominated a former lawmaker from New Mexico on Wednesday to oversee the management of vast public lands that are playing a central role in Republican attempts to ramp up fossil fuel production."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [20], 11/06/2025
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After Floods And Drought Drove Them From Their Homes, They Seek Haven In NYC [21]

"Data analysis found higher than average migration growth to the US from areas in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Senegal hit by repeated climate disasters."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [22]
People & Population [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [24]
Source: Columbia Journalism Investigations [25], 11/06/2025
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"WATCH: Parkinson’s And Pesticides – Inside The Fight Over Paraquat" [26]

"Mounting scientific evidence links the pesticide paraquat to Parkinson’s disease, a debilitating and deadly brain disease on the rise in the US. Syngenta, the longtime international maker of the weed-killing chemical, knew of this link decades ago but spent the intervening years questioning and undermining research, internal corporate records obtained by The New Lede show. Now the company is facing thousands of lawsuits brought by people blaming the weed killer for causing Parkinson’s disease."

Agriculture [27]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [31], 11/06/2025
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"These Are The Environmental Programs To Be Cut Under Carney’s First Budget" [32]

"Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget scales back rules around greenwashing, and hints an oil and gas emissions cap is unlikely. But it introduces a youth climate corps and renews efforts to lift boil-water advisories"

Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [33]
Public [15]
Canada [34]
Source: The Narwhal [35], 11/06/2025
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Climate-Fighting Efforts Show Slight Gain But Still Fall Far Short, UN Says [36]

"All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in “have barely moved the needle” on reducing Earth’s future warming, a new United Nations report finds."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [37]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [24]
Source: AP [38], 11/05/2025
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"Interior Secretary Faces Scrutiny for Travel Amid Shutdown" [39]

"While some national parks are seeing damage and illegal activity during the government shutdown, Doug Burgum is traveling around the Middle East, selling American gas and oil."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [24]
Source: NYTimes [40], 11/05/2025
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"Companies Hit The Brakes On EVs, Laying Off Thousands Of Workers" [41]

"In recent weeks, automakers and other companies in the vehicle space are pulling back their investments in electric vehicles (EVs), including laying off workers in multiple states."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [37]
Technology [42]
Transportation [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [24]
Source: The Hill [44], 11/05/2025
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Pa. Gas Producer CNX Sues Capital & Main Over Its Reporting on Health Risks [45]

"A lawsuit by CNX Resources Corporation accuses the news organization of defamation for quoting sources critical of an industry-written study. Capital & Main stands by its reporting and vows to fight the suit."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [46]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [47]
Source: Capital & Main [48], 11/05/2025
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Health Advocates Call For Federal “Reboot” On Ultra-Processed Foods [49]

"A diverse group of food advocates, farmers, chefs and scientists is urging the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to define ultra-processed foods through a lens of public health, including what’s added or taken away from foods during processing, as well as any new risks introduced."

Consumer [50]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [51]
Health [52]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [23]
Science [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [53], 11/05/2025
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"White House Pressured EPA For Broad Rollback Of Tailpipe Rules" [54]

"White House budget officials leaned on EPA to broaden its rollback of tailpipe regulations as it sought this summer to repeal a foundational EPA policy that undergirds most federal climate rules, including those for cars and trucks."

Air [55]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [50]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [56]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [42]
Transportation [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [57], 11/05/2025
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"Drought Is Quietly Pushing American Cities Toward A Fiscal Cliff" [58]

"Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Government [56]
Water & Oceans [59]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [60], 11/05/2025
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"Trump Killed A Crucial Disaster Database. This Nonprofit Just Saved It." [61]

"As the Trump administration deletes climate data and shutters resources that track the impacts of a warming world, nonprofits, state-level governments, and independent scientists are rushing to preserve the information."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [62]
Journalism & Media [46]
People & Population [23]
Science [30]
Water & Oceans [59]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [63], 11/05/2025
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Invasive Golden Mussels Upending Life In CA Delta, With No Help On The Way [64]

"One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the Delta, thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and farms. Yet the state has no specific funding or plans to tackle harms in the heart of the invasion."

Biodiversity [65]
Fish & Fisheries [66]
Infrastructure [67]
Water & Oceans [59]
Wildlife [68]
Public [15]
California [69]
Source: CalMatters [70], 11/05/2025
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"Google Earth Gets an AI Chatbot to Help Chart the Climate Crisis" [71]

"New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could eventually predict disasters and identify the communities likely to be affected."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Studies [62]
Journalism & Media [46]
Technology [42]
Water & Oceans [59]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [24]
Source: WIRED [72], 11/05/2025
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