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  • "Trump Administration Dismisses Risks of Atrazine, a Farm Herbicide" [9]

    "Experts say its continued use will likely harm hundreds of endangered species, rendering some extinct."

    Agriculture [10]
    Biodiversity [11]
    Chemicals [12]
    Environmental Health [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Pollution [15]
    Science [16]
    Wildlife [17]
    Public [18]
    National (U.S.) [19]
    Source: Civil Eats [20], 10/30/2025
    • Read more about "Trump Administration Dismisses Risks of Atrazine, a Farm Herbicide" [9]
  • "Despite Trump Troubles, Hyundai Charges Ahead With Green-Steel Project" [21]

    "Even after an immigration raid on its Georgia facility and dimmed prospects for hydrogen, Hyundai is committed to its $6B low-carbon steel plant in Louisiana."

    Climate Change [22]
    Economy & Business [23]
    Energy & Fuel [24]
    Technology [25]
    Public [18]
    National (U.S.) [19]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
    Source: Canary Media [27], 10/30/2025
    • Read more about "Despite Trump Troubles, Hyundai Charges Ahead With Green-Steel Project" [21]
  • "Judge Orders New York To Follow Through On Its Climate Law" [28]

    "The law required a state agency to issue major regulations more than a year and a half ago, and it had no excuse not to, the court found."

    Climate Change [22]
    Energy & Fuel [24]
    Environmental Politics [29]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Pollution [15]
    Public [18]
    Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
    Source: New York Focus [31], 10/30/2025
    • Read more about "Judge Orders New York To Follow Through On Its Climate Law" [28]
  • Why Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Keep Ending up in Philadelphia Waters [32]

    "Some 280 years after a river-swimming Benjamin Franklin petitioned to curb water pollution here, the city is still struggling to meet the challenge, according to water advocates who assembled along the banks of one of its two main rivers on Monday."

    Environmental Health [13]
    Environmental Politics [29]
    Infrastructure [33]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Pollution [15]
    Water & Oceans [34]
    Public [18]
    Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
    Source: Inside Climate News [36], 10/30/2025
    • Read more about Why Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Keep Ending up in Philadelphia Waters [32]
  • "A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back" [37]

    "The fish had been missing from the headwaters of the Klamath River for more than a century. Just a year after the removal of a final dam, they’ve returned."

    Biodiversity [11]
    Environmental Studies [38]
    Fish & Fisheries [39]
    Infrastructure [33]
    Water & Oceans [34]
    Public [18]
    National (U.S.) [19]
    Northwest (OR WA) [40]
    Source: NYTimes [41], 10/30/2025
    • Read more about "A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back" [37]
  • "Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall In Eastern Cuba As A Category 3 Storm" [42]

    "Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said."

    Climate Change [22]
    Disasters [43]
    People & Population [44]
    Water & Oceans [34]
    Public [18]
    National (U.S.) [19]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
    Central America & the Caribbean [45]
    Source: AP [46], 10/29/2025
    • Read more about "Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall In Eastern Cuba As A Category 3 Storm" [42]
  • "100 Countries Stall On Climate Targets Ahead Of COP30" [47]

    "Dozens of nations have failed to strengthen their climate targets — a requirement of the Paris Agreement — as they race toward global negotiations next month with planet-warming pollution on the rise."

    Climate Change [22]
    Energy & Fuel [24]
    Environmental Politics [29]
    Pollution [15]
    Public [18]
    International [48]
    Source: E&E News [49], 10/29/2025
    • Read more about "100 Countries Stall On Climate Targets Ahead Of COP30" [47]
  • Trump Fires Arts Commission Expected To Review His Construction Projects [50]

    "The White House on Tuesday fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of President Donald Trump’s construction projects, including his planned triumphal arch in Washington."

    Environmental Politics [29]
    Environmental Studies [38]
    Government [51]
    Infrastructure [33]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Public [18]
    National (U.S.) [19]
    Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
    Source: Washington Post [52], 10/29/2025
    • Read more about Trump Fires Arts Commission Expected To Review His Construction Projects [50]
  • Coffee-Driven Deforestation Is Making It Harder To Grow Coffee, Group Says [53]

    "As the world's thirst for coffee shows no signs of slowing down, widely used practices to ramp up the crop's production have become self-defeating, according to a nonprofit watchdog group."

    Agriculture [10]
    Biodiversity [11]
    Climate Change [22]
    Environmental Studies [38]
    Natural Resources [54]
    Public [18]
    South America [55]
    Source: NPR [56], 10/29/2025
    • Read more about Coffee-Driven Deforestation Is Making It Harder To Grow Coffee, Group Says [53]
  • "Park Air Monitoring Networks Suffer Under Shutdown, Trump Cuts" [57]

    "The complex web of air monitoring networks in the nation’s national parks is bogged down under the government shutdown, widening weak spots in an already underfunded and overstretched network."

    Air [58]
    Environmental Politics [29]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Natural Resources [54]
    Pollution [15]
    Public [18]
    National (U.S.) [19]
    Source: Bloomberg Environment [59], 10/29/2025
    • Read more about "Park Air Monitoring Networks Suffer Under Shutdown, Trump Cuts" [57]
  • "The Amazon Rainforest's Fossil Fuel Rush" [60]

    "South America's vulnerable Amazon rainforest region is a rising frontier for oil and gas drilling."

    Climate Change [22]
    Energy & Fuel [24]
    Environmental Politics [29]
    Forests [61]
    Natural Resources [54]
    Pollution [15]
    Public [18]
    South America [55]
    Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [62], 10/29/2025
    • Read more about "The Amazon Rainforest's Fossil Fuel Rush" [60]
  • "Critics Decry Company Created To Rush Power To Indiana Data Centers" [63]

    "Northern Indiana Public Service Co. says the spinoff is needed to meet surging power demand. Others say it’s an excuse to bypass regulations that protect consumers."

    Climate Change [22]
    Economy & Business [23]
    Energy & Fuel [24]
    Environmental Politics [29]
    Technology [25]
    Public [18]
    National (U.S.) [19]
    Source: Canary Media [64], 10/29/2025
    • Read more about "Critics Decry Company Created To Rush Power To Indiana Data Centers" [63]
  • "China Moves To Supercharge Green Hydrogen As US Pulls Back" [65]

    "A new policy in China could ramp up the nation’s production of green hydrogen for use in airplanes, ships, and other heavy industries, potentially eclipsing output of the fuel in the United States and Europe."

    Climate Change [22]
    Economy & Business [23]
    Energy & Fuel [24]
    Infrastructure [33]
    Technology [25]
    Public [18]
    National (U.S.) [19]
    International [48]
    Asia [66]
    Source: Canary Media [67], 10/29/2025
    • Read more about "China Moves To Supercharge Green Hydrogen As US Pulls Back" [65]
  • EPA Pushes Asheboro, N.C., To Control Toxic Discharges Into Drinking Supply [68]

    "The EPA wants the city of 28,000 to rein in an industrial solvent, 1,4-Dioxane, from its wastewater discharges. So far, Asheboro has refused."

    Chemicals [12]
    Environmental Health [13]
    Environmental Politics [29]
    Infrastructure [33]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Pollution [15]
    Water & Oceans [34]
    Public [18]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
    Source: Inside Climate News [69], 10/29/2025
    • Read more about EPA Pushes Asheboro, N.C., To Control Toxic Discharges Into Drinking Supply [68]
  • "Cemeteries: How the Dead Protect the Wild" [70]

    "From wildly popular to nearly forgotten, some of our cemeteries play an unexpected role in fostering biodiversity — and may provide climate solutions, too."

    Biodiversity [11]
    Climate Change [22]
    Natural Resources [54]
    People & Population [44]
    Religion, Faith and Spirituality [71]
    Wildlife [17]
    Public [18]
    National (U.S.) [19]
    International [48]
    Source: The Revelator [72], 10/29/2025
    • Read more about "Cemeteries: How the Dead Protect the Wild" [70]

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