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Appeal Could Ease Spreading of Drilling Fluids on Pennsylvania Roadways [9]

"In recent years, Pennsylvania regulators have tried to clamp down on roadway spreading of tens of millions of gallons of oil and gas “brines,” high-salt liquids that can be laced with toxic metals and radioactive material. The industry is pushing back."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [18]
Pollution [19]
Technology [20]
Waste [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 10/02/2025
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"NJ Sues Pfizer Over Cancer-Linked Water Contamination" [27]

"New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has sued Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Honeywell and several real estate companies over a site in Morris Plains where toxic waste remained from a now-shuttered pharmaceutical plant."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [19]
Waste [21]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 10/02/2025
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"Uncovering the Secret Lives of Cacti and Fungi in the Sonoran Desert" [30]

"With sizzling temperatures and a parched climate, it can be hard to survive in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. But some species have evolved to thrive in this extreme environment, including the iconic saguaro cactus. Part of the reason for this prickly plant’s success is its intimate relationship with a smaller—but similarly mighty—desert player: fungi."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [32]
Environmental Studies [33]
Natural Resources [34]
Science [35]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Mexico [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 10/02/2025
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Pope Leo Decries Climate Skeptics As He Embraces Francis' Green Legacy [39]

"Pope Leo XIV took aim Wednesday at skeptics who “ridicule those who speak of global warming,” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’ environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments to date."

Activism [40]
Climate Change [32]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [41]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [19]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [43]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [44]
Source: AP [45], 10/02/2025
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"Jane Goodall, Legendary Primatologist, Has Died At Age 91" [46]

"Jane Goodall, a scientist whose studies of wild chimpanzees made her a household name, has died at the age of 91, according to an announcement posted by the Jane Goodall Institute."

Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Studies [33]
Journalism & Media [41]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [42]
Science [35]
Wildlife [47]
Public [23]
International [44]
Africa [48]
Source: NPR [49], 10/02/2025
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"Shutdown Threatens To Delay Zeldin’s Climate Rule Rollback" [50]

"EPA is trying to complete an agencywide restructuring effort while also weakening marquee regulations in October and November. Now it might have to do that in the midst of a government shutdown."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [32]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [51]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [19]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [52], 10/01/2025
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Industry, Enviros Spar Over California Bill To Ban PFAS in Cookware [53]

"As US states increasingly pass laws to limit PFAS chemicals in consumer products, a debate is heating up over a California bill that proposes banning the sale of cookware with intentionally added “forever chemicals” beginning in 2030."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [54]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Technology [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [55]
Source: The New Lede [56], 10/01/2025
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Virginia Legislation to Manage Data Center Growth Is Stalling [57]

"The state with the most data centers is struggling to enact laws to protect electric customers and limit the energy and environmental impacts of their explosive growth."

Climate Change [32]
Economy & Business [58]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [42]
Planning & Growth [59]
Technology [20]
Public [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 10/01/2025
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"The Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches a Crossroads" [61]

"Facing weakened pollution targets and threats of federal inaction, Maryland and Virginia may have to become the agreement’s enforcers."

Activism [40]
Climate Change [32]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [62]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [34]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 10/01/2025
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"As Floods Worsen, Pakistan Is the Epicenter of Climate Change" [64]

"This season’s intense monsoon rains caused flooding that killed hundreds and displaced millions of people in Pakistan — an increasingly frequent occurrence. Scientists who study extreme weather warn that Pakistan is more vulnerable to climate change than any other nation."

Climate Change [32]
Disasters [65]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [42]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
Asia [66]
Source: YaleE360 [67], 10/01/2025
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Alaskan Graphite Mine Races Toward Approval Without Required Tribal Consent [68]

"A project in western Alaska is being fast-tracked in a process that has not yet included legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [33]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [19]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Alaska and Hawaii [69]
Source: Grist [70], 10/01/2025
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"World’s Major Cities Hit By 25% Leap In Extremely Hot Days Since The 1990s" [71]

"The world’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than in the 1990s, an analysis has found. Without urgent action to protect millions of people from high temperatures, more and more will suffer in the dangerous conditions, analysts said."

Climate Change [32]
Disasters [65]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [42]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [44]
Source: Guardian [72], 10/01/2025
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"How Big Sugar Pushed Fluoride — New Study Alleges A Century Of Spin" [73]

"The sugar industry and companies that make sweet drinks and foods have spent nearly a century downplaying sugar’s role in health problems and distorting the science around fluoride — and the practice continues today, according to a new study."

Agriculture [74]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [54]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [42]
Science [35]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The New Lede [75], 10/01/2025
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As Trump Cuts NSF By 56 Percent, Arctic Research Center Closes Its Doors [76]

"After nearly 40 years, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, or ARCUS, will close September 30, a casualty of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts and his administration’s focus on using the Arctic as an outpost for national security and energy dominance — and its push away from science."

Climate Change [32]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [33]
Natural Resources [34]
Science [35]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [44]
Antarctica & Arctic [77]
Source: Inside Climate News [78], 10/01/2025
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"Incredible Journeys: Migratory Sharks on the Move" [79]

"Even as scientists rush to identify the migratory paths of some endangered shark species to help better protect them, climate change and other threats shift this behavior, adding urgency to the research."

Biodiversity [31]
Fish & Fisheries [62]
Natural Resources [34]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
International [44]
Source: The Revelator [80], 10/01/2025
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