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Lobster Population Falls Off New England. Regulators Declare Overfishing. [9]

"A new report says America’s lobsters, which have been in decline since 2018, are now being overfished off New England."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
Source: AP [19], 10/31/2025
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Corps Approves Enbridge Pipeline Reroute Around Wisconsin Reservation [20]

"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday approved energy company Enbridge’s plans to reroute an aging oil pipeline around a northern Wisconsin tribal reservation."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
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Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: AP [28], 10/31/2025
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Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely: Study [29]

"Fueled by unusually warm waters, Hurricane Melissa this week turned into one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded. Now a new rapid attribution study suggests human-induced climate change made the deadly tropical cyclone four times more likely."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [30]
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Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
International [32]
Central America & the Caribbean [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 10/31/2025
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"Trump Fossil Fuel Approvals Keep Coming Despite Government Shutdown" [35]

"The government shutdown isn’t stopping the Trump administration from advancing its policy priorities, especially when it comes to fossil fuels." "Between Oct. 1 and Wednesday, the bureau approved 474 permits to drill on public lands."

Activism [36]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [38]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [39]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [40], 10/31/2025
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Furry Envoys: China’s Rare Golden Monkeys Debut At European Zoos [41]

"With their distinctive shaggy orange manes, pale blue faces and dense fur covering their hands and feet, it’s hard to mistake China’s endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys for any other animal. These rare and charismatic monkeys, unique to the frigid mountains of central China, have recently joined the country’s famous pandas as furry envoys to zoos in Europe for the first time... ."

Biodiversity [10]
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Asia [46]
Europe [47]
Source: AP [48], 10/31/2025
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"NOAA Hurricane Hunter Crews, Researchers Flying Without Pay" [49]

"The NOAA pilots and scientists flying aboard hurricane hunter aircraft into Hurricane Melissa’s 185-mile per hour winds are not being paid during the government shutdown, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed Tuesday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Studies [43]
Government [38]
People & Population [26]
Science [50]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [51], 10/30/2025
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"Hurricane Melissa Leaves Trail Of Destruction Across Cuba, Haiti And Jamaica" [52]

"Hurricane Melissa left at least dozens dead and caused widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape Wednesday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [22]
People & Population [26]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Central America & the Caribbean [33]
Source: AP [53], 10/30/2025
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"Annual Climate Change Report Finds “Planet On The Brink”" [54]

"Earth’s vital signs are “flashing red,” fossil fuel use is at peak levels and warming is increasingly impacting forests, oceans and disaster frequency, according to a new report."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [23]
People & Population [26]
Public [16]
International [32]
Source: The New Lede [55], 10/30/2025
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"Energy Prices Seize Spotlight In Virginia, New Jersey Races" [56]

"Closely watched gubernatorial campaigns in Virginia and New Jersey are serving as testing grounds for how candidates will use surging electricity prices to their advantage in next year’s midterm elections."

Consumer [42]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [26]
Technology [57]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [58], 10/30/2025
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"EPA Accused Of Misleading Public About Ongoing Production Of Harmful PFAS" [59]

"Federal regulators are falsely claiming that production of a dangerous PFAS chemical has been phased out in the US, according to a complaint filed this week by an environmental watchdog group alleging the statement is untrue since the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consistently finds the chemical and other PFAS in fluorinated plastic containers."

Chemicals [60]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [44]
Pollution [39]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [61], 10/30/2025
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"Trump Administration Dismisses Risks of Atrazine, a Farm Herbicide" [62]

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

Agriculture [63]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [60]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [39]
Science [50]
Wildlife [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Civil Eats [64], 10/30/2025
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"Despite Trump Troubles, Hyundai Charges Ahead With Green-Steel Project" [65]

"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 [11]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Technology [57]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Canary Media [66], 10/30/2025
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"Judge Orders New York To Follow Through On Its Climate Law" [67]

"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 [11]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [39]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
Source: New York Focus [68], 10/30/2025
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Why Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Keep Ending up in Philadelphia Waters [69]

"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 [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [70]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 10/30/2025
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"A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back" [72]

"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 [10]
Environmental Studies [43]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Infrastructure [24]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [73]
Source: NYTimes [74], 10/30/2025
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