EJToday: Top Headlines

Lawsuit Alleges ‘Political Retribution’ In Trump Energy Project Cancellations [9]

"A new lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of “political retribution” in its recent decision to cancel a slate of energy projects that are primarily located in blue states."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [21], 11/12/2025
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"EPA Proposes Exemptions For ‘Forever Chemical’ Reporting Requirements" [22]

"The Trump administration is proposing to loosen requirements for companies to report on their uses of “forever chemicals.”

Chemicals [23]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [28], 11/12/2025
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UN Shipping Regulator Advocates For Emissions Fee At COP30, Despite Trump [29]

"The head of the International Maritime Organization said Monday he’s continuing to “advocate and campaign” for global regulations to move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels, despite the United States and Saudi Arabia blocking new rules last month."

Activism [30]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [19]
International [33]
Source: AP [34], 11/12/2025
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"EV Use Has Skyrocketed In Hawaiʻi. Why Is It So Hard To Find A Charger?" [35]

"As federal incentives for electric vehicles are drying up, will the state still expand its fledgling charging network?"

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Technology [36]
Transportation [31]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [37]
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat [38], 11/12/2025
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World Leaders At Climate Summit Take Swipes At Absent President Trump [39]

"Donald Trump isn’t at the global climate summit in Brazil. But he was on the minds of some of his fellow world leaders Thursday, who used their time on stage to try to isolate the U.S. president and his hard-line opposition to their agenda."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [33]
Source: E&E News [40], 11/10/2025
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"Paris Agreement Set A Path To Slow Warming. The World Hasn’t Stayed On It" [41]

"The world has changed dramatically in the decade since leaders celebrated a historic climate agreement in Paris a decade ago, but not quite in ways they expected or wanted."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [19]
International [33]
Source: AP [42], 11/10/2025
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"How Trump Officials Have Transformed The EPA To Weaken Enforcement" [43]

"The Trump administration is rapidly reshaping the Environmental Protection Agency to weaken enforcement against polluters and slash regulation of industry, according to data reviewed by The Washington Post, with the government shutdown accelerating the shift."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [44], 11/10/2025
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New York Gas Pipeline Gets Permit, Despite Environmental Concerns [45]

"New York regulators on Friday approved a water-quality permit for a long-contested pipeline that would bring natural gas to the state from Pennsylvania."

Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 11/10/2025
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Voter Anger At High Electric Bills And Data Centers Looms Over 2026 Midterms [49]

"Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year’s midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who’s footing the bill to power Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [50], 11/10/2025
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Forecast: ‘Intense’ Snow In Great Lakes States And Record Lows In South [51]

"Large swaths of the U.S. prepared for one of the season’s first blasts of wintry weather Sunday as temperatures dipped and snow fell in the Northern Plains, snowstorms developed eastward across the Great Lakes and the South prepared for a big chill."

Climate Change [10]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [52], 11/10/2025
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Trump EPA Moves To Loosen Restrictions It Once Supported On Harmful HFCs [53]

"Near the end of his first term, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that aimed to reduce harmful, planet-warming pollutants emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners. ... Five years later, the second Trump administration is reversing course, as it moves to loosen a federal rule — based on the 2020 law — that requires grocery stores, air-conditioning companies and others to reduce powerful greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment."

Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [54], 11/10/2025
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Trump Country Coal Miners With Black Lung Say Government Is Suffocating Them [55]

"Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for that passion to switch to hurt. She knows the names, ages, families and the intimate stories of each one’s scarred lungs. She worries about a whole community of West Virginia coal miners — including a growing number in their 30s and 40s — who come to her for help while getting sicker and sicker from what used to be considered an old-timer’s disease: black lung."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Health [56]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [57]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Source: AP [59], 11/10/2025
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"Firefighters Wear Wristbands To Track Harmful Exposures" [60]

"As wildfires burn closer to urban areas, scientists are trying to better catalog the vast array of pollutants that firefighters may be exposed to"

Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [61]
Source: C&EN [62], 11/10/2025
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"Shark-Spotting Drones To Become ‘Permanent Fixture’ On Queensland Beaches" [63]

"Queensland will roll out shark-spotting drones to more beaches, after a major study found drones detected more than double the number of sharks caught in adjacent nets."

Biodiversity [64]
Environmental Health [24]
Fish & Fisheries [65]
Technology [36]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [19]
International [33]
Australia & Oceania [66]
Source: Guardian [67], 11/10/2025
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At COP30, Leaders Say Time Running Short To Stop Worst Effects Of Warming [68]

"World leaders warned Thursday that time is running short for urgent and decisive action to prevent the worst effects of climate change, and blasted the United States for its retreat from those efforts, as they gathered at the edge of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest for the annual United Nations climate summit."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [69]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [70]
Pollution [18]
Science [71]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [33]
Source: AP [72], 11/07/2025
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