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As Atlantic Warms, Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricane Melissa’s Ferocity [9]

"The warming of the world’s oceans caused by climate change helped double Hurricane Melissa’s wind speed in less than 24 hours over the weekend, climate scientists said Monday. Melissa is currently a Category 5 storm, the highest category, with sustained wind speeds of over 157 mph (252 kph). Melissa is forecast to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday before crossing Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [16]
Source: AP [17], 10/28/2025
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"An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders" [18]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is promising to erase a scientific finding that underpins climate regulations nationwide. But some business leaders said they are wary that the move could lead to a costly legal quagmire." "Some carmakers and energy executives say the plan would trigger costly litigation and spur individual states to create a patchwork of tighter rules."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Science [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [24], 10/28/2025
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"Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Faces Fierce Opposition In Congress" [25]

"Lawmakers are girding for a fight against President Donald Trump’s apparent plans to open up the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines to offshore drilling." "Most coastal Republicans and Democrats said they wouldn’t back drilling off their states’ shores."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [27], 10/28/2025
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"Green Groups Gird For Life In Trump’s Crosshairs" [28]

"The administration’s pursuit of its perceived enemies has compelled environmental groups to take new precautions." "Bring burner phones on overseas trips. Use encrypted apps for communication. Don’t cross international borders with laptops. Beef up office security. Hire more lawyers."

Activism [29]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Military [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [31], 10/28/2025
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"Ranchers Agreed To Leave A National Park. Then RFK Jr. Got Involved." [32]

"POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, California — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a wellness influencer and a pioneering dairy farmer joined forces earlier this year to upend a landmark deal that stopped most cattle operations at this park north of San Francisco."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
California [37]
Source: E&E News [38], 10/28/2025
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"Exxon Sues California Over New Climate Disclosure Laws" [39]

"The oil giant said requirements that companies calculate new details about greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks violate Exxon’s free speech rights."

Activism [29]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
California [37]
Source: NYTimes [40], 10/28/2025
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Trump, GOP Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts [41]

"Republican attorneys general, GOP lawmakers, industry groups and the president himself are all maneuvering to foreclose the ability of cities and states to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for damages linked to climate change."

Activism [29]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 10/28/2025
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"Cranberry Farmers Consider Turning Bogs Into Wetlands as Temperatures Rise" [45]

"Massachusetts is helping to transform cranberry bogs into habitats that broaden conservation and climate change resilience."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [34]
Natural Resources [35]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 10/28/2025
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Uncontacted Indigenous Groups Could Vanish Within A Decade Without Help [48]

"From the depths of Brazil’s Amazon to Indonesia’s rainforests, some of the world’s most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public view or effective state protection."

Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [12]
Public [14]
International [49]
Source: AP [50], 10/28/2025
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"At This Texas Pecan Orchard, Bats Handle Most Of The Bug Control" [51]

"Bats love to munch on insects like stink bugs and moths. Some farmers are now relying on the mammals for pest control – and ditching chemicals."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [34]
Chemicals [52]
Environmental Health [42]
Wildlife [36]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [53]
Source: KCUR/Harvest Public Media [54], 10/28/2025
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"Melissa Strengthens To A Category 5 Hurricane As It Nears Jamaica" [55]

"Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Government [56]
Infrastructure [57]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [16]
Source: AP [58], 10/27/2025
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"Six Ways the COP30 Climate Summit Can Succeed or Fail" [59]

"In a month’s time, nearly 200 countries will gather at the gates of the Amazon rainforest for a new round of United Nations-sponsored climate talks. But there is still intense discussion about what the main outcome ought to be."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [20]
Forests [60]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
International [49]
South America [61]
Source: Bloomberg [62], 10/27/2025
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"Trump Makes Laura Swett FERC Chair. What Will Be Her Focus?" [63]

"President Donald Trump on Thursday designated Laura Swett chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, marking the agency’s third leadership change in nine months."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [57]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [64], 10/27/2025
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"Trump Administration Moves to Accelerate AI Power Hookups" [65]

"The Trump administration is pushing regulators to dramatically accelerate the process of allowing the booming data-center sector to connect to power grids."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [57]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg [66], 10/27/2025
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Stormy Seas: Can The Deadliest Catch Crab Fishery Survive Warming Seas? [67]

"Warmer waters in the Bering Sea caused snow crabs to crash. Now, scientists are racing to predict the future of the lucrative fishery"

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [68]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [69]
Source: Science [70], 10/27/2025
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