EJToday: Top Headlines

Climate Is on the Ballot, Even if It’s Not in Candidates’ Campaign Messages [9]

"In the final stretch of their midterm drive to gain control of Congress, Democratic candidates are talking mostly about the pain of high energy costs, not the risks of climate change." "Activists view November’s midterm elections as crucial for curbing Trump’s fossil fuel agenda and building a foundation for renewed action."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 10/29/2026
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Industry Knew for Decades That Microplastics Could Infiltrate Human Bodies [18]

"The chemical industry has known for decades that ingested microplastic particles can reach vital organs, an investigation has found."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [14]
Technology [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [23]
Source: Yale Environment 360 [24], 10/29/2026
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Oil Spill Off UAE Widens, Satellites Show, Prompting More Beach Closures [25]

"An oil spill from a ‌damaged tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates has widened, satellite images showed, triggering more beach closures and raising environmental concerns."

Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
Middle East [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 10/29/2026
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How Much Are Trump’s Pro-Coal Policies Costing Us? [32]

"The Trump administration loves coal plants. The rest of us are paying the price in higher electricity bills, poorer health, and worsening climate change." "A new report finds nearly half of U.S. coal plants benefit from federal handouts and pollution exemptions, harming public health, our wallets, and the climate."

Conflict/Corruption [33]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [14]
Technology [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [37], 10/29/2026
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The DOE Announces $5B Loan To Constellation For Nuclear Uprates [38]

"The conditional commitment aims to boost output across 15 reactors in three states, expanding clean power capacity far faster than building new reactors."

Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [40], 10/29/2026
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The Cost of Lagging Global Climate Action Is Lost Lives and Poor Health [41]

"A new report finds health harms from warming outpaced progress after the Paris Agreement and calls for climate change to be declared a global health emergency." "A decade after world leaders signed the legally binding Paris Agreement to combat climate change, the crisis’ health harms are getting worse and progress is lagging, according to a new report from leading international scientists."

Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 10/29/2026
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How Texas Could End Up Paying an Israeli Company Billions for Water [43]

"Plans are advancing on the Gulf Coast of Texas for an enormous seawater desalination plant which, if built, would be part of one of the largest water infrastructure developments in the country. Unlike other projects, this one wouldn’t belong to the public, but to a private, foreign water supplier."

Climate Change [11]
Infrastructure [36]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 10/29/2026
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As Ottawa Loosens Pesticide Rules, Europe Moves To Tighten Them [46]

"Canada is relaxing its pesticide laws just as the EU is considering tightening pesticide residue limits on food imports"

Agriculture [47]
Chemicals [19]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [48]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
Canada [49]
Europe [50]
Source: Canadian Affairs [51], 10/29/2026
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Trump Plans To Loosen Restrictions On Methane Emissions From Oil Drilling [52]

"President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling."

Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [53], 10/28/2026
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Trump’s Cuts Have Exposed US To ‘Cascade’ Of El Niño Dangers, Experts Warn [54]

"Sweeping cuts to the premier US climate agency under Donald Trump have severely hampered the country’s capacity to forecast, research and respond to extreme weather events, former government officials and scientists have warned, as the US faces a cascade of hazards fueled by a potentially historic El Niño this winter."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [55]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [56], 10/28/2026
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High Power Bills, Blackouts Land Michigan Utilities On The Ballot [57]

"When 83-year-old Sam Getsinger thinks about the future, she pictures her five grandchildren and the world she wants to leave them. An important part of that world, Getsinger said, is a healthy democracy. So when she first heard about an initiative to limit Michigan utilities’ influence in political campaigns, she immediately volunteered to support it."

Climate Change [11]
Conflict/Corruption [33]
Consumer [34]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [58]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [59], 10/28/2026
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Anger In Finland As Google Illegally Fells 250,000 Trees For Datacentre [60]

"Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [61]
Infrastructure [36]
Technology [22]
Public [15]
Europe [50]
Source: Guardian [62], 10/28/2026
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Is Coal Really Making A Comeback? [63]

"Headlines say the dirtiest fossil fuel is “back in fashion” — but there's much more to the story."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [23]
Source: Grist [64], 10/28/2026
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A ‘Bipartisan’ Bill to Dismantle the Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law [65]

"The sponsors of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act say it will improve energy infrastructure development. The truth is that it will fast-track environmental destruction."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Revelator [66], 10/28/2026
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Vital Central Valley Flood Control Levees Are Poorly Maintained: Watchdog [67]

"Nearly a third of local agencies running Central Valley levees have kept up “unacceptable” maintenance, some for years, and the state hasn’t stepped in."

Agriculture [47]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [36]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
California [68]
Source: CalMatters [69], 10/28/2026
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