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US Is Outlier Among Rich Nations in Slowing Climate Progress: UN Data [9]

"The scientific report, identifies the United States as an outlier among the nations responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: New York Times [16], 10/21/2026
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U.K. Approves Long-Delayed North Sea Gas Field Despite Climate Concerns [17]

"Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who took office in July, has sought to balance pressure to tackle rising bills with demands from some Labour lawmakers to reduce fossil fuel use."

"Britain on Wednesday approved the Jackdaw North Sea gas field, ending years of legal and political wrangling as the Labour government seeks to balance its climate goals with energy security concerns.

Energy minister Miatta Fahnbulleh said the project would begin supplying gas to British homes and businesses by the end of this month, helping ease energy costs that have surged during the Iran war.
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [13]
Europe [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 10/21/2026
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The Overlapping Plagues Quietly Devastating American Forests [22]

"The trees are sick. Epidemics are escalating, across numerous species, as more and more pests and pathogens invade forests. Their entryway is global trade — in live plants, and in the countless products that are shipped in wooden pallets, crates and other packaging. As trade has boomed, so have the opportunities for tiny stowaways to wreak havoc."

Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [10]
Forests [24]
People & Population [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New York Times [26], 10/21/2026
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US Clean Energy Jobs Fell In 2025 For The First Time In Years [27]

"Clean energy installations have persisted at record levels despite President Donald Trump’s best efforts to stop them. But the first year of Trump’s second term did leave a mark on U.S. jobs in the sector." "Employment in the sector dipped in Donald Trump’s first year back in office — and many more expected jobs won’t materialize thanks to canceled clean energy projects."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Technology [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Canary Media [29], 10/21/2026
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After Trump Scraps Key Climate Report, Scientists Plow Ahead Anyway [30]

"After the Trump administration dismissed scientists behind a key national climate report last year, some of them decided they’d keep working on it — but from outside the government."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [31]
People & Population [25]
Science [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [33], 10/21/2026
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Trump Gives Contentious New York Pipeline A Defense Production Act Boost [34]

"The Trump administration is giving a defense-related boost to a contentious pipeline in the Northeast U.S. The Energy Department said Monday that it would give up to $42 million from the Defense Production Act for the Constitution Pipeline project that would transport natural gas from Pennsylvania to New York."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Transportation [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: The Hill [39], 10/21/2026
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Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds [40]

"Regulators in Texas did not stop processing permits for data center projects when Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a pause last month, according to an analysis of public records released Monday by the oil and gas watchdog group FracTracker."

Climate Change [10]
Conflict/Corruption [41]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 10/20/2026
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Fla. Cleanup Set to Begin This Fall, Decades After Superfund Designation [48]

"Plenty of storms have hit Pensacola, Florida’s westernmost city, in the 450 years since its founding, but among the worst has been the storm over the toxic waste site nicknamed “Mount Dioxin.”

Chemicals [49]
Consumer [50]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [35]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 10/20/2026
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US Is Reviving Shuttered Nuclear Plants To Power Grid, Data Centers [53]

"The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand, including from large-scale data centers."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [55], 10/20/2026
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Criminal Networks Threaten The Amazon. Indigenous Leaders Want UN To Act [56]

"Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking and deforestation to a United Nations conference in Vienna starting Monday."

Biodiversity [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [57]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Natural Resources [58]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [59]
Public [13]
International [15]
South America [60]
Source: AP [61], 10/20/2026
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‘Pitchfork Populism’ Over Data Centers Rattles Ohio’s U.S. Senate Race [62]

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A proposal for a large data center has upended politics in this Republican-leaning suburb of Columbus. That could spell trouble for U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, a longtime fixture in state Republican politics who was appointed to his seat in 2025 after former Sen. J.D. Vance became vice president. Husted is running against Sherrod Brown, a Democrat who served three terms in the Senate before losing his seat two years ago."

Air [63]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [12]
Technology [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [64]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 10/20/2026
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Deep-Sea Species Struggle to Recover After Deepwater Horizon Spill [66]

"Across hundreds of miles of the northern Gulf of Mexico, a deep-water ecosystem collapsed after the massive 2011 Deepwater Horizon oil and gas spill, and recovery is uncertain, new research concludes."

Chemicals [49]
Disasters [67]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Studies [68]
Fish & Fisheries [69]
Natural Resources [58]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 10/20/2026
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Judge Refuses DOJ’s Demand To Step Aside From Golf Course Hearing [71]

"A federal judge refused the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) demand to step aside from a key hearing on Monday over the future of East Potomac Park, which President Trump wants to renovate into a championship-style golf course."

Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [35]
People & Population [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: The Hill [72], 10/20/2026
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Wyoming Environmental Groups Debate Best Way to Manage Data Center Growth [73]

"Concerns about siting, water and electricity demand have led to calls for more oversight of data center construction in the Cowboy State, but not alignment on how to achieve it."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [35]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [74]
Pollution [12]
Technology [28]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [75]
Source: Inside Climate News [76], 10/20/2026
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Bringing More Beavers To Watersheds Is A Powerful Drought-Fighting Tool [77]

"On Jackson Ramsay’s family ranch late in the summer, there were few signs it had just weathered the worst-ever winter snowpack and record-setting heat."

Biodiversity [23]
Infrastructure [45]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [59]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [75]
Source: AP [78], 10/20/2026
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