EJToday: Top Headlines

Trump Plans To Loosen Restrictions On Methane Emissions From Oil Drilling [9]

"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 [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [18], 10/28/2026
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Trump’s Cuts Have Exposed US To ‘Cascade’ Of El Niño Dangers, Experts Warn [19]

"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 [20]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Science [22]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [25], 10/28/2026
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High Power Bills, Blackouts Land Michigan Utilities On The Ballot [26]

"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 [27]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Grist [30], 10/28/2026
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Anger In Finland As Google Illegally Fells 250,000 Trees For Datacentre [31]

"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 [32]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [33]
Infrastructure [34]
Technology [23]
Public [16]
Europe [35]
Source: Guardian [36], 10/28/2026
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Is Coal Really Making A Comeback? [37]

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

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [38]
Source: Grist [39], 10/28/2026
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A ‘Bipartisan’ Bill to Dismantle the Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law [40]

"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 [32]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Revelator [42], 10/28/2026
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Vital Central Valley Flood Control Levees Are Poorly Maintained: Watchdog [43]

"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 [44]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [34]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
California [45]
Source: CalMatters [46], 10/28/2026
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Oklahoma Never Punished Oil Company Linked To 1,000 Pollution Incidents [47]

"Staff at an Oklahoma regulatory agency spent over a year building a case against Citation Oil & Gas, a company notorious for oil field pollution. Instead of disciplining the company, agency leaders chose to let it resume operations."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [48]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Source: The Frontier [50], 10/28/2026
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Americans’ Fresh Fruits And Vegetables Are Increasingly Coming From Mexico [51]

"A new Washington Post investigation has found that as fruit and vegetables are increasingly coming from Mexico, the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of produce manufacturers in the country has been minimal. In recent years, 34 percent of fresh vegetables and 59 percent of fresh fruit available in the U.S. were imported."

Agriculture [44]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [21]
Food [52]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mexico [53]
Source: Washington Post [54], 10/28/2026
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First Meeting In Over 20 Years Between First Nations And First Ministers [55]

"A historic gathering of First Nations leaders with Canadian and Provincial leaders was hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney on October 26. It was the first such meeting in over two decades. Although it was considered a landmark gathering, the meeting was boycotted by many First Nations and skipped by a couple of provincial premiers."

Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [13]
People & Population [48]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [57]
Public [16]
Canada [58]
Source: ICT [59], 10/28/2026
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Trump Ties Disaster Aid to Votes as Midterm Fight Heats Up [60]

"The White House is using federal disaster relief as leverage while Republicans fight to keep power in Washington, with President Trump saying on one occasion that voting for Democrats could mean less money for states."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [28]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [48]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: New York Times [61], 10/27/2026
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Researchers Leave US Because Of Trump Cuts And Politicization Of Science [62]

"Halley Froehlich was sure she’d spend her scientific career in the United States. Her family has been in America since the 1700s. But over the past two years, delayed federal grants and fears about the future motivated her to pack her life into boxes. She moved to Finland with her husband and daughter and is continuing her research — studying how fish, shellfish and seaweed that humans eat are responding to climate change — at the University of Helsinki."

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [29]
People & Population [48]
Science [22]
Technology [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [63], 10/27/2026
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Dengue Cases In Florida Continued To Climb After Emergency Declared [64]

"About a month after three Florida counties declared states of emergency over what officials described as a “wildly unusual” dengue outbreak, infections of the mosquito-borne disease have continued to climb."

Biodiversity [65]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [21]
People & Population [48]
Science [22]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [66]
Source: Washington Post [67], 10/27/2026
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Floods in Four Corners Region Displace Residents. Storms Move Southeast [68]

"Rare, heavy rainfall started to hit New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona on Wednesday. Since then, brown-colored floodwaters have led to road closures, mandatory evacuations and emergency declarations across the four states."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [20]
People & Population [48]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Source: NPR [69], 10/27/2026
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Subtropical Storm Josephine Forms in the Atlantic [70]

"Damage from Josephine has closed the only highway to North Carolina’s Outer Banks; king tide flooding is predicted to bring some of the highest water levels of the past 10 years to portions of the Southeast U.S. early next week."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [20]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [71]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [72]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [66]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [73], 10/27/2026
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