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EPA and HHS Team Up On Expanded Review Of Glyphosate Weedkiller Safety [9]

"US officials said this week they are expanding a scientific review of the widely used weed killer glyphosate, a chemical popular in agriculture but also linked for years to cancer and other health problems."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [19], 09/25/2026
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Anthropic AI Is Teaching Itself Biology. Now It’s Made Its First Discovery. [20]

"Biologists at Anthropic announced on Wednesday that they had used artificial intelligence to identify genes in viruses that produce enzymes that work in a new way, the first discovery emanating from a research lab the company opened this spring."

Science [16]
Technology [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New York Times [22], 09/25/2026
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Foreign Fishing Fleets Are Robbing West African Countries of Key Nutrients [23]

"Seafood isn’t just a key source of protein and calories; it’s also where millions around the world get essential vitamins and minerals needed to build tissue, fight infections and grow. Yet, as modern mechanized fishing fleets plunder global waters, populations in low-income countries are losing out."

Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Food [25]
People & Population [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
International [28]
Africa [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 09/25/2026
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Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine [31]

"A bunch of sharks cruising the Maine coast may seem ominous, but it’s actually a conservation success story."

Biodiversity [32]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: WIRED [34], 09/25/2026
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‘All We Could See Was Red’: The Wildfires Choking Indonesian Borneo [35]

"For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fueled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern."

Air [36]
Climate Change [37]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [39]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
Asia [40]
Australia & Oceania [41]
Source: New York Times [42], 09/25/2026
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Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath River Dam Removals, Study Finds [43]

"The Klamath River, cleared of big barriers for the first time in more than a century after the largest dam removal project in American history, is experiencing a significant rebound of native chinook salmon, according to a new study."

Fish & Fisheries [24]
Infrastructure [44]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
Source: New York Times [46], 09/25/2026
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A New Fleet Of Electric School Buses Hits New York City Streets [47]

"School districts nationwide are grappling with record diesel prices this fall as they resume shuttling students back and forth. But filling up isn’t a problem for some of the newest buses in New York City. That’s because these 10 long, yellow vehicles plug into the electric grid."

Climate Change [37]
Consumer [48]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Infrastructure [44]
People & Population [26]
Technology [21]
Transportation [50]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: Canary Media [51], 09/25/2026
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Bear Encounters Are Rising Across The United States. Here’s Why. [52]

"Agencies in at least 15 states have reported increased calls this year, as drought and population growth drive the animals closer to people in search of food."

Biodiversity [32]
Wildlife [53]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [54], 09/25/2026
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A Battle Brews Over Maine’s Salmon Farms [55]

"Lobstermen and salmon conservationists say industrial aquaculture is ruining the health of Maine’s waters and threatening its fishing heritage."

Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 09/25/2026
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At UN, Panama Champions a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Nature [57]

"From the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino called on fellow leaders to support a treaty affirming that nature has inherent rights."

Activism [58]
Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Justice [59]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [60]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [61]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [62]
Wildlife [53]
Public [17]
International [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 09/25/2026
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Judge Blocks Trump’s White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico [64]

"A federal judge on Thursday said that President Trump’s order barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House was likely unconstitutional and ordered the administration to restore access to the three news outlets."

Journalism & Media [65]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New York Times [66], 09/24/2026
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'Super' El Niño Could Cause 451,000 Excess Deaths, Researchers Say [67]

"Extreme heat caused by this year's "super-El Niño" could result in as many as ‌451,000 excess deaths across the globe from June this year to February 2027, researchers with the University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab said on Wednesday."

Climate Change [37]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [26]
Public [17]
International [28]
Source: Reuters [68], 09/24/2026
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Climate Forward: Energy Secretary Dismisses Idea of Diesel Export Ban [69]

"Energy Secretary Chris Wright, speaking on Wednesday at the Climate Forward live event in Manhattan, dismissed reports that President Trump was preparing a total ban on U.S. exports of diesel in a bid to lower energy prices before the midterm elections."

Energy & Fuel [49]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New York Times [70], 09/24/2026
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Duke Energy Wants To Build A New Gas Plant. Regulators Said Not So Fast. [71]

"The 255-MW plant in North Carolina was meant to help meet data center demand. Regulators took the rare step of rejecting the permit amid a growing national backlash."

Climate Change [37]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [26]
Technology [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [72]
Source: Canary Media [73], 09/24/2026
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Pennsylvania’s AI Boom Is Repeating Old Patterns of Exploitation [74]

"Pennsylvania’s data center industry has promised economic growth and a revival of the state’s industrial strength. But a new report issued Tuesday finds little evidence of job growth and warns that adding more of the massive computer complexes could repeat a long history of industrial facilities exploiting the communities that house them."

Energy & Fuel [49]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [59]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [75], 09/24/2026
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