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Oil and Tech Money Back Measure to Limit California Environmental Law [9]

"Proposition 45 would ease development of a wide range of projects, including some fossil-fuel facilities and possibly AI data centers."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [19]
Source: Capital & Main [20], 10/23/2026
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W. Va. Investigates Green Groups Over ‘Deceptive’ Climate Change Advocacy [21]

"West Virginia’s Republican attorney general has launched a broad investigation of the state’s leading environmental groups, demanding a decade of internal records involving “unfair or deceptive acts” in their fundraising and climate change advocacy."

Activism [22]
Climate Change [10]
Conflict/Corruption [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [27]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Source: AP [29], 10/23/2026
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Brazil’s Supreme Court Suspends Permit For Major Amazon Gold Mine [30]

"Brazil’s Supreme Court has suspended an environmental permit for a major gold mining project in the Amazon rainforest, dealing a setback to a Canadian company’s plans to develop an open-pit mine along a river already affected by one of the country’s largest hydroelectric dams."

Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
South America [33]
Source: AP [34], 10/23/2026
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Pakistan Workers Swelter In Extreme Heat Despite Brands' Safety Pledges [35]

"Machines whirred around Siddiqui as her vision blurred and her heart hammered. The garment factory on the outskirts of Karachi was sweltering."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [24]
People & Population [27]
Public [17]
Asia [36]
Source: AP [37], 10/23/2026
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Court Blocks Ohio GOPers From Killing A Clean Air Law Opposed By Polluter [38]

"A Franklin County judge overturned Ohio lawmakers’ effort to eliminate a clean air enforcement rule that’s used against polluters. She said the legislation unconstitutionally spanned multiple subjects."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Signal Ohio [40], 10/23/2026
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Maryland CAFO Fund Wastes Taxpayer Dollars As Pollution Persists: Report [41]

"Maryland is spending millions in taxpayer dollars on technology designed to protect people and water from animal manure pollution at large-scale livestock farms — but has wasted money on fruitless projects and shown little evidence that the investments are working, according to a new report."

Agriculture [42]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Source: The New Lede [43], 10/23/2026
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New Washington Cooling Law Protects Farm Workers - If They Know About It [44]

"Renters in Washington State now have expanded rights to air conditioning under a state law that recently went into effect. Awareness of the law, however, has yet to reach the farmworker community, which could benefit from the new protections."

Agriculture [42]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [27]
Public [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [46], 10/23/2026
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Map Shows US Drinking Water Contaminated With ‘Forever Chemicals’ [47]

"Federal monitoring data has revealed where two extensively studied PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” have been found in drinking water across the U.S."

Chemicals [31]
Consumer [48]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Newsweek [49], 10/23/2026
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A New Ice Age Was Beginning. Then Humans Started Burning Fossil Fuels [50]

"Ancient plants reveal that the vestiges of the North American ice sheet started expanding a few thousand years ago, but that climate change caused it to reverse course."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Science [51]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [52]
Canada [53]
Source: WIRED [54], 10/23/2026
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The Hidden History Of How Big Oil Invented The American Dream [55]

"From the family car to the dream kitchen, fossil fuel companies sold a vision of prosperity that depended on their own products. Grist dug up a century of evidence that shows how they did it."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [48]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Grist [56], 10/23/2026
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The Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal [57]

"Some of the Trump administration’s partners could remain anonymous, hidden behind a parent company based in Barbados. The oil deal is designed to prevent future U.S. presidents and Venezuelan leaders from changing or dismantling the enterprise."

Climate Change [10]
Conflict/Corruption [23]
Economy & Business [58]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [59]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
South America [33]
Source: ProPublica [60], 10/22/2026
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Trump Ties Disaster Aid to Votes as Midterm Fight Heats Up [61]

"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."

Conflict/Corruption [23]
Disasters [62]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [63]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New York Times [64], 10/22/2026
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Satellite Detects 166 Major Methane Leaks at New Mexico Oil and Gas Ops [65]

"A new report by Gas Leaks Project and Earthworks tallied 166 major methane leaks at 121 New Mexico oil and gas facilities between January 1, 2025, and April 30, 2026. According to the report, few of the leaks appear to have been reported to the state as required by New Mexico rules and operator permits."

Chemicals [31]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Government [63]
Infrastructure [66]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Capital & Main [67], 10/22/2026
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The River Can’t Be Trusted [68]

"After two wildfires in 2024 charred hillsides above Ruidoso, New Mexico, experts warned dangerous flash floods could affect large parts of the tourist town."

Disasters [62]
Forests [69]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [70]
Source: ProPublica [71], 10/22/2026
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Heat Storm: 7 Takeaways From Our Investigation Of Supersized Heat Waves [72]

"Reuters conducted a data-driven examination of global temperatures that shows heat waves have surged in size and frequency since the 1960s. These are the key takeaways."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [62]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [70]
Source: Reuters [73], 10/22/2026
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