EJToday: Top Headlines

New ‘Safe’ Chemicals In Plastic Food Packaging Linked To Lower Birth Weight [9]

"Exposure to a new generation of allegedly “safe” plasticizers is linked to lower birth weight and fetal development complications, which could cause serious health problems later in life, a new peer-reviewed study found."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 11/10/2026
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USDA Policy Shift Would Cut Millions Of People Off Food Aid Program [19]

"The Agriculture Department is set to tighten eligibility requirements for the nation’s largest anti-hunger initiative in a change that is expected to render millions of additional Americans ineligible for the program." "The Agriculture Department is reviving a plan that will require low-income people to take additional steps to qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program."

Agriculture [20]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Food [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: POLITICO [24], 11/10/2026
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Murkowski Plans To Lead Senate Republicans On Spending Panel [25]

"Senator Lisa Murkowski plans to become the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee in the next Congress, an aide said Monday." "The Alaska Republican could elevate energy and environment measures as a leader on the powerful committee."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: POLITICO [29], 11/10/2026
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Anger At Rising Electric Bills Might Derail World’s Largest Utility Merger [30]

"State leaders and residents in Virginia have opposed NextEra’s acquisition of Dominion Energy, fearing that it will accelerate rate increases."

Activism [31]
Climate Change [26]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Source: New York Times [35], 11/10/2026
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MAHA Tried to Become a GOP Voting Bloc. The Midterms Ended That. [36]

"A $100 million plan to turn a wellness movement into a Republican turnout machine collapsed into canceled rallies and unfunded candidates."

Activism [31]
Agriculture [20]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Food [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: POLITICO [38], 11/10/2026
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Can the Transition to Clean Energy Survive the War in Iran? [39]

"The war in Iran has been very good for renewable energy. More than 40 countries have started or accelerated projects involving wind, solar, electric and other low carbon technologies." ... But the pivot to clean energy is only part of the story. The disruption of a once reliable trade of oil and gas in the Middle East has caused much of the world to double down on fossil fuels in a desperate scramble for secure, and immediate, supplies.

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [22]
Pollution [37]
Public [16]
International [40]
Source: New York Times [41], 11/09/2026
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With Hopes Low and Temperatures High, Climate Summit Opens in Turkey [42]

"As heads of state and delegates from nearly every nation make their way on Monday to Antalya, Turkey, for the United Nations climate talks, one question hangs over the event: Will it matter?"

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [37]
Science [15]
Technology [43]
Public [16]
International [40]
Source: New York Times [44], 11/09/2026
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D.C. Monuments Sit In The Dark As National Park Repairs Lag Nationwide [45]

"The lapse in upkeep comes at a time of reduced staffing and as Trump pursues projects in the nation’s capital, including overhauling East Potomac Golf Links."

Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [46]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [27]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [14]
Wildlife [47]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [48], 11/09/2026
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The CDC Has Recorded More Than 5,000 Measles Cases This Year [49]

"The number of measles cases reported in 2026 is the highest in 35 years, with cases reported in 45 states and D.C."

Conflict/Corruption [50]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Health [51]
People & Population [14]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [52], 11/09/2026
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Iowa’s Water Crisis Crashed the Midterms [53]

"As Democrats flipped state and federal seats, farm runoff and cancer concerns infiltrated nearly every race."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [10]
Disasters [54]
Economy & Business [46]
Environmental Health [12]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [55]
Public [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [56]
Source: Inside Iowa [57], 11/09/2026
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Scientists Say This Pesticide Needs A Warning Label For Pollinators [58]

"Ongoing research at Washington State University links buprofezin, commonly applied to tree-fruit crops, to “severe brood mortality” for honey bees."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [59]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [37]
Science [15]
Wildlife [47]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: U.S. Right To Know [60], 11/09/2026
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Trump Takes 500 Actions To Weaken Cancer Protections, New Report Says [61]

"Amid a surge in early onset cancer, the Trump administration has taken more than 500 actions to systematically dismantle protections against carcinogens once in place across the federal government, an October report alleges."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [10]
Conflict/Corruption [50]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [37]
Science [15]
Technology [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [62], 11/09/2026
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Democrats’ Sweep Puts Brendan Carr In The Hot Seat [63]

"The Federal Communications Commission has become a battleground for Democrats afraid the administration is squelching free speech."

Conflict/Corruption [50]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [64]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: POLITICO [65], 11/09/2026
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Disaster-Prone Communities Face Cuts and Slowdowns in Federal Help [66]

"The Trump administration is scaling back or stalling investments that help vulnerable places harden themselves to rising flood and fire threats."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [54]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [27]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [55]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: New York Times [67], 11/09/2026
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Environmental Ballot Wins [68]

"The “blue tsunami” on Tuesday that will give Democrats control of Congress also helped to push through ballot measures around the country to strengthen environmental protections. Voters approved referendums to ensure supplies of clean water and clean power, to support nature conservation and to armor communities against the threats of climate change-fueled wildfires. And they voted, over and over, to block data centers, too."

Activism [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [37]
Technology [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: New York Times [69], 11/09/2026
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