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"Fresh Warnings As A Maryland Community’s PFAS Crisis Continues" [9]

"A PFAS contamination crisis is continuing to plague a Maryland community as a plume of contaminated groundwater moves through the area, residents and their attorneys said this week."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
Source: The New Lede [20], 11/17/2025
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"Brazil Promotes Biofuels At COP30, But How Clean Are They?" [21]

"Countries are betting big on biofuels, but critics say it could deepen food insecurity and fuel new climate risks."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [14]
Technology [26]
Public [17]
International [27]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [28], 11/17/2025
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Turkey Proposes Joint Leadership For COP31 With Australia To End Standoff [29]

"Turkey has proposed jointly leading next year's U.N. climate summit with Australia, though the two sides have not yet reached an agreement and the discussions on the hosting standoff remain unresolved, Turkish diplomatic sources said."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [17]
International [27]
Source: Reuters [30], 11/17/2025
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Northern California Tribes Will Restore Eel River After PG&E Dam Removal [31]

"Two Northern California tribes announced Wednesday that they signed a treaty last month, committing to jointly restore the Eel River and its fish populations."

Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Justice [12]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Infrastructure [34]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [36]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
California [37]
Source: Mendocino Voice [38], 11/17/2025
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Why Tucker Carlson Is Talking About The "Chemtrail" Conspiracy Theory [39]

"Everyone has looked up at the clouds and seen faces, animals, objects. Human brains are hardwired for this kind of whimsy. But some people – perhaps a surprising number – look to the sky and see government plots and wicked deeds written there. Conspiracy theorists say that contrails – long streaks of condensation left by aircraft – are actually chemtrails, clouds of chemical or biological agents dumped on the unsuspecting public for nefarious purposes. Different motives are ascribed, from weather control to mass poisoning."

Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [40]
Science [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Conversation [42], 11/17/2025
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Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions To Set New Record In 2025, As Land Sink ‘Recovers’ [43]

"Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025, reaching a record 38.1bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2), according to the latest figures from the Global Carbon Project."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Pollution [14]
Science [41]
Public [17]
International [27]
Source: Carbon Brief [44], 11/14/2025
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Supply Boom In Cheaper Renewables Will Seal End Of Fossil Fuel Era: IEA [45]

"The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA)."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Science [41]
Public [17]
International [27]
Source: Guardian [46], 11/14/2025
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"Lawmakers Press EPA for $3B in Stalled Lead Pipe Replacement Funds" [47]

"A group of Illinois congressional delegates is calling for the release of $3 billion in withheld federal funding that’s meant to help replace toxic lead service lines that supply drinking water to homes across the country."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [48]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [49]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Source: WBEZ [51], 11/14/2025
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Ammonia Gas Leak From Tanker Truck In Okla. Sickens Dozens, Forces Evacuations [52]

"A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing hundreds of nearby residents of a small Oklahoma city to evacuate, authorities said Thursday. Several dozen people were treated at hospitals."

Air [53]
Chemicals [10]
Disasters [54]
Environmental Health [11]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [55]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Source: AP [56], 11/14/2025
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Trump DOI Repealing Protections For Key Swaths Of Alaska Petroleum Reserve [57]

"The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas leasing vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife."

Biodiversity [32]
Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [35]
Pollution [14]
Wildlife [58]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [59]
Source: AP [60], 11/14/2025
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"Pennsylvania Abandons Northeast Climate Pact" [61]

"Pennsylvania will no longer seek to be part of a regional climate agreement among states in the Northeast U.S."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [49]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [62]
Source: The Hill [63], 11/14/2025
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Alarm As Bird Flu Kills Half Of Elephant Seals In South Atlantic [64]

"Bird flu has wiped out half of South Georgia’s breeding elephant seals, according to a study that warns of “serious implications” for the future of the species."

Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Health [11]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [58]
Public [17]
Antarctica & Arctic [65]
Australia & Oceania [66]
Source: Guardian [67], 11/14/2025
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Rare Sightings of Critically Endangered Vaquita Spark Cautious Optimism [68]

"Expert marine mammal researchers spotted up to 10 of the porpoises during a recent survey in the Upper Gulf of California. They warn the species remains at risk of extinction until safer fishing gear is developed to prevent deadly entanglements."

Biodiversity [32]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [58]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mexico [69]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 11/14/2025
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"Does Nature Have Rights?" [71]

"By now, we are accustomed to thinking of climate change in terms of human rights. What if we were to think as much about the rights of nature itself – of pets and backyard birds, coyotes and spruce trees, mountains and rivers, ecosystems and the climate, the air that surrounds us?"

Activism [72]
Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Studies [73]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [35]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [58]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [27]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [74], 11/14/2025
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"Major US Broadcasters Sit Out Cop30 Climate Talks: ‘They’re Missing A Lot’" [75]

"Figures show none of US ‘big four’ – CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox – appear to have sent teams to cover summit in Belém"

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [73]
Journalism & Media [40]
People & Population [36]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [76], 11/14/2025
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