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Big Oil Scores $56B Windfall on Spiking Fuel Prices [1]

"Big Oil reaped more than $50 billion in windfall profits as conflicts in the Persian Gulf and Russia roiled energy markets and drove refining results to record highs."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Source: Bloomberg [9], 11/02/2026
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Energy Costs Dominate Midterms; Climate Battles Play Out Down Ballot [10]

"Heating oil, gas and electricity are driving campaigns across the U.S., but the elections will also determine the future of clean energy."

"In the final stretch of the 2026 midterm campaigns, the most potent climate issue in American politics arrived by delivery truck across the country.

Activism [11]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [13]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Capital & Main [16], 11/02/2026
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A New Kind of Battery Is Taking Off. This One Stores Blistering Heat. [17]

"Large batteries that store electricity have revolutionized power grids and car markets. Now some start-ups are betting that “heat batteries” could be just as transformative."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Technology [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: New York Times [19], 10/30/2026
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The DOE Announces $5B Loan To Constellation For Nuclear Uprates [20]

"The conditional commitment aims to boost output across 15 reactors in three states, expanding clean power capacity far faster than building new reactors."

Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Canary Media [23], 10/29/2026
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How Much Are Trump’s Pro-Coal Policies Costing Us? [24]

"The Trump administration loves coal plants. The rest of us are paying the price in higher electricity bills, poorer health, and worsening climate change." "A new report finds nearly half of U.S. coal plants benefit from federal handouts and pollution exemptions, harming public health, our wallets, and the climate."

Conflict/Corruption [25]
Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [5]
Technology [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Canary Media [28], 10/29/2026
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Oil Spill Off UAE Widens, Satellites Show, Prompting More Beach Closures [29]

"An oil spill from a ‌damaged tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates has widened, satellite images showed, triggering more beach closures and raising environmental concerns."

Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [26]
Natural Resources [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [6]
Middle East [32]
Source: Reuters [33], 10/29/2026
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Oklahoma Never Punished Oil Company Linked To 1,000 Pollution Incidents [34]

"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 [2]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: The Frontier [36], 10/28/2026
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A ‘Bipartisan’ Bill to Dismantle the Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law [37]

"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 [12]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Revelator [38], 10/28/2026
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Is Coal Really Making A Comeback? [39]

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

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [5]
Technology [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Source: Grist [40], 10/28/2026
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Anger In Finland As Google Illegally Fells 250,000 Trees For Datacentre [41]

"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 [12]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [42]
Infrastructure [27]
Technology [18]
Public [6]
Europe [43]
Source: Guardian [44], 10/28/2026
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