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Colorado Community Fights Plan To Use Drones To Spray Weed Killer [1]

"Soon, weed-killing chemicals will start falling from the sky over the Red Hill area of Boulder county, Colorado."

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Source: Guardian [11], 11/02/2026
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Global Talks on Nature End With Persistent Gaps on Action and Funding [12]

"Two weeks of global negotiations to protect the world’s wildlife and ecosystems ended on Saturday in Yerevan, Armenia, with nations reaffirming their pledges to protect nature but still off track to meet an ambitious set of targets by a 2030 deadline."

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Source: New York Times [19], 11/02/2026
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As Toxic Fire Burns, LA Officials Ghost Chiquita Canyon Landfill Hearing [20]

"A group of California lawmakers and state oversight officials have admonished Los Angeles County health authorities for failing to attend a public hearing on their response to a toxic chemical reaction within Chiquita Canyon Landfill."

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Source: Los Angeles Times [25], 11/02/2026
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CDC Scientists Sought Urgent Alert On Measles In Pregnancy. It Wasn’t Approved. [26]

"Federal health scientists are trying to alert doctors to the risks of measles during pregnancy as U.S. cases surge, but how quickly that information will reach clinicians — and where it will be published — remains uncertain amid internal conflict, according to five people familiar with the discussions."

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Source: Washington Post [28], 11/02/2026
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Energy Costs Dominate Midterms; Climate Battles Play Out Down Ballot [29]

"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.

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Source: Capital & Main [34], 11/02/2026
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Powerful Interests Aim to Weaken California’s Landmark Environmental Law [35]

"Utilities, developers and technology companies have spent tens of millions to pass Prop 45, which fast-tracks “essential” projects by limiting public and environmental review."

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Source: Inside Climate News [36], 10/30/2026
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“Peak Greenwashing”: 2 U.S. Bills Endorse Misleading Recycling Claims [37]

"The plastics industry spent decades convincing consumers that throwing used products stamped with the “chasing arrows” symbol into a curbside bin meant they would be recycled. Now, amid growing awareness that many of those items never get reprocessed, the industry is championing a pair of proposals in Congress that would give misleading recycling claims the support of federal law."

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Waste [23]
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Source: ProPublica [39], 10/30/2026
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Rivers Near Wisconsin CAFOs Full Of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Study [40]

"Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are pervasive in streams and rivers downstream of large Wisconsin livestock operations, increasing the risk of superbugs that make people sick and cannot be treated, according to a new study. The water contamination likely stems from high use of antibiotics in animals housed in concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, according to the study."

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People & Population [33]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
Source: The New Lede [44], 10/30/2026
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Water Quality And Cancer Concerns Top Of Mind For Iowa Voters [45]

"Amid the election-year debates, political advertisements and polls, one simple Iowa yard sign sums ups a core issue seen driving voter sentiment. It reads simply: “Fix the damn water.”"

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Source: The New Lede [47], 10/30/2026
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As Ottawa Loosens Pesticide Rules, Europe Moves To Tighten Them [48]

"Canada is relaxing its pesticide laws just as the EU is considering tightening pesticide residue limits on food imports"

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Source: Canadian Affairs [52], 10/29/2026
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