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"Corn’s Clean-Energy Promise Is Clashing With Its Climate Footprint" [1]

"Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Food [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Waste [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Floodlight [18], 12/08/2025
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"Alaska Republicans Push Back On Trump Offshore Drilling Plan" [19]

"Alaska’s Republican senators are splitting with the Trump administration over an expansive offshore lease plan that would open large swaths of the state’s waters to drilling."

Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Source: E&E News [24], 12/08/2025
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"Plastic Pollution Could More Than Double By 2040, Report Finds" [25]

"Failure to address a worldwide plastic pollution crisis could trigger a surge in greenhouse gas emissions and human health problems tied to the industry, according to a new report."

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [26]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [27]
Waste [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [16]
International [28]
Source: The New Lede [29], 12/08/2025
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"Maha v Maga: Feud Grows As Trump EPA Rolls Back Rules On Toxic Chemicals" [30]

"“Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement leaders have put out a petition calling for Donald Trump to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin, who, since being appointed in late January, has quickly moved to undo toxic chemical regulations and fast-track pesticide approvals."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [6]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [9]
Food [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [32], 12/08/2025
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Top Environment and Energy Topics To Watch in 2026 [33]

Explore our 10th annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, as we scour the beat to identify 15 top stories to put on your radar for 2026. Our updated format for the special report provides a quick read and a broad scope — with insights on climate change and environmental justice, bird and insect declines, data centers and deep sea mining, deregulation and PFAS and much more. Get started here [33].

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Activism [35]
Agriculture [2]
Air [36]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [37]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Forests [38]
Government [39]
Health [40]
Infrastructure [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [43]
Natural Resources [44]
Policy [45]
Pollution [12]
Science [46]
Technology [27]
Waste [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
California [47]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [49]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
International [28]
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From Words to Frames — Writer Learns To Wield Power of Visual Storytelling [56]

When writer Gulnaz Khan saw how global warming drove both natural loss and spiritual breaks for surrounding human communities, it started her on a PBS documentary series exploring sacred sites around the world threatened by climate change. But she also undertook another odyssey, one from writer to visual storyteller. What she learned on her journey from text to screen, in the new EJ InSight column.

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Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [31]
Food [10]
Forests [38]
Government [39]
Health [40]
Journalism & Media [42]
Natural Resources [44]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [58]
Science [46]
Waste [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [15]
Region: 
International [28]
Africa [59]
Asia [60]
South America [61]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
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Chesapeake Bay Leaders Agree on Longer Timeline and Tribal Role in Cleanup [62]

"The revised watershed agreement extends pollution-reduction targets and bets on voluntary measures to achieve cleanup goals that have remained elusive for decades."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Food [10]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 12/05/2025
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"NY City Bill Aims To Ban Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighting Gear" [64]

"A new bill proposed in the New York city council would ban the use of toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in protective gear worn by the city’s 11,000 firefighters." "Approval of legislation to ban Pfas would be major win for advocates pushing for safer gear alternatives across US"

Chemicals [4]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
Source: Guardian [65], 12/04/2025
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Whitmer 7th Governor Urging EPA To Monitor Microplastics In Drinking Water [66]

"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week joined governors from six other states signing onto a petition demanding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency add microplastics to its program collecting data on contaminants not currently covered by the Safe Drinking Water Act."

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
Source: Michigan Advance [67], 12/04/2025
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"Trump Dismantles Programs Designed To Cut Electricity Demand" [68]

"The Trump administration is scrambling to ensure there’s enough electricity to power new data centers and stem rising utility bills — even as it dismantles some critical programs designed to help solve the problem."

Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [69], 12/04/2025
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