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How Mad Are Voters About Data Centers? Watch These Races. [1]

"Data centers have become political napalm. Election Day will show how far it’s spread."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Technology [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: POLITICO [14], 11/03/2026
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Covering Native Connection to the Land [15]

Whether it's pipelines bringing leaks, coastal erosion and storms bringing displacement, or now, increasingly, data centers bringing loss of sovereignty, the central relationship that Indigenous communities have with place is under constant peril. Voices columnist Yessenia Funes urges fellow environmental journalists during Native American Heritage Month to refocus on the rich stories of Indigenous struggles and victories. 

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Voices of Environmental Justice [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [20]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [9]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [22]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
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Public [12]
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Climate Helps Insects Eat More Crops, So Farmers Spray More Pesticides [27]

"Farmers around the world are spraying more chemicals than ever on their crops as they battle insect pests. Many of these small, hungry creatures have benefited from climate change, which has expanded their range, extended their breeding season, and made them harder to control with pesticides."

Agriculture [28]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [18]
Food [30]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Technology [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [31]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [32], 11/02/2026
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The EPA Is Quietly Killing Its Web Archive [33]

"Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear."

Chemicals [29]
Conflict/Corruption [34]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Mother Jones [35], 11/02/2026
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Colorado Community Fights Plan To Use Drones To Spray Weed Killer [36]

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

Agriculture [28]
Air [37]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 11/02/2026
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As Toxic Fire Burns, LA Officials Ghost Chiquita Canyon Landfill Hearing [40]

"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."

Activism [2]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [23]
Public [12]
California [41]
Source: Los Angeles Times [42], 11/02/2026
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Big Oil Scores $56B Windfall on Spiking Fuel Prices [43]

"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 [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Natural Resources [44]
Pollution [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [31]
Source: Bloomberg [45], 11/02/2026
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EPA Watchdog Will Probe Agency Response To 2023 Ohio Train Derailment [46]

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after local residents of the small town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and Vice President JD Vance pressed for the review."

Chemicals [29]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [9]
Transportation [47]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Source: AP [49], 10/30/2026
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Smoke From LA Fires Exposed Millions To High Levels Of Toxic Heavy Metals [50]

"At the height of the Los Angeles fires in 2025, millions of residents were exposed in a 24-hour period to toxic lead levels from smoke that were 80 times higher than the typical background level, according to a new study."

Chemicals [29]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Pollution [9]
Science [51]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
California [41]
Source: AP [52], 10/30/2026
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Powerful Interests Aim to Weaken California’s Landmark Environmental Law [53]

"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."

Biodiversity [54]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [12]
California [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 10/30/2026
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