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Exxon-Funded Thinktanks To Spread Climate Denial In Latin America: Documents [1]

"Exxon funded rightwing thinktanks to spread climate change denial across Latin America, according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
International [11]
South America [12]
Source: Guardian [13], 11/04/2025
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Citizen Pollution Monitoring Persists In Louisiana, Despite Law That Limits It [14]

"Communities around Louisiana, in a bid to get more information about the environmental and health impacts of industrial pollution, are taking data collection into their own hands — despite a law restricting how their research findings can be used to enforce state regulations. "

Air [15]
Chemicals [16]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [20], 11/04/2025
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Major American LNG Exporters Habitually Break Air Pollution Laws: Report [21]

"With Trump propelling the U.S. LNG industry into a massive expansion, companies are flouting landmark environmental laws."

Air [15]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: DeSmog [23], 11/04/2025
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Tapping Into COP30 To Cover Indigenous Issues [24]

COP30 negotiators from around the world gather next week in Belém, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Our Voices of Environmental Justice columnist Yessenia Funes says it’s a vital opportunity to engage with the Indigenous peoples who help protect the vast rainforest region — even for environmental reporters not there in person. Here’s how to tell their stories.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Voices of Environmental Justice [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [29]
Government [30]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [32]
Policy [33]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [34]
Region: 
International [11]
South America [12]
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Public [10]
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Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop Toxic Wastewater From Oil Field [35]

"Oil companies have polluted groundwater and the environment by injecting oil field waste deep into the earth at pressures high enough to violate Oklahoma law. ... The regulatory agency says it ... has not fined any company for wastewater leaks in the last five years."

Chemicals [16]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Source: The Frontier [37], 11/03/2025
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"EPA Retreats From Plans To End The Energy Star Program" [38]

"Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has quietly retreated from plans to eliminate Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels help consumers choose energy-efficient dishwashers, refrigerators and other home appliances."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [30]
Journalism & Media [7]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [39], 11/03/2025
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"Traces of Old Farm Chemicals Contaminate Water Across the U.S." [40]

"Even though it delivers airtight data and analysis essential for understanding and managing the risks industrial societies pose to water, land, and health, the U.S. Geological Survey is a federal science agency that rarely attracts public notice."

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Circle of Blue [41], 11/03/2025
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Sludge Is Used As Fertilizer Across Wisconsin. How Much Is Tainted By PFAS? [42]

"Sludge and septage are spread across around half a million acres statewide, but most of it has never been tested for PFAS"

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
Source: Wisconsin Public Radio [44], 11/03/2025
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"EPA: Superfund Cleanup ‘Likely’ Fouled Pennsylvania Town’s Water" [45]

"Municipal sewage sludge was used as fertilizer in the project that began decades ago in Palmerton, where PFAS now taint soil and water."

Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [46]
Public [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [47]
Source: E&E News [48], 11/03/2025
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Wash. Court Restores $185 Million Verdict For Teachers Poisoned By PCBs [49]

"The Washington Supreme Court this week restored a $185 million verdict against the former Monsanto company, now owned by Bayer, over toxic chemicals in a state school building that allegedly poisoned three teachers."

Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [50]
Source: The New Lede [51], 11/03/2025
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