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Pennsylvania Opens a New Loophole for Oil and Gas Wastewater Disposal [1]

"The state issued a permit that would allow companies to reclassify oil and gas wells and sell toxic wastewater as a separate product."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [14], 11/04/2026
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Europe’s Warming Waters Are Attracting Unwanted Marine Life [15]

"From torn nets to decimated local stocks, species drifting in on warmer waters are causing headaches for European fishermen."

Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [17]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
Africa [20]
Europe [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 11/04/2026
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Ohio Denies Fracking Waste in Drinking Water. Its Records Show Otherwise. [23]

"As more than a billion gallons of oil and gas wastewater flood beneath Ohio, pollution concerns reach its heated governor’s race."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Source: DeSmog [26], 11/04/2026
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Major South Dakota Aquifers In Decline, Threatening Fresh Water Supplies [27]

"Geologists and hydrologists can use scientific charts and graphs to understand the increasing water challenges facing South Dakota, but it only takes a brief visit to Bear Butte State Park near Sturgis for a non-scientist to see the outcome of decreasing water levels."

Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [29]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Source: South Dakota News Watch [32], 11/03/2026
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Millions From CA Gas Leak Settlement May Help Residents Electrify Homes [33]

"Millions of dollars of settlement money from the largest known methane leak in the United States are now available to affected residents to replace gas-powered appliances with electric ones. Organizations involved in distributing the money say it will help create safer and cleaner homes."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [16]
Conflict/Corruption [34]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [36]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [19]
Planning & Growth [37]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Source: AP [38], 11/03/2026
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Judge Opens East Potomac Park Probe Into Potential DOJ Misconduct [39]

"A federal judge has opened an investigation into concerns that the Trump administration lied to her in the ongoing legal battle over President Trump’s desire to redevelop East Potomac Golf Links."

Conflict/Corruption [34]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [36]
Infrastructure [29]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Source: The Hill [41], 11/03/2026
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Is El Niño Making Storms And Flash Floods In The Southwest Worse? [42]

"A natural warming cycle called El Niño is sizzling Pacific Ocean waters, leaking moisture into the air that can fuel passing storms. Such El Niño events can happen irregularly every couple of years, but scientists say the latest iteration is particularly extreme — and it’s just getting started, with impacts expected for several more months."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [43]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [19]
Science [44]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [45], 11/03/2026
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How Mad Are Voters About Data Centers? Watch These Races. [46]

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

Activism [47]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [36]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: POLITICO [48], 11/03/2026
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Covering Native Connection to the Land [49]

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. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Activism [47]
Climate Change [17]
Disasters [43]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [36]
Journalism & Media [40]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [8]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [51]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [52]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
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Public [11]
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Flash Flooding Triggers Evacuations In Southwest, Warning For Colo. Spa Town [54]

"More heavy rainfall produced flash flooding and mandatory evacuations in a wide swath of the Southwest on Sunday, including in a Colorado tourist town bracing for its main river to rise to historic levels, as weary residents in the normally arid region deal with another massive drenching."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [43]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [55]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Source: AP [57], 11/02/2026
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