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"More Than 200 Environmental Groups Demand Halt To New US Datacenters" [1]

"A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new datacenters in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Pollution [9]
Technology [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [14], 12/09/2025
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"Federal Judge Finds Trump’s Halt on Wind Energy Is Illegal" [15]

"A federal judge on Monday struck down President Trump’s halt on approvals of all wind power projects on federal lands and waters, dealing a significant legal setback to the administration’s campaign against wind farms."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [16]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [18], 12/09/2025
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France's Tap Water Is Widely Polluted With TFA, The Most Common PFAS [19]

"A French state health agency analyzed over 600 samples of drinking water. 92% of them contained traces of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), the smallest PFAS molecule, which is suspected to be toxic. "

Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Food [21]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
Europe [23]
Source: Le Monde [24], 12/08/2025
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"Corn’s Clean-Energy Promise Is Clashing With Its Climate Footprint" [25]

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

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [16]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [21]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Floodlight [31], 12/08/2025
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"Alaska Republicans Push Back On Trump Offshore Drilling Plan" [32]

"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 [2]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [34]
Source: E&E News [35], 12/08/2025
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"Plastic Pollution Could More Than Double By 2040, Report Finds" [36]

"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 [20]
Consumer [16]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Technology [10]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [37]
Source: The New Lede [38], 12/08/2025
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Trump Climate Policies Are Driving Up Insurance Costs for Homeowners: Experts [39]

"Tariffs, extreme weather events and the president’s funding cuts are contributing to increasing rates, sometimes by double digits."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [40]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Studies [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Capital & Main [41], 12/08/2025
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Top Environment and Energy Topics To Watch in 2026 [42]

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 [42].

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [44]
Agriculture [26]
Air [45]
Biodiversity [27]
Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [40]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Forests [47]
Government [48]
Health [49]
Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [50]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Military [51]
Natural Resources [52]
Policy [53]
Pollution [9]
Science [54]
Technology [10]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [30]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [34]
California [55]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [56]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [57]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [58]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [59]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [60]
Northwest (OR WA) [61]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [62]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [63]
International [37]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
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From Words to Frames — Writer Learns To Wield Power of Visual Storytelling [64]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [65]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [46]
Food [21]
Forests [47]
Government [48]
Health [49]
Journalism & Media [50]
Natural Resources [52]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [9]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [66]
Science [54]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [30]
Region: 
International [37]
Africa [67]
Asia [68]
South America [69]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
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‘Feeding Frenzy’ Is Encouraging Sign For Struggling Calif. Brown Pelicans [70]

"On a jagged coastline in Central California, brown pelicans gather on rock promontories, packed in like edgy commuters as they take flight to feed on a vast school of fish just offshore. The water churns in whitecaps as the big-billed birds plunge beneath the surface in search of northern anchovies, Pacific sardines and mackerel."

Biodiversity [27]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
California [55]
Source: AP [71], 12/05/2025
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