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November 10, 2025 to November 21, 2025

UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), Belém, Brazil [1]

Media accreditation is open for the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, hosted this year by Brazil, will take place in the city of Belém, which aims to provide the world with a unique platform to discuss climate solutions, firmly rooted in the heart of the Amazon.

Professional Meetings [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Policy [6]
Region: 
International [7]
South America [8]

Trump Shutters Agency That Investigates Industrial Chemical Explosions [9]

"Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?" 

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Verite/Grist [21], 06/18/2025
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"Kraft Heinz To Remove Synthetic Dyes From All Products By 2027" [22]

"Kraft Heinz, the food giant behind dozens of popular brands including Oscar Mayer, Jell-O, Velveeta and Kool-Aid, will not launch any new foods with synthetic dyes and will remove the dyes from its current products by the end of 2027, the company said Tuesday."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [23]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [24], 06/18/2025
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Judge Rules Some NIH Grant Cuts Illegal, Calling Them "Discrimination" [25]

"A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination."

Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [27], 06/18/2025
  • Read more about Judge Rules Some NIH Grant Cuts Illegal, Calling Them "Discrimination" [25]

"Elon Musk’s AI Company Faces Lawsuit Over Gas-Burning Turbines" [28]

"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, which runs the Grok chatbot, is facing a legal challenge led by the NAACP over air pollution from its supercomputer facility in Memphis."

Air [29]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 06/18/2025
  • Read more about "Elon Musk’s AI Company Faces Lawsuit Over Gas-Burning Turbines" [28]

"CDC Virus Expert Resigns After RFK Jr.’s Purge Of Vaccine Advisers" [32]

"A senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who oversaw respiratory virus surveillance has resigned and raised concerns about the future of vaccine policy as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the agency’s long-standing approach to immunization."

Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Science [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [34], 06/17/2025
  • Read more about "CDC Virus Expert Resigns After RFK Jr.’s Purge Of Vaccine Advisers" [32]

Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Residents' Tearful Protests [35]

"The Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, N.J., has two distinct sections: an immigrant-rich area of rowhouses, ethnic restaurants and shops, and a clogged industrial zone with three power plants, the state’s largest incinerator and biggest sewage facility, a slew of factories and a near-constant parade of diesel trucks."

Air [29]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 06/17/2025
  • Read more about Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Residents' Tearful Protests [35]

"E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos" [39]

"The Trump administration plans to reconsider a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States, according to a court filing on Monday."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [40], 06/17/2025
  • Read more about "E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos" [39]

Trump EPA Is Telling Some Staff To Stop Policing The Oil And Gas Industry [41]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has told staff overseeing the country’s industrialized Midwest — a region plagued by a legacy of pollution — to stop enforcing violations against fossil fuel companies, multiple sources told CNN."

Air [29]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: CNN [42], 06/17/2025
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Tainted Water, Tainted Power — Inside a Hog-Farm Empire [43]

A powerful politician and his family’s groundwater-polluting agricultural business were the focus of an award-winning series that delved into the intersection of politics, power, privilege and regulatory capture. In the latest Inside Story Q&A, journalist Yanqi Xu discusses how the reporting uncovered deep and unexpected impacts on small town economies, water quality and the living conditions of the hog farms’ neighbors.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [44]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [45]
Chemicals [10]
Economy & Business [46]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [33]
Journalism & Media [47]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [49]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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