EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Shutdown Halts $4 Billion Program To Help Poor People Heat Their Homes" [9]

"Millions of Americans apply each winter for help with their energy bills. Now the funding is in limbo."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [21], 11/07/2025
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"Judge Orders Trump Administration To Release Full SNAP Benefits By Friday" [22]

"A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to release full funding for November’s food assistance benefits by Friday. It comes after the partial funding disbursed by the Agriculture Department earlier this week had yet to reach those who qualify for the benefits."

Agriculture [23]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Food [24]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [25], 11/07/2025
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"EPA Proposes Approving Fifth ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide" [26]

"In line with its plan to continue pesticide approvals despite the government shutdown, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week that it will register a new weedkiller for use in corn, soybean, wheat, and canola fields."

Agriculture [23]
Chemicals [27]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Food [24]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [28]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Civil Eats [29], 11/07/2025
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"Why Trump’s Cuts To Scientific Research Are A Big Win For China" [30]

"China is attracting American scientific talent, especially in STEM fields, partly due to funding cuts and immigration restrictions under President Donald Trump."

Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Asia [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 11/07/2025
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As Carbon Markets Fail, What Happens To Forests They Promised To Protect? [35]

"After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future"

Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Forests [37]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [19]
International [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 11/07/2025
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"Record-Smashing Shutdown Hits Energy, Enviro Work" [40]

"Here’s what’s open and what’s stalled as the political standoff continues."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [42], 11/07/2025
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"U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reverses Recovery Plan For Gray Wolves" [43]

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not issue a nationwide recovery plan for gray wolves, it announced this week. The plan was slated to be launched in December of this year."

Biodiversity [36]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Wildlife [44]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Source: National Parks Traveler [46], 11/07/2025
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"In Ohio, Hydrogen Industry Presses On Despite Federal Uncertainty" [47]

"Trump has pulled billions in funding for hydrogen, a sector that was already on shaky ground. Projects in Ohio are chugging along anyway."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [48]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [28]
Technology [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [49]
Source: Canary Media [50], 11/07/2025
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"The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart." [51]

"The environmental group gave up its singular focus on climate change for a broader agenda. The ensuing internal strife left it weakened as it takes on the Trump administration."

Activism [52]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
People & Population [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [53], 11/07/2025
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"Brazil Launches Plan To Scale Climate Finance To $1.3 Trillion A Year" [54]

"After a year of talks, COP30 host Brazil on Wednesday laid out a plan to scale climate finance to $1.3 trillion a year and faced several early signs of the testing political backdrop as the Amazonian city of Belem prepares to welcome world leaders."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [16]
Public [19]
International [38]
Source: Reuters [55], 11/06/2025
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"Push To Counter Disinformation At COP30 Climate Summit" [56]

"As a majority of global citizens call for bold climate change action, a new push for information integrity aims to neutralize the climate denial that has thwarted ambitious action."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [57]
Science [31]
Public [19]
International [38]
Source: DW [58], 11/06/2025
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Trump Again Nominates Jared Isaacman To Serve As NASA Administrator [59]

"President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he has decided to nominate Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator, months after withdrawing the tech billionaire’s nomination because of concerns about his political leanings."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [16]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [60], 11/06/2025
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"Top Interior Official Made Millions In An Industry Trump Despises" [61]

"Katharine MacGregor returned to DOI after a lucrative gig as an executive at NextEra — the energy behemoth that touts itself as a leader in wind and solar."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [41]
Natural Resources [62]
Technology [32]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Public Domain [63], 11/06/2025
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"NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani to Face Pressing Climate, Environment Issues" [64]

"Zohran Mamdani will need to enforce the city’s building decarbonization law, enact his green school policy and handle the climate change-related issues residents often face—like flooding and extreme heat."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 11/06/2025
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Trump Names Former New Mexico Lawmaker To Lead Bureau Of Land Management [66]

"President Donald Trump nominated a former lawmaker from New Mexico on Wednesday to oversee the management of vast public lands that are playing a central role in Republican attempts to ramp up fossil fuel production."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [62]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [67], 11/06/2025
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