"Environment Takeaways From The Spending Deal"
"The Senate approved a three-bill spending package for fiscal 2026. Lawmakers also passed a stopgap for the rest of the government."
Source: E&E News, 11/12/2025
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Trump Country Coal Miners With Black Lung Say Government Is Suffocating Them
"Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for that passion to switch to hurt. She knows the names, ages, families and the intimate stories of each one’s scarred lungs. She worries about a whole community of West Virginia coal miners — including a growing number in their 30s and 40s — who come to her for help while getting sicker and sicker from what used to be considered an old-timer’s disease: black lung."
Source: AP, 11/10/2025
Trump EPA Moves To Loosen Restrictions It Once Supported On Harmful HFCs
"Near the end of his first term, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that aimed to reduce harmful, planet-warming pollutants emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners. ... Five years later, the second Trump administration is reversing course, as it moves to loosen a federal rule — based on the 2020 law — that requires grocery stores, air-conditioning companies and others to reduce powerful greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment."
Source: AP, 11/10/2025
Voter Anger At High Electric Bills And Data Centers Looms Over 2026 Midterms
"Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year’s midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who’s footing the bill to power Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers."
Source: AP, 11/10/2025
"How Trump Officials Have Transformed The EPA To Weaken Enforcement"
"The Trump administration is rapidly reshaping the Environmental Protection Agency to weaken enforcement against polluters and slash regulation of industry, according to data reviewed by The Washington Post, with the government shutdown accelerating the shift."
Source: Washington Post, 11/10/2025
World Leaders At Climate Summit Take Swipes At Absent President Trump
"Donald Trump isn’t at the global climate summit in Brazil. But he was on the minds of some of his fellow world leaders Thursday, who used their time on stage to try to isolate the U.S. president and his hard-line opposition to their agenda."
Source: E&E News, 11/10/2025
"The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart."
"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."
Source: NYTimes, 11/07/2025
"In Ohio, Hydrogen Industry Presses On Despite Federal Uncertainty"
"Trump has pulled billions in funding for hydrogen, a sector that was already on shaky ground. Projects in Ohio are chugging along anyway."
Source: Canary Media, 11/07/2025
"U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reverses Recovery Plan For Gray Wolves"
"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."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 11/07/2025
"Record-Smashing Shutdown Hits Energy, Enviro Work"
"Here’s what’s open and what’s stalled as the political standoff continues."
Source: E&E News, 11/07/2025
