Environmental Politics

"Trump Killed A Crucial Disaster Database. This Nonprofit Just Saved It."

"As the Trump administration deletes climate data and shutters resources that track the impacts of a warming world, nonprofits, state-level governments, and independent scientists are rushing to preserve the information."

Source: Grist, 11/05/2025

"White House Pressured EPA For Broad Rollback Of Tailpipe Rules"

"White House budget officials leaned on EPA to broaden its rollback of tailpipe regulations as it sought this summer to repeal a foundational EPA policy that undergirds most federal climate rules, including those for cars and trucks."

Source: E&E News, 11/05/2025

Health Advocates Call For Federal “Reboot” On Ultra-Processed Foods

"A diverse group of food advocates, farmers, chefs and scientists is urging the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to define ultra-processed foods through a lens of public health, including what’s added or taken away from foods during processing, as well as any new risks introduced."

Source: The New Lede, 11/05/2025

Climate-Fighting Efforts Show Slight Gain But Still Fall Far Short, UN Says

"All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in “have barely moved the needle” on reducing Earth’s future warming, a new United Nations report finds."

Source: AP, 11/05/2025

How Powerful Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out

"In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no pushback from state regulators."

Source: Inside Climate News, 11/04/2025

"Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants"

"The U.S. Department of Energy has announced up to $100 million in federal funding for projects modernizing the nation’s remaining coal plants, nearly half of which were slated to close by 2030."

Source: Inside Climate News, 11/04/2025

"Carbon Offsets Are Failing. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests?"

"Brazil is set to unveil an ambitious international plan that would provide up to $4 billion a year to countries that protect their tropical forests. Proponents see it as a potential game-changer for forest conservation, but some ecologists and economists are raising concerns."

Source: YaleE360, 11/04/2025

Exxon-Funded Thinktanks To Spread Climate Denial In Latin America: Documents

"Exxon funded rightwing thinktanks to spread climate change denial across Latin America, according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process."

Source: Guardian, 11/04/2025

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