Major American LNG Exporters Habitually Break Air Pollution Laws: Report
"With Trump propelling the U.S. LNG industry into a massive expansion, companies are flouting landmark environmental laws."
Source: DeSmog, 11/04/2025
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Tapping Into COP30 To Cover Indigenous Issues
COP30 negotiators from around the world gather next week in Belém, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Our Voices of Environmental Justice columnist Yessenia Funes says it’s a vital opportunity to engage with the Indigenous peoples who help protect the vast rainforest region — even for environmental reporters not there in person. Here’s how to tell their stories.
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"Melissa Dissipates, Leaves Destruction And At Least 50 Dead In Caribbean"
"Melissa, one of the strongest storms on record to make landfall in the Caribbean, began to dissipate on Friday after sowing devastation across much of Jamaica, cutting off communities in Cuba, drenching Haiti and leaving at least 50 dead."
Source: Reuters, 11/03/2025
"Traces of Old Farm Chemicals Contaminate Water Across the U.S."
"Even though it delivers airtight data and analysis essential for understanding and managing the risks industrial societies pose to water, land, and health, the U.S. Geological Survey is a federal science agency that rarely attracts public notice."
Source: Circle of Blue, 11/03/2025
"EPA: Superfund Cleanup ‘Likely’ Fouled Pennsylvania Town’s Water"
"Municipal sewage sludge was used as fertilizer in the project that began decades ago in Palmerton, where PFAS now taint soil and water."
Source: E&E News, 11/03/2025
Wash. Court Restores $185 Million Verdict For Teachers Poisoned By PCBs
"The Washington Supreme Court this week restored a $185 million verdict against the former Monsanto company, now owned by Bayer, over toxic chemicals in a state school building that allegedly poisoned three teachers."
Source: The New Lede, 11/03/2025
Furry Envoys: China’s Rare Golden Monkeys Debut At European Zoos
"With their distinctive shaggy orange manes, pale blue faces and dense fur covering their hands and feet, it’s hard to mistake China’s endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys for any other animal. These rare and charismatic monkeys, unique to the frigid mountains of central China, have recently joined the country’s famous pandas as furry envoys to zoos in Europe for the first time... ."
Source: AP, 10/31/2025
Corps Approves Enbridge Pipeline Reroute Around Wisconsin Reservation
"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday approved energy company Enbridge’s plans to reroute an aging oil pipeline around a northern Wisconsin tribal reservation."
Source: AP, 10/31/2025
Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Falls 11% Even As Fires Surge To Record
"Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged to record levels amid a severe drought."
Source: AP, 10/31/2025
Judge Cuts Greenpeace Pipeline Protest Penalty In Half to $345 Million
"A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and related entities liable for defamation and other claims in connection with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago."
Source: AP, 10/31/2025
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