"Trump Plan Waives Protection At +80% Of Wetlands"
"In some states, more than 90 percent of wetlands could be excluded from safeguards provided by the Clean Water Act."
Source: E&E News, 11/19/2025
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"Data-Center Power Forecasts Climb To Unreachable Heights"
"Utilities expect electricity growth to reach levels that are hard to fathom — and they’re using those estimates to justify costly new investments in fossil gas."
Source: Canary Media, 11/19/2025EPA Moves To Limit Scope Of Clean Water Law To Reduce Wetlands It Covers
"The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to significantly limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for vast areas."
Source: AP, 11/18/2025"Brazil Says It’s A Climate Leader. Not Everyone Buys It."
"Brazil intended this year’s United Nations climate talks now underway in the Amazon rainforest, to be the capstone of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s effort to establish the country as a global environmental leader. Instead, Brazil’s own domestic environmental policy is in disarray, as the summit known as COP30 struggles to offer a counterpoint to the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to promote fossil fuels."
Source: Washington Post, 11/18/2025In Brazil, Ag Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds
"Agribusiness companies enlisted an army of Brazilian social media influencers ahead of the United Nations climate summit, now underway in the Amazonian city of Belém, where the meat industry’s surging greenhouse gas emissions and role in deforestation are high on the agenda."
Source: DeSmog, 11/18/2025"‘This Is Survival’: Jamaica Leads Calls From Vulnerable Nations At Cop30"
"Jamaica has led calls from vulnerable nations at the Cop30 climate summit to urge immediate action on climate breakdown as the conference entered its second week."
Source: Guardian, 11/18/2025"FEMA Chief Steps Down As Trump Administration Prepared To Oust Him"
"The embattled acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency will step down after hurricane season following months of public controversy and internal frustration."
Source: CNN, 11/18/2025"2,500+ EPA Employees Take Trump’s Resignation Offer"
"Nearly a fifth of EPA’s workforce has opted into President Donald Trump’s mass resignation plan as he pushes to reduce the federal government’s payroll."
Source: E&E News, 11/18/2025"National Parks In Retrograde: Will NPS Rewrite US History Under Trump?"
"The park service has long tried to present a wide range of perspectives on historical events. The Trump administration could reverse that."
Source: E&E News, 11/18/2025"First, The Frogs Died. Then People Got Sick."
"An emerging area of research is uncovering surprising links between nature and human health."
Source: Washington Post, 11/18/2025"Trump Fracking Plan for Chaco Park Site Stokes Tribal Conflicts"
"The Trump administration’s expected rollback of an oil and gas drilling ban around New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon is pitting tribes and environmental groups against each other as they prepare for possible legal challenges."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/18/2025Middle Class Is Struggling As Disaster And Insurance Costs Are Rising
"Three years after Hurricane Ian slammed into Fort Myers Beach, jackhammers still echo along the barrier island's main road, where new houses and businesses are going up next to vacant lots and the shells of buildings gutted by the storm."
Source: NPR, 11/18/2025"The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived"
"A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year."
Source: WIRED, 11/17/2025"New York Pauses Its Landmark Gas Ban In New Buildings"
"New York just slammed the brakes on rules that would’ve prohibited fossil fuels in new homes and businesses."
Source: Canary Media, 11/17/2025EPA Panel Warns Plastics Threaten Kids’ Health. Bayer Says Evidence Lacking
"A committee of expert advisers is calling for stronger environmental regulations to protect children from plastics and other harmful chemicals, despite a dissenting industry position claiming there is little evidence that plastic is toxic to children."
Source: The New Lede, 11/17/2025
