"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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"Chemical Giant, Climate Skeptics Vie For Seats On EPA Science Panel"
"A chemical company lobbyist, an advocacy group that soft-pedals the dangers of climate change and an organization seeking to end animal testing in research are among those pushing candidates for EPA’s premier scientific advisory panel, according to records obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."
Source: E&E News, 11/12/2025"Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling"
"The Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in roughly four decades, according to three people briefed on the matter. The move would set up a confrontation with Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has fought offshore drilling and who has emerged as one of President Trump’s chief political antagonists."
Source: NYTimes, 11/12/2025"Two Caribbean Islands Seek Justice From France for Pesticide Poisoning"
"In Guadeloupe and Martinique, where more than 90 percent of the population has chlordecone in their blood, residents continue to demand financial compensation from the French government."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/12/2025Rise In Chinese Coal Plants In Indonesia Belies Pledge To End Fossil Aid
"A surge in the supply of Chinese-backed coal-fired power plants built to supply electricity to Indonesia’s fast-growing nickel mining and processing sector is undermining Beijing’s efforts to dial back support for fossil fuels, a study released Nov. 3 has found."
Source: Mongabay, 11/12/2025"Protesters Force Their Way Into COP30 Summit Venue, Clash With Security"
"BELEM, Brazil - Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection.
Shouting angrily, protesters demanded access to the U.N. compound where thousands of delegates from countries around the world are attending this year's U.N. climate summit in the Amazon city of Belem, Brazil.Some waved flags with slogans calling for land rights or carried signs saying, "Our land is not for sale."
Source: Reuters, 11/12/2025Lawsuit Alleges ‘Political Retribution’ In Trump Energy Project Cancellations
"A new lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of “political retribution” in its recent decision to cancel a slate of energy projects that are primarily located in blue states."
Source: The Hill, 11/12/2025"EPA Proposes Exemptions For ‘Forever Chemical’ Reporting Requirements"
"The Trump administration is proposing to loosen requirements for companies to report on their uses of “forever chemicals.”
Source: The Hill, 11/12/2025UN Shipping Regulator Advocates For Emissions Fee At COP30, Despite Trump
"The head of the International Maritime Organization said Monday he’s continuing to “advocate and campaign” for global regulations to move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels, despite the United States and Saudi Arabia blocking new rules last month."
Source: AP, 11/12/2025"EV Use Has Skyrocketed In Hawaiʻi. Why Is It So Hard To Find A Charger?"
"As federal incentives for electric vehicles are drying up, will the state still expand its fledgling charging network?"
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, 11/12/2025World 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"Paris Agreement Set A Path To Slow Warming. The World Hasn’t Stayed On It"
"The world has changed dramatically in the decade since leaders celebrated a historic climate agreement in Paris a decade ago, but not quite in ways they expected or wanted."
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, 11/10/2025New York Gas Pipeline Gets Permit, Despite Environmental Concerns
"New York regulators on Friday approved a water-quality permit for a long-contested pipeline that would bring natural gas to the state from Pennsylvania."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/10/2025Voter 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
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